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five inches across. T here was the
Dendrobium C rum enatum , which
THURSDAY, JU N E 17, 1954
is a one day orchid plant which
blooms three tim es a year pro­
ducing w hite blossoms only one
inch across. A plant. Ph.A m abiles,
had as m any as 12 blossoms to
By RUTH B. SM ITH
a spray and many sprays with
each
blossom m easuring four
W hen one can retu rn from the
paradise of color which is Hawaii inches, of w hite with yellow cen­
to w rite of the beauties of the ters. Another, Dendrobium Mous-
Azaleas, the Rhododendrons, and mee, had an orange gold cen­
the glories of our own Flower ter w ith its petals of pale lav­
Show without even a m ention of endar fading to an apple blos­
o th er beauty, it speaks volumes som pink. These sprays w ere a
for w hat we have here. It also foot long, each carrying about
was c h aracter building but res­ 36 blooms, which m easured only
one inch across. This plant has
tra in t can last no longer,
Hawaii is indeed the cross roads been introduced from France and
fifteen years to
of the Pacific and hear is found a had taken
reach
its
present
growth.
blend of the East and the West
w here a study of the culture .P re se n t, too, was one single
could be a long-tim e m ajor p u r­ plant (C. Susan Hye) bearing
suit but since this is a flow er p4 blooms of the large white C att-
column, you will be spared that. leya w ith its beautiful c o n tra st­
T here
T he rainbows of color encountered ing yellow-gold trum pet.
all through the year are at their were the Vanda hybrids in blue,
height in April and imm ediately beige, lavender, pink - spotted
draw the attention of the tour­ brown, chartreu se and the lav-
ist as he lands. The golden Show­ endar-pink combination. A gold,
e r trees, the Royal Poincianas, w ith brown Inside, m easuring
the Bouganvilleas the soft blu­ two and a half inches across,
ish purple of the Jacaranda blos­ and one inch long p articularly
soms, the m any species of the caught the attention.
In arrangem ents, tiny brown
Hibiscus, of which there are at
least six thousand varieties, all spider orchids (th e latest devel­
in tu rn cause one to catch his opm ent in the orchid) against
breath, while the Tulip trees, the driftw ood w ere unusual as was a
Monkey Pods, the various forms four feet column of 10 inch sugar
of Ginger, the gorgeous Plum erias cane entw ined w ith small white
(probably our favorite) add to orchids and banked below were
mangoes, a fru it of the island.
one’s bewilderment.
One
orchid looked m uch like the
Nor could one ever over-look
pansy:
another exciting entry was
th a t flower considered the world
the
Dendrobium
Broomfield of
over as rare st and m ost prized—
lemon
yellow
sprays.
As b re a th ­
the orchid. One sees the humble
taking
aa
any
was
the
long-spray­
little Vanda orchid everywhere.
In the cities, the natives on the ed plant bearing th irty small
stre e ts are busy m aking these b u tte r cup yellow blooms with
little lavendar and purple gems the deeper center, and again,
into leis for every occasion. Then banked under one of the co u rt­
as one drives through the country, yard trees were pink and rose
on the island of H aw aii for ex orchids surrounded w ith Vandas
ample, there they are growing be-
ePidf ndrum s
aides the cottages, reaching up There w ere enough varieties so
w ard to absorb their needed mois­ th at alm ost every visitor could
and
ah
over
a
dif­
tu re from the air. They are easily oh
grown w ithout benefit of green ferent species, and from the com-
house, cost six cents apiece ship- ! m e' " s ovprh<' ai''l <>"<' «>«1(1 realize,
l«.l to the United S tates, from a , 'lTO ',h a ' sonM' of ,hp observer»
distance look like cosmos in tvpo i
,hey c<>u,<1 and had Pro'
of growth, yet from them a re now dured T " ” Which ex« 'ed<'d ln
being developed a handsome spray ¡ ? “ ,y ,hoso ,h c r*' disPlav« 1
of hybrids which are fast taking I
. "'**” * ,n a «>ncc« l r « ,« l
th eir places w ith the C attleva and Paradise for an hour’ a
the ('ym hidium in th eir gorgeous « 'n<'l«smn
Sunday morning
perfection
worship at the beautiful and not-
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.
<’<i C entral Union Church. On the
ov* *n(.*1 V <l( 1 ><’ D’vhid bulletin that m orning appeared
« s spi ing s iow, held in the |}yS brief m essage: “The secret
lh>" " lul« Art of grow n, an d of real achieve-
‘>if*'red " m pnt is solfKiving and self,
m ass of g lam o u ro u s sp ray s and in- less
'ssness. May w e re m e m b er this:
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Brookings- Hi rbor Pilot
Along Azalea Row
dividual bloom s w hich gave a
'A candle is a lovely th in g :
study in h o rtic u ltu re for th e e x ­
It m akes no noise or s tir at all,
p e rt of th e a m a te u r. O ne plant
But softly gives itself aw ay,
of six ty ('y m h id iu m orchids w as
W hile, q u ite unselfish, it grow s
a rra n g e d w ith u p rig h t d rift wood, sm all.”
its blossom s in gold and brown
tones, m e a su rin g on an av erag e of
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