CRYPTANTHUS BROMELOIDES VAR. TRICOLOR. Multicolor rainbow foliage. Very 
Choice. 
4”—3.50 
CRYPTANTHUS FOSTERIANUS. New species. Center Cryptanthus plant. 
thus plant.) 
4”—4.00 
CRYPTANTHUS FOSTERIANUS HYBRIDS. Similar to parent. 
4” —2.00—2.50—3.00 
CRYPTANTHUS HYBRIDS. No two alike. 
4° ——2.00—2;50—3.00 
CRYPTANTHUS LACERDAE (Silver Star). This is a distinctly new star in plant oddities. 
The leaf is an emerald-green with a frosty band of white down the center. (See 
photo page .) 
3”—1.00 
NEOREGELIA HYBRID (Painted Fingernail). Green leaves of this rosette-type plant 
are tipped with red. Blue flowers, generally appearing in spring, remain low 
in the cup. Can serve as a natural vase when not in flower. (See photograph.) 
4” —small plants (6°-8” high—2.00-3.00 (postpaid cont. U.S.A. 2.98). 
5”—-specimen—4.50-6.50 
NEOREGELIA HYBRID VAR. PINKIE. This painted fingernail has predominant pink 
leaves. 
4” —3.00—5.00 
NEOREGELIA CAROLINAE. Beautiful bright pink and lime green foliage. Rare. 
4” —5.00-7.50 
NIDULARIUM AMAZONICA HYBRID. Apple green top surface, dubonnet underside. 
Very attractive. New. 
4” —3.00-4.00 
QUESNELIA ARVENSIS. A handsome upright cylindrical flower spike, bracts water- 
melon pink, flowers deep purple. Leaves green and serrated. See photo. 
4” —5-00-7.50 
VRIESEA CARINATA HYBRID MARIE (Painted Feather). Colid green leaves. Flat feather- 
shaped spike of bright red and yellow bracts, keeps fresh for 6 months in winter. 
An exciting houseplant. See photo page 48. 
4”—Flowering size—7.50 To flower in one year—5.00 
Plants in flower (Nov.~March)—Postpaid Cont. U.S.A. 8.95 
VRIESEA SPLENDENS (Flaming Sword). A beautiful green plant with mahogany stripes. 
Flower spike tall, flat, and brilliant orange. Spectacular. Rare. (See photo- 
graph.) Plant does not sucker like other Bromeliads but makes new plant in its 
own center. 
Flowering size—12.50—15.00 
To flower in 1 year—10.00 
AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY 
We suggest that anyone interested in growing orchids become a 
member of the American Orchid Society in order to receive the 
monthly Bulletin. Membership is $7.00 per year, which includes 
subscription to the Bulletin. Make checks payable to the American 
Orchid Society, Inc., and send to Gordon Dillon, Executive Secretary, 
Botanical Museum, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. 
and Boynton Beach on the Gulf Stream 49 
