CATTLEYA 
This is the large flowered lavender orchids that are used so much for corsage mak- 
incesancmrnomone-olent that a<person thinks of when the name. orchid is mentioned. (t is 
very easy to grow and flower provided the few very simple rules are followed. Plant in as 
small a pot as possible. See that the Osmunda fiber is in good condition. Do not water 
unless the pot is thoroughly dried out. Keep night temperature as near 60 degrees as pos- 
sible and day-time humidity at around 60 percent. 
The following is a short list of blooming size plants out of 4 to 6 inch pots, and should 
flower within the year. Delivery anytime. 
C. AURANTIACA X C. FABIANID. A charming small flowered hybrid with bronzy 
colored flowers and purple lip. $9.00 ea. 
C. ENID. Large flowers of standard orchid colors. Will bloom twice and often three 
times a year. $7.00 ea. 
C. GIGAS. Very large flowers of delicate mauve-purple with a large crimson-purple 
lip and two large yellow ''eyes'’ in the throat. Summer blooming. $7.00 ea. 
C. LUEDDEMANNIANA. A magnificent fall blooming species with very large and 
bright flowers of purplish rose and deep amethyst-purple lip, beautifully marked yellow at 
the throat. $7.00 ea. 
C. TRIANAE. The famous Christmas Orchid as it usually blooms during the late fall 
and winter. Fine form and color and one of the easiest to grow. The color is typically 
orchid. $6.00 ea. 
Bc. ROSALIND. Large flowers with frilled lip and yellow or lemon throat. Usually light 
shades of color. $9.00 ea. 
(If you are interested in choice hybrid cattleyas we can supply many of the finest 
from $15.00 per plant upward.) 
C. MOSSIAE. A very large flowered plant with deep rose color and frilled lip. Easy 
to flower. Summer blooming. $7.00 ea. 
C. WARNERI. Another summer blooming orchid with very large flowers. The lip is 
deep crimson, very broad and attractive. $7.00 ea. 
C. BOWRINGIANA. A bifoliate type of Cattleya with long, thin pseudobulbs and 
spikes with numerous well proportioned small flowers, usually three inches across. The flow- 
ers are rose-purple, the lip deep purple and with white throat. Fall bloomer. $6.00 ea. 
C. HARRISONIANA. The pseudobulbs are about a foot or more high, bearing two 
leaves. Many flowers on a spike. The color is rose and the base of the lip is stained yellow. 
Summer bloomer. $7.00 ea. 
The following is a list of seedlings from selected parentage and should produce flowers 
of outstanding quality. They are all well-grown plants in perfect health and vigor. All are 
well established in the pots and large enough to be planted into the next larger size pot. 
The size listed as potback (PB) contains a minimum of three plants in a three-inch pot, 
and the price is for per pot and not per plant. The plants in three-inch pots should flower 
soon. 
In the variety names listed, below the prefix letters refer to the parentage, or rather 
to the different genera that went into the make-up of the hybrid. Thus, (C.} stands for Cat- 
tleya, (L.) for Laelia, (B.) for Brassavola. So, Le. means that the plant has the blood of 
Cattleya and Laelia in its makeup, Blc. has the blood of Brassavola, Laelia and Cattleya, 
etc. You may order the following by number: 
Number PB. 2-2I/,/ 3” 
8— C. aurantiaca X C. Fabianid. Small, fragrant flowers of 7.50 
bronzy shades with purple lip. Winter. 
II— Bc. Rosalind. (Bc. Digbyano-Mossiae var. Queen Alexandra $6.00 
X C. Enid) Lavender, greenish throat. Blooms twice a year. 
I5— (Lc. Hilary X C. Tityus) X C. trianae. Dark lavender, purple 3.50 6.50 
lip, yellow throat. Winter. 
|17— (C. White Empress X C. Barbara Dane) X C. trianae. White 3.50 6.50 
to blush, lavender lip, yellow throat. Winter. 
I8— C. Enid. The most popular cut flower variety of standard 5.00 
orchid coloring. Blooms twice a year. 
2I— C. gigas. Seedlings grown from selected variety. 5.00 
25— C. Triumphans X C. Gregorio. Ivory to light yellow, crimson 4.00 3.50 7.50 
lip lined gold. Fall. 
29— C. Lueddemanniana X Lc. Mem. Helene Ammenheuser. Deep 4.00 5.00 
lavender, dark lip. Spring. . 
34 (Lc. Britania X C. Mossiae var. Countess Gray) X C. Tityus. 4.00 3.00 
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