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ALTISSIMUM = (West Indies) Spring 
Bulbs 3" to 5", rather flat with leaves up to 18" long. Flower spikes 
3' to 5' with short, close set branchese Nany flowers closely set, about 
3", sepals and petals pale yellow barred with brown; yellow lipe....$5e00-10.00 
AMPLIATUM VAR. MAJUS = (Central America) Spring 
This is one of the showiest and most beautiful of all the Oncidiums and we 
have featured it for a number of years in our Spring Flower Show groupse 
The plant itself is very attractive, with broad, dark green bulbs sometimes 
mottled with purple=red; leaves 8" to 15" long, broad and leathery, somewhat 
resembling Phalaenopsis leaves. ‘Ihe spikes arch upright, 2' to 5! long, and 
branche ‘the habit of the entire spike is more or less in the form of a tri- 
angle and the inflorescence of each individual branch is again triangular, 
so that each branch makes a perfect corsagee Many flowered; a good spike 
will have up to several hundred flowers, each about ayn across and round in 
appearancee Clear yellows with small sepals and petals. ‘Ihe back of the 
flowers are lighter in color, almost white with a large, spreading, bright 
yellow lipe Flowering SLZESeccccccccccvecsecccccecececccccess {e500 to 25.00 
BOISSIENSE - (Forbesii x Varicosum) A Fall and Winter hybrid 
A very lovely, large, and for the most part deep yellow flower of richer 
colorings than Varicosum but similar in habit of growth and flower spike. 
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CARTHAGINENSE - (Tropical America) Summer and Fall 
Heavy leaves 8" to 18" from a bulbless rhizome, with flower spikes l' to 8! 
in length; many branches with flowers about 1" across and yellowish=-cream 
in color, marked and spotted with POSGs cbsce cocnicsceeseesssedoene to 10.00 
CAVENDISHIANUM - (Tropical America) Winter and Spring 
Habit of growth as in Carthaginense but with larger, clear, dark green 
leaves; flower spikes 2' to 4! branching; individual flowers fragrant, 
1" to 2" across; undulated sepals and petals, a good, clear yellow with 
Slight spottings of red and a bright yellow lipe Good cut flower..$5.00 to 15.00 
FLEXUOSUM = (Brazil) Various 
2" to 3" oval bulbs on ascending rhizomes with )" to 9" leaves and flower 
spikes 2! to ' high, branching, many flowered. Flowers usually $" to 1" 
in diameter of good, clear yellows with bright yellow lip and a bit of red 
markingse This Oncidium has a habit of flowering almost contimuously as the 
plants attain a good size, and if the flower spikes are not cut all the way 
to the base of the lo Mh ere rrrrrrrrrerrrrrrrrTTrrrrrrrrr rr Sr’! to 10.00 
HARRISONIANUM = (Brazil) Summer and Fall 
A beautiful, small, dwarf-growing species, very seldom more than 6" highe 
Branched flower spikes, 10" to 15" with very closely set, rather small, 
beautifully colored flowerse Sepals and petals clear yellow marked with 
red with a good spreading lip, also spotted rede Rareeesecee$l0.00 to 15.00 
INCURVUM = (Mexico) Fall ad Winter 
Bulbs 3" to 5"3leaves up to 18" long; flower spikes 3' to 10' long, arching 
and branched, many flowered, each about 1" across, very fragrant. Sepals 
and petals are rose=pink, spotted and tipped with white; white lip with 
yellow creste A very beautiful Oncidiumesreccocersccce occccccce $5000 to 15.00 
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