About Wm. Kirch—Orchids, Ltd. 
People like to know a little bit about those from whom they buy. In local busi- 
ness you become well acquainted with the butcher, the baker and the candlestick 
maker. We are a long way removed from most of our customers so they can't 
easily drop in and get acquainted. If you do visit our lovely Islands, be sure to call 
us. We would like to show you our nurseries of which we are very proud. 
WM. KIRCH—ORCHIDS, LTD. is a corporation owned and operated by seven 
Hawaiian orchid nurseries. Its function is to act as sales agent between the customer 
and the producer. We have found such cooperative operation to be most effective 
in giving our customers quick, efficient service and in freeing the grower from the 
multiple details of packing and shipping so that his full attention can be focused on 
growing better plants. 
Our seven nurseries are located in various climatic regions on the Island of 
Oahu. We have a range in temperature, rainfall, and other climatic factors which 
allows us to grow a wide range of different orchid plants. No single nursery, re- 
gardless of its size, could possibly offer so wide a selection as that which you will 
find offered in this catalog. 
Monthly meetings of the head growers of our nurseries give us the advantage 
not just of one grower’s point of view, but the combined knowledge and years of 
experience of all seven. Active cooperation in-the exchange of pollen, stud plants 
and ideas on breeding promote better plants than could be produced if we oper- 
ated as individuals. The production of the seven nurseries is nearing one-half million 
orchid plants in various stages of growth. Therefore, we feel capable of handling 
any order regardless of how small or how large. 
Our aim is to produce plants of the finest quality for the amateur. While many 
of our plants are suitable for the commercial production of cut flowers, this is not 
our primary goal. We feel that the amateur has the right to expect new, different, 
and better offerings each year. We feel further that plants for the amateur should 
be grown so that they will reach him in a condition which will make them easy to 
establish under his own conditions. Our hard grown plants, subjected to stimulat- 
ing Hawaiian sunshine, are not to be confused with greenhouse grown subjects 
which must continue to have identical treatment or suffer a check. 
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