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Title: Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants
Identifier: descriptivecata1891seve_0 (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Seven Oaks Nurseries; Hoyt, R. D; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Bay View, F. L. : Seven Oaks Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ORCHIDS. 39 DENDBOBIUMS, Continued. D. Dalhousiaiium. India. A very large growing species ; pseu- do-bulbs three to five feet high. Flowers buff, shaded with lemon; lip spotted at the base with two large blotches of dark crimson and margined with pink. $3 to $5 each. D. Devonianuin. East Indies. Flowers creamy white ; lip mar- gined with purple, spotted with orange at the base and bordered all around with a delicate lace- like frill, giving the plant a very unique appearance. $2.50 to $4 each. D. nobile. China. This is one of the oldest, best known and handsomest Dendrobes in culti- vation ; very easily grown and a good and sure bloomer. Flowers white, tinged with rosy pink ; lip blotched at the base with velvety crimson. $1.50 to $15 each. D. thyrsiflorum. Moulmein. Flowersalmost transparent,some- times tinged with pink ; very free-flowering. $2 to $5 each. D. Wardianum. Assam. This is another elegant species. Flowers white, the lower portion rich magenta white above, orange below, with two eye-like of crimson. $1.50 to $3 each.
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'P spots EPIDENDRUM. E. bidentatum. Key Largo. Flowers yellowish green, thickly spotted with chocolate brown. 75 cents to $2 each. E. conopseum. Native. Flowers small, green- ish white. 25 cents each. E. cochleatum. West Indies and south Florida. Flowers rich purple and light green. 75 cents to $1.50 each. E. neinorale. Mexico. P'lowers rosy lilac; lip striped violet; pseudo-bulbs very large. ;2 to $5 each. E. veiiosuni. South Florida. For those who wish a really beautifully orchid at a low price, and one that will stand all sorts of neglect and yet bloom freely, we can recommend this. It seems to have been overlooked hy most orchid growers, but has only to be seen to be appreciated. Flowers pink and greenish chocolate color, from twelve to twenty on a long spike ; last for several weeks without fading. 20 cents each ; large, well established clumps, JjSi each. lONOPSIS UTRICULARIOIDES. Jamaica. Small, pinkish-white flowers in long ra- cemes. $2 each. L/ELIA. Li. albida. Mexico. This is an elegant plant. Flowers white, the lip streaked with yellow ; very fragrant and very easy to grow. $1 each. L. anceps. Mexico. Flowers of large size , fra- grant, rosv lilac ; lip rich purple. One of the best. $2 to Ss each. Li. aiitumnalis. Mexico. Also very fragrant, and of a beautiful rose color. $1.50 to $2.50 each. Ij. peduncularis. Mexico. Flowers dark rose, with nearly black spots on the lip ; a very showy and elegant species. $1 to $2 each. LYCASTE. Flowers bright yellow, A free flowering sort. Li. aromatica. Mexico, fragrant ; lip very hairy. $1.50 each. Li. Skinneri. Guatemala. Flowers white, suf- fused with rose ; lip crimson. A very desirable sort, the flowers lasting in perfection for many weeks. $2. DENDROBIUM WARDIANUM. ODONTOGLOSSUM. This genus, which is rather difficult to grow, pro- duces the most magnificent flowers, and everyone who has facilities for growing orchids should include at least a few of the one hundred or more species of this genus. Nearly all of them come from the higher elevations of tropical America, from Bolivia to Mexi- co, and consequently require at all times a rather cool but moist atmosphere ; and when these condi- tions can be met, little difficulty will be experienced in growing these beautiful forms. The colors are distinct and striking. We can only partially describe a few of them. O. Cervantesii. A very pretty, dwarf-growing species. Flowers rosy-lilac, barred with brownish- crimson, f I to $1.50 each. O. cil'rhosum. Flowers pure white, with dark violet spots ; lip yellow, with violet radiating lines, and edged with bristles. $1.50 to 12 each. O. citrosinuni. Flowers pure white, delicately lemon scented. Si to S3 each. O. grande. Flowers five to seven inches in diam- eter ; rich orange yellpw, transversely banded with chestnut brown. $2 each. O. Hallii. Flowers pale yellow, with large choco- late patches ; lip white, with a beautiful fringed mar- gin, and more or less spotted with brown and purple. $3 to $5 each. O. Insleayi leopardiniim. A very beautiful va- riety. Flowers deep yellow, barred with crimson bands. $2 to $3 each. O. iiebulosunn. Flowers white, more or less spot- ted with brown ; lip lemon yellow, with brown spots, f 1.50 each. ONCIDIUM. A very large genus, and among the easiest of all orchids to grow, producing their immense racemes of flowers in the greatest profusion. They are very beautiful. O. ainpliatum. West Indies. Flowers large, clear yellow. $2 each. O. Cavandishianuni. Guatemala. Another yel- low-flowered species. Flowers produced in abund- ance on immense branching panicles, jifi.50 to $2.50 each. O. crispum. Brazil. Flowers rich copper-color, i petals waved and crimped. $2 each.

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