These warmer growing types have handsomely mottled...

These warmer growing types have handsomely mottled...

These warmer growing types have handsomely mottled leaves.

They are the parents of the rounded-petal hybrids so prized by florists.

Cypripedium in its tropical forms is a genus highly recommended for amateurs.

It is gratifyingly prolific, easy of culture and adaptable, and one of the few that can be grown in a dwelling.

(Listing and descriptions of species with marked and unmarked leaves may be found on pages 112-13.

) The genus Cymbidium is a hardy one reaching an ever greater and well-deserved popularity.

Plants are sympodial, terrestrial, semiterrestrial, and epiphytic.

They are grown outdoors under lath in the tropics and thrive particularly on the West Coast of North America, where Southern California hopes to become the Cymbidium center of the world.

The plants have great solid pseudobulbs and very long grass-like leaves.

From the depths of this graceful foliage (waist high), the flowers climb along tall, sturdy stems, usually erect, but drooping in some species.

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