Holmes ‘Duchess’ Vanda 
— Beauty Priced at Its Lowest 
$3 4:0 Most delightful of all continuous- 
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blooming Orchids! Tiers of fan- 
like foliage throw out great spires 
P of bloom. Not only are the Orchids 
perfect, lovely, exotic, but the leaves are an in- 
terior decorator’s dream! They fit into every 
scene and complement it! 
Here is Holmes’ choice of over a thousand 
varieties. He saw them, compared them, chose 
these as the finest of all “Duchess” grade! 
Flowers are not as large as Princess and Em- 
press grades, but just as abundant and lovely. 
Use them indoors or out, in patios, in gardens. 
Locate where they get full morning sun, half 
shade in afternoon; fertilize and water well. Blues, 
reds, greys, etc.! 
Small Plants...... ...... $3.40 to $6.40 
Medium Plants. ........ $7.40 to $9.40 
Ready to Flower. ....... $9.90 to $12.40 
Flowering Size..........$14.40 to $24.40 up 
Holmes Semi-Terete Vanda 
. - » Largest of All Vandas! 
6G 90 Only at Holmes is this statement 
a a Be true! And only because Holmes 
searched all over Hawaii, checked, 
UP compared and verified this ‘‘one 
in a million” find! It alone was ample reward for 
his months of preparation and travel! 
Literally grows madly, has biggest, brightest 
flowers in full sun—takes little care—likes ample 
water. Wide range of colors. 
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Medium Sizes...............$7.40 to $9.90 
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Flowering Sizes..............$14.90 up 
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Holmes ‘Princess’ Vanda 
Hybrids 
- - - True Royalty of Orchids 
$ AO You'll be fascinated and delighted 
P? with any Vanda Hybrid, so exotic 
UP and almost unreal is the sensa- 
tional beauty of its regimented 
fan-leaf foliage that supports spires of 12 to 15 
blooms, springing from between the leaves and 
rising erect above them! Flowers are 3 to 4 in. 
across, in choice of blue, pink, salmon, yellow. 
Not one, but a whole chain blooms every time! 
Most ornamental of all Orchids—bloom for 
weeks from year to year. Princess costs but little 
more, rewards you with more, bigger, brighter 
flowers. And in addition, they’re fragrant! Get 
yours now. 
Small Sizes. ............$4.40 to $7.40 
Medium Sizes..........$8.40, $9.40, $10.40 
Ready to Flower. ..... ..$11.40 to $14.40 
Flowering Size. .........$17.40 to $29.90 up 
Bright Red Renanthera 
Huge New Garden Orchid 
$ AO Our picture can’t do Renanthera 
° justice! Climbs trees, so it can 
P drape its panicles of hundreds of 
U Orchids (on large plants) to beckon 
to you for months while it blooms! Single spikes 
bloom for six weeks to two months! One of the most 
brilliant additions you can make to your garden. 
See it in our trees here in our Nursery. You'll 
want Renanthera on sight! 
Flowering Sizes............$14.90 to $24.40 
Other Sizes, Varieties.. ... ..$4.40 to $12.40 
Holmes ‘‘Empress” Vanda 
Hybrids 
... Utmost in Prolific Beauty 
$ 4O If you could choose but one 
‘ Orchid, we’d advise that you 
take an Empress! Its massive 
UP sprays of bloom carry 12 to 15 
huge, 4 to 5-in. Orchids at a time. And the larger 
the plant, the more spires grow out of the leaves! 
Here too you get the richest colors with the 
subtlest shading. Every one is a corsage in itself. 
Like all Vanda Hybrids, Empress is easy to 
grow— needs only a location that is sunny in the 
morning, shaded in the afternoon. Likes ample 
water, fertilization. Thrives outdoors as long as 
temperature remains above 40°; then bring its 
glorious beauty inside your home. 
Remember, at Holmes you see his personal 
selection of just a few “one in a thousand”’ superb 
kinds Come and see them— then buy! 
Small Sizes. ......... ..$5.40 to $8.40 
Medium Sizes.........$9.90, $10.90, $11.90 
Ready to Flower. .... ..$14.90 to $17.90 
Flowering Sizes. ..... ..$24.90, $34.90 up 
Holmes Phalaenopsis Hybrids 
. . . the Chignon Orchid! 
$ 4.0 Ladies . . . this is YOUR Orchid! 
3: Clip a single spray of three to five 
Phalaenopsis, pin it in your hair, 
UP and your ‘“‘chignon’” will be a 
sensation! Every Orchid in every spray is a per- 
fectly styled, wearable Orchid. Snow-white—very 
short of rose and plenty of white—each one 344 
to 5 in. in size! Flowers usually from December to 
June. Thrives outdoors most of year, but bring 
inside in cold season. 
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Ready to Bloom..............$5.90, $7.90 up 
