LacltA ORCHID PLANTS 
(Epiphytal Orchids) 
SCHIRMER CERTIFIED BLOOMING-SIZE PLANTS é 
(Each with 4 or more growths) 
Botanically, Laelias differ from Cattleyas only in that they have 8 pollen 
masses compared to 4 in the Cattleya. The following are varieties which 
have proved most popular in the Schirmer Orchid Gardens. All are very 
fine plants for every purpose. : 
CAT. PER 
NO. PLANT 
P-901 %*®LAELIAANCEPS  . $7.50 
i A beautiful free-flowering plant with flower spikes often bear- 
ing as many as 7 blooms measuring 3 to 4 inches across. Sepals 
and petals are deep rose, the lip crimson-purple, with yellow 
on the throat. Blooms from November through February. 
Worthy of a place in every Orchid grower’s collection. 
P-902 %*LAELIA AUTUMNALIS $7.50 
Fragrant long-lasting flowers of rich rose-purple, measuring 
about 4 inches across—sometimes as many as 9 to a flower 
spike. A very free-flowering plant which blooms in late fall 
and winter. : 
P-903 _ LAELIA AUTUMNALIS var. ALBA $50 
Illustrated and described on Page 11. A searce white variety, 
very beautiful. Blooms in late fall. 
P-904 *LAELIA GRANDIFLORA $7.50 
An extremely showy Orchid with flowers measuring from 6 
inches up to 9 inches across, Sepals and petals are silver- 
lavender with a white lip spotted with the same lavender 
shade. Very hardy. Likes more sun than most Orchids. Usually 
in bloom for Mother’s Day. (Illustrated at top of this page.) 
P-905 * LAELIA RUBESCENS $15 
Beautiful plant with tall flower spikes, each bearing 4 to 8 
flowers about 2 inches across. Sepals and petals are white or 
flushed with rose, with a dark maroon spot at base of lip. 
Winter bloomer. 
E fetdend rem oRcHid PLANTS ¥ ; 
TERRESTRIAL VARIETIES 
SCHIRMER CERTIFIED BLOOMING-SIZE PLANTS 
These Terrestrial Epidendrums are 
exquisite, perfectly-formed small Or- P-1 100 * EPIDENDRUM O’BRIENIANUM $1 50 
chids (%” to1% Ra NUT | in ee Bright red flowers. 
clusters of 20 to ooms at the 
ends of stems varying up to 2 feet P-1101 * EPIDENDRUM BIG BOY $2.50 
long, eon to SOW than Bright red flowers, slightly larger than O’Brienianum, ; 
most ordinary house 
plants, they multiply rap- P-1102 EPIDENDRUM COPPER WONDER $7.50 
idly and bloom preeen Bright copper, like a new penny. 
throughout most of the : 
year, either indoors or P-1 103 EPIDENDRUM FUCHSIA QUEEN $6 
out, provided they are Fuschia color flower with a frilled lip. 
taken inside during freez- 
ing weather. Little known P-1 104 *EPIDENDRUM GOLDEN SUNSET $5 
to the general public, 
they offer a wonderful 
opportunity for profit 
Brilliantly-colored flowers ranging from light orange to deep 
red. (See color illustration on Page 5.) 
through sale as. potted P-] 105 EPIDENDRUM MAMMOTH RED es $4 
flowering plants. Deep red flowers. x 
P-1106 EPIDENDRUM PURPLE MAJESTY $7.50 
: EPIDENDRUM Deep purple flowers. Likes a warm location. 
COPA EN CUMDEL P-1107  EPIDENDRUM YELLOW EYE $6 
Light yellow flowers. 
EPIPHYTAL VARIETIES P-1301 EPIDENDRUM ATROPURPUREUM $1 5 
5 Z or Very attractive plant with purple-hued bulbs and leaves. 
Small Orchids varying from %” to ri Flowers measure 2” to 3”, the sepals and petals purple and 
3” in size. These also are profusely brown on a light green background, lip light yellow or white 
blooming varieties which offer a streaked with crimson. Blooms in early summer. 
great opportunity for profit from 
sale as flowering plants. P-1302  *EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM $7.50 
Cochleatum is not a commercial corsage Orchid, but is a won- 
derfully decorative and unusual plant. Petals are narrow and 
yellow-green in color. Lip is large, shaped like a shell, and of 
such a dark purple color that it is often called the ‘‘Black 
Orchid.’’ Also, because of the shape, it is sometimes called the 
“‘Cockleshell Orchid.’’ 
P-1303  EPIDENDRUM MARIA AMES $10 
Trumpet-shaped flowers about 2” across with white petals and 
a large frilled green lip. Blooms in summer. 
P-1304 %*EPIDENDRUM TAMPENSE $5 
An exquisitely beautiful Miniature Orchid that every Orchid 
grower should have. Sepals and petals range from mustard- 
‘yellow to chartreuse or green, with a white lip often spotted 
with magenta or with a red-purple spot. Blooms in great pro- 
fusion for about 6 months during spring and summer, often 
well into fall. 
EPIDENDRUM 
TAMPENSE 
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