Negative damaged: adhesive or paper residue at left and right edges, Probably at Armacost & Royston nursery, Los Angeles, 75 small orchid plants, each in small flowerpot, arranged in wooden tray, supported by stool visible in foreground and hands at top, Handwritten at edge of negative: 2538 P3 3 3, Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2538, 2, Orchids. [1]03B1694 BBEO ORCHIDS 2 The orchid "industry"--interesting photos show why exotic flowers for fair ladies are so expensive. Los Angeles Caounty [sic], Calif.--Photo shows: 2-year-old seedling orchid plants, from 1/4 to 1/2 inch or more in height, being taken from the incubator bottles and planted in a sod of [f?]ern-roots packed in small flower pots. Two or three dozen tiny orchid plants are placed in each pot. [1]03B1694 See also photo 102B1694 ORCHIDS [Struck out in pencil: 103B1694], Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
