THIS LIST OF “RECOMMENDED” ORCHID PLANTS IS BASED ON 
MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN GROWING THOUSANDS 
OF PLANTS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE EASIEST KINDS TO 
GROW IN MY OPINION. 
CATTLEYAS 
Trianae— W inter 
Labiata—Fall 
Percivaliana—Fall 
Gaskelliana—Spring-Summer 
Mossiae—spring-Summer 
EPIDENDRUMS 
Atro-Purpureum—W inter-Spring 
Ciliare—W inter 
Cochleatum—Various 
Tampense—Summer 
Fragrans—Ssummer 
Radicans—Various 
CYMBIDIUMS 
Eburneum* -——Spring 
Devonianum* —sSpring 
Aloifolium* —Spring 
ONCIDIUMS 
Carthaginense—Various 
Cavendishianum—Various 
Cebolleta—Winter 
Luridum—Various 
Maculatum—W inter 
Splendidum—W inter 
Sphacelatum—Spring-Summer 
Oblongatum—W inter 
Ornithorynchum—wW inter 
Kramerianum—Various 
STANHOPEA 
Tigrina—Summer 
BRASSAVOLA 
Digbyana—Spring 
Nodosa—Autum 
Acaulis—Various 
Glauca—Spring 
CATTLEYAS 
Bowringiana—Fall 
Skinneri—Spring 
Aurantiaca—Summer 
Mendelii—Spring 
Schroederae—Spring 
LAELIAS 
Anceps—Fall-Winter 
PHAUIS 
Wallichi—Spring 
VANDAS 
Joaquim—Various 
Terre—Spring 
DENDROBIUMS 
Nobile—Late Winter 
Peirardie—Late Winter 
Clavatum* —Summer 
Fimbriatum—Summer 
Devonianum—Spring 
Densiflorum—Spring 
Formosum—Autumn 
Phalaenopsis—Various 
Delicatum—W inter 
BRASSOS 
Grace Weston—Various 
LAELIA CATTLEYAS 
Callistaglossa—Various 
Nella—Summer-Fall 
Altadena—Summer-Fall 
Carmaniana—Summer-Fal! 
* Plants marked with star should be grown only where the win- 
térs are cool, as these are cool-loving plants, and while they 
will flower now and then in this city, they will do best when 
grown in cooler climates. 
