DENDROBIUM NOBILE TYPES 
LAVENDER FLOWERS 
D. NOBILE—This is beautiful spring-flowering orchid from Burma. It has been 
a favorite in orchid collections since the early 1880's. The flowers are lavender 
with deep purple eyes. Flowers 2-3” across. Flowers January thru April. Keep 
plants cool and dry during late fall and early winter, then begin watering 
again in January to start buds. Delay watering on different plants for a 
succession of flowers. See photo page : 
Offsets (potted)—3.00-4.00 
Flowering size—5.00—7.50—10.00—15.00 
NOBLE HYBRIDS 
Offsets potted of selected fine Nobile type flowers. Some are named, others 
are not. Most will flower in one year. (Merlin-Ronele- Etc.) 
5.00—7.50—10.00—15.00 
YELLOW FLOWERS 
D. BARBARA GITTENS (D. Moschatum x D. Clavatum)—Deep yellow sepals and 
petals with maroon-purple blotch base of lip. Fragrant. Early Summer flowering. 
Flowering size—8.50—12.50 
D. CALCEOLUS X D. FIMBRIATUM OCULATUM—Spring. A beautiful orange- 
yellow dendrobium with a dark maroon-purple blotch at base of lip. 
Flowering size—8&.50—12.50 
D. DEIDRE (D. Thwaitsiae Veitchii x D. Aureum)—Yellow. 
10.00—15.00 
D. MOSCHATUM VAR. CUPREUM (Calceolaria.)—Flowers are bright apricot-yel- 
low with the lip darker orange and 2 maroon spots near the base. A rare color 
in orchids. Racemes of 7 to 15 flowers which last 7-10 days. Canes 4 to 5 
feet tall. April thru July. 
Flowering size—5.00—7.50—10.00 Offsets (potted)—2.00 
SPRAY ORCHIDS 
See also Tom Thumb and Rare Botanical Orchids on following pages: 
AERIDES ODORATUM—Late Spring. Arching racemes of fragrant flowers, creamy white 
with some magenta markings. Grows well with Cattleyas. 
Flowering size—7.50-10.00 
+504 ANGRAECUM EBURNEUM—Spring. Lovely star flowers 3-4” across. Sepals 
and petals greenish-white. Lip broad white with green tinted spur nearly 3” long. 
See photo page 37. 
4” —7.50 (available Aug. ’56) 
ANGRAECUM EICHLERIANUM—A climbing type. Flowers 2-3” vertical, sepals and 
petals greenish white. Lip white. Flowers from axil of leaves. Various. 
3” —7.50 
4420 ANGRAECUM VEITCHII (A. Sesquipedale x A. Eburneum). Spring .A real nov- 
elty. Flowers resemble Sesquipedale. Up to 6” across with a long spur, color 
creamy white. See photo page 40. 
4”—12.50 
ARACHNIS MAGGIE OEI (A. Hookeriana var. Luterola X A. Flos-Aeris). Yellow barred 
red spider orchid—give full sun—Approx. 3-4 ft tall to flower. 
4” pot—18” tall—10.00 
ARACHNIS MAINGAYI. A fine species spider or scorpion orchid—flowers, yellow with 
reddish bars and stripes—Give full sun. 
4” pot—18” tall—5.00 
BRASSIA CAUDATA. Up to 12 flowers per spike, light green spotted with dark brown. 
Flowers, late summer to fall. 
Blooming size—5.00 In spike—7.50 
36 Greenhouses at Mandarin on the St. Johns River 
