THE ORCHID FAMILY — Orchidaceae 
Cymbidiums and Cypripediums are easily grown in living rooms if humidity is 
increased by a method as we have advised for African Violets. 
Cymbidiums are very useful for corsage flowers. We can supply the following: 
Butterfly, cream to tan; Doreen, greenish bronze; Giganteum, red-brown; Moira, greenish 
bronze, barred rose; Winter Cheer, bronze and deep rose. Price $2.50 per front bulb 
with foliage. Madeline, deep pink, $5.00; Hookerianum, olive green, $4.00. Assorted 
varieties, unlabelled, $2.00. 
How to Grow Cymbidiums is told in our “How To Grow Orchids,’ a 10 p. 
pamphlet. Send 25c for it. How To Grow Cattleyas, Cypripediums and a few others is 
told in our 1949 Orchid Price List. The listings are cancelled. Price 15c. 
We ship Cymbidiums, loose roots, and out of pot only. By Express, f.o.b. Potted 
Cymbidiums do not travel well unless in an expensive crate. If you want them to come 
by mail, send 75c extra per plant for extra heavy packing material and for postage. We 
ship by mail at your risk only so be sure to send the insurance fee, which will protect 
you. By mail you will save at least $1.00 up to $2.00 and we advise this if insured. 
Cypripedium callosum. In shape, similar to our native Lady Slippers and closely 
related. Correct botanical name is Paphiopedilum but usually known as above. Flowers 
are fine for corsages. 344”-4” wide, white variously marked with green and purple 
veins and a brown purple lip. Blooms about Jan. to Apr., sometimes later. The best 
potting mixture is osmundine and sphagnum, equal portions. Require deeper shade than 
Cattleyas and Cymbidiums. Shipped only in pot, by express, f.o.b. Price reduced to $5.50. 
Cattleyas. We offer fine hybrids and species (only those species are included that 
produce fine flowers for cutting) that have been recently repotted in fresh osmundine. 
They will not need repotting for 2 or 3 years when they should be too large for their 
pots. Our selection of blooming size plants. Tell us what you have and we will not 
duplicate them. Price $5.00, express, f.o.b. C. Enid, $7.50, express, f.o.b. 
If you are experienced in potting Cattleyas we can send out of pot plants, our 
selection, 3 or more pseudo bulbs for $4.00 postpaid. Unlabelled plants, $3.50. 
Bletilla hyacintha. Lovely hardy, terrestrial orchid. Plant before Mar. 1. The best 
soil contains much sand and peat. 8 to 12 lovely little purple orchids on a scape 15” tall. 
Price 40c. 3 for $1.00. $3.50/doz. postpaid. $25.00/100 by express, f.o.b. 
Osmundine, best Florida brown grade, $1.35/lb. postpaid. 
For scale on orchids, spray with Thrip O cide. See listing under Garden Supplies. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Anemones and Ranunculus. Ranunculaceae. Anemones are mostly blue but some 
are red, pink, or white. The flowers of this strain are mostly single which we prefer in 
Anemones. 
Ranunculus range in color from red, pink, yellow to white. This strain produces 
the largest and most double flowers. 
Tecolote Ranunculus and Anemones, large size for growing in pots or in the garden. 
This size gives larger fls. on taller scapes and forces well in pots. Price, either Ranunculus 
or Anemones, 2 for 15c. 50c doz. 
Culture. Hardy only in deep south. It is best to start after summer heat has gone— 
in mild autumn weather. They can be started here in a flat of moist sphagnum moss, 
or sand in the cool shade of a tree. Don’t forget to keep them moist. Transplant to garden 
in deep south or to pots in north. You can start them or grow them in a cool room in 
the house in winter. They should have sandy soil with peat added. 
Ctenanthe oppenheimiana, var. tricolor. Marantaceae. A beautifully colored foliage 
plant. The foliage is striped light and dark green on upper surface with a few white 
stripes and blotches. The under side is maroon. Grow in 5” pots, acid soil—peat or 
sphagnum with sand. We will ship, out of pot, postpaid, for $1.75, or in clay pots, by 
express, f.o.b., for $1.75. 
Maranta Kerchoveana. Rabbit Tracks. Nice, easy-to-grow shade plants, for pots. Acid 
soil. 75c. 
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