PENNELUSQRCHID NEWS 
Published Semi-Annually by FENNELL ORCHID CO. * Route I, Box 250; Homestead, Florida 
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Orchid [naporters. Growers and Hybridists For Over 
VOL. 9 
FALL-WINTER — 1955-1956 _ 
UNUSUAL CATTLEYAS 
Add Spice 
To Your Collection 
Not all Cattleyas are 
large, frilly and either white 
or lavender - purple. There 
are many unusual and very 
charmingly exotic types of 
Cattleyas in a striking range 
of colors, sizes and shapes. 
Most of these are very rare 
and seldom seen in cultiva- 
tion — Because they are not 
as big as the more common 
commercial cattleyas they 
have been greatly neglected 
by most growers. Here at 
the Orchid Jungle we have 
been interested in them for 
many years but have not had 
them in sufficient quantities 
to advertise until just re- 
cently. Our founder, Lee A. 
Fennell made his first hy- 
brid. of this type in 1910 — 
it was Be. Daffodil — a dar- 
ling little butter yellow flow- 
er. Ever since, it has been 
so popular that we are al- 
ways almost completely sold 
out. During the rest of his 
life he continued to make 
other crosses of these un- 
usual sizes and colors and 
we have also bought and 
imported many other types 
through the years. We have 
made special pets of these 
charming and so different 
cattleyas — hating to sell 
them as if they were mem- 
bers of the family. We have 
been propagating them and 
now have quite a stock — a 
few each of many different 
kinds and for the first time 
we are offering them for 
sale in a real variety of many 
different sizes, shapes and 
colors. Look below and see if 
these unusual orchids won't 
add real spice and interest 
to your collection. They are 
some of our very special 
favorites and we feel sure 
they will be yours too. 
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PENNELL ORCHID COMPANY. 
ORCHID JUNGLE 
Visitors come from all over the world to see the ORCHID 
JUNGLE, only 25 miles south of Miami. Follow signs on 
U.S. No. 1. Charming guides explain orchid culture and 
answer questions. Orchids from every part of the world 
flower in abundance on our great oak trees. You wander 
through the jungle path at your leisure, photographing and 
reveling in peace and beauty. Admission is $1.00 (including 
taxes) and every lady visitor receives an orchid. 
Do YOU grow ORCHIDS 
for FOLIAGE or FLOWERS? 
Most orchids bloom only once a year — because of this 
many growers have only foliage to look at most of the time. 
Some new hybrids, however will bloom more than once a 
year. Here at the Orchid Jungle we have found that by feed- 
ing our plants regularly all year long we now have quite a 
few crosses that bloom several times a year. These plants 
are a real COLLECTOR'S DREAM because they bloom so 
much more than most orchids — They are truly — 
ORCHIDS that give you the MOST FLOWERS per DOLLAR 
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HO McE Sah EAD. 
“When the frost is on the 
pumpkin andthe -fodder’s 
in the shock” — when “the 
melancholy days are come, 
the saddest of the year” — 
(I'm a November child my- 
self, so I love the fall and 
take that quotation with a 
grain of salt, but it’s a cinch 
the days are often gloomy). 
When its cozy to stay 
doors but you look out at a 
bleak landscape — often 
through a nasty drizzle and 
its pretty gray and brown 
outside — What brilliant or- 
chids will bloom in your 
windows? Buck up your 
spirits? . . . Amaze passers- 
by? ... Want some plants — 
now in sheath — fall-winter 
bloomers?? Try these: 
in- 
FALL BLOOMING 
CATTLEYAS 
BLC. CLARELEN 
Very large, very strong, heavy 
plants—true jumboes—fine, large, 
dark, heavy flowers. 
1 lead blooming size. . .$25.00 
BLC. DOROTHY FENNELL 
Fine Ble., well- held, good 
shape, Range—WPL to very dark 
blooms. Fall and winter. 
Ve lead years eeet, tenes $30.00 
DO end taene ee e $40.00 
(Ce IAD OAD Batt Ul 
Large dark flowers, bloom 3- 
5 per stem—well held, very at- 
tractive flowers—gold veins in the 
lip. Extremely showy when these 
large plants are in full bloom. 
Summer and Fall. 
lend eae ee $17.50 
Qlead . = $25.00 
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FLORIDA 
