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LET'S TALK ABOUT CANE TYPE DENDROBIUMS 
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Best known of the Cane Type Dendrobiums is the lavender D.Phalaeno s4Kiyren The tall, / 
slender pseudo-bulbs, averaging one foot to three feet in height, do loo ~séricoehet/ 
like a cane, or even a miniature bamboo pole. 
Unlike the "cool house" varieties, these Dendrobiums grow and bloom side-by-side _ 
with your Cattleyas, requiring no special cooling out or drying off to foree them 
into flower. While losing some leaves in the short resting period, they are not 
as completely deciduous as Cool House Dendrobs. 
And whet an incredible abundance of flowers they produce! Long, graceful sprays 
of white, pink, lavender, red, purple, green, yellow, bronze or brown flowers?’ 
Dancing gently when the slightest breeze touches them. You don't need to be a 
poet to imagine they are birds, moths, butterflies, or even fairies, dancing, 
swaying and lifting their "wings". 
The blooms last and last, usually staying fresh and lovely three months or longer. 
Many will even bloom again on last year's lead$ 
And no flowers are easier to arrange than Dendrobium sprays. Put them in any 
vase, in any manner, and they look lovely, not requiring the patience or ingenuity 
you must use to make a short-stemmed Cattleya a vital part of your floral arrange- 
mente 
Three, five or seven Dendrobium blooms, wired and taped into a corsage or "hair- 
do" will bring admiring exclamations, even from friends who may not immediately 
recognize them as Orchids. 
A single Dendrobium bloom, worn as a buttonaire by a masculine Orchid enthusiast, 
is as well recognized in Orchid Circles as a fraternity pin or Rotary button. 
As to cultural requirements, the "don't over- water" warning is even more import- 
ant here than with your Cattleyas, the dryest periods being right after repotting 
and right before bloom spikes are formed. If you over water when plants should be 
throwing out spikes, they may make cultural off-shoots instead, 
A second warning, "Don't over pot!" may sell you on the idea that dendrobs thrive 
on neglect, and they do, up to a point. They are not really happy until they are 
“pot bound". Can you imagine a plant three feet tall doing well in a little 3-inch 
pot? You'll learn to accept them that way, if they are Dendrobiums. 
If you are so busy you have trouble finding time to repot your Orchids, Dendrobiums 
are for youe They so seldom need to be repotted3 
Another point in their favor: Dendrobiums reach blooming size much more rapidly 
than Cattleyas. If they've ever heard the old bromide, "Seven years to bloom an 
Orchid", they don't show it. “Thirty months to bloom an Orchid" applies to most 
of the Dendrobiumse 
Have I sold you on trying at least one blooming size “cane type" Dendrobium? 
Send me $7.50 and I'll choose one such plant for you. The majority of these plants 
are Fall blooming, so your plant should be thoroughly acclimated to your growing 
conditions before it starts its next bloom spike. 
Maybe, like another customer, you'll decide: "While I love all my Orchids, I think 
Dendrobiums are my favorites!" 
