PHAIUS GRANDIFOLIUS RENANTHERA COCCINEA ONCIDIUM SPECIES 
See Page 39 See Page 39 
TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS (Grown in Soil) 
PHAIUS GRANDIFOLIUS (The Nun Orchid). A charming evergreen terrestrial orchid from 
Asia. Easy to grow as a houseplant. Flowers February thru April. Many flowers 
per spike. Flowers 21/2 to 3 inches wide. White on back, brown on front. Lip 
veined with purple. Wonderful for corsages or as a decorative plant. Grow in 
rich composted soil plus 1 tablespoon of bonemeal or superphosphate to 6” pot. 
After new growth is 6” high feed weekly with liquid fertilizer until fall. Repot 
after flowering. Keep damp in summer, and put pots outdoors in shade while 
warm. See photo. 
Flowering size—7.50 
Unflowered, to flower in 1 year—5.00 
CALANTHE 
Terrestrial orchid from India. Grow in rich soil. Repot after flowering in 5 or 6” 
pots with lots of drainage in the bottom. Keep slightly damp until new growth has 
many roots. Then keep moist and feed every two weeks with liquid fertilizer. Reduce 
water in fall and after flowering keep dry until growth begins again. Leaves yellow 
and drop in the fall. Flowers on long arching sprays from Thanksgiving to New 
Years. White and pink varieties, unnamed. 
Flowering size—5.00—6.00 
Dormant, unpotted bulbs—3.00 (Feb. and March only) 
PERISTERIA ELATA. The ‘Holy Ghost"’ or ‘‘Dove"’ orchid so called because of the image 
in the flower. Flowers are fragrant 2-3” across, waxy white, Fall. Grow in rich 
soil and feed during growth and keep watered. See photo. 
7.50—10.00—12.50 
For PHALAENOPSIS and CYCNOCHES (Swan Orchids) 
See pages 76 and 77 
46 Greenhouses at Mandarin on the St. Johns River 
