Show One of Choicest Orchids I i Blossoming in S S. S L L. Home t 1 Y f A V v q 1 7 4 cp t S. S 7 ij S. S r s sr r 4 I 4 j IA a k 3 c S' S t f j T. T S S S 1 M M i MRS l E. E F. F DREYFOUS AND ORCHID The seeds seeds' ar arc fine line s ais By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN Telegram Garden Gar Editor One of the worlds world's choicest orchids is in blossom at the home of Mr an and Mrs E E. F. F Dreyfous in Cottonwood d where its two iwo exotic blooms shading in hue from iii vinous ous s purple I to a reddish lave lavender der have hav J been produced ed on a pot grown plant after affer eH eight ht v years ars of careful nurturing The variety is a hybrid known as L. L C C. Nilla Nilia Few people grow their own orchidS orchidS' orchids or or- as do Mr and Mrs Dreyfous y yet t. t there are many more pots poti of this pl plant nt at at the thc greenhouse att attached at at- tt t- t t ched to o the Dreyfous s e home some of which will bloom in a few tew weeks weeks some some later One needs needs' pa patience in orchids growing 4 Sc Seeds ds of ot the exotic otic plant ar arc arO as as fine fin nc as d dust dueL s They are pla planted ted i in 1 ag agar agar-agar agar r-agar in bo bottles quito quite similar to the ordinary milk bottle and of course are arc kept at carefully regulated regu reu- Jated temper temperatures tur s Som Sometimes a whole year elapses b before Core se seeds ds g germinate and then they look just like moss on the surface of ot the ag agar r. r Growth to the flowering stage is slow also T The o orchid pictured here is eight years old a and d has not bloomed previously pre previously pre pre- It is planted in moss with witha ith a gr great at amount of broken crocks but no not earth Its foliage is sprinkled twice dally daily i ily with soft water In its native home homo i in n the tropics the orchid is a parasite attaching itself I tc to tr trees es but not deriving nourishment nourish nourish- I merit ment from them Its food is absorbed absorbed ab ab absorbed by means of aerial eri cri r l' rootlets from om the moisture in inU U the thC air nir |