Letters from B Roezl to Frederik Sander

329 Roezl to Sander.doc

Colima, 13th February 1975

Messrs. F Sander & Co., St. Albans

Dear Friend,

I need to write a few lines to you today.

Today I am sending you 20 crates.

No. / Plants
15 / 570 / Laelia autumnalis / Large and very red
16 / 500 / Ditto / Ditto
17 / 150 / Odontoglossum nebulosum
18 / 260 / Ditto / Ditto
19 / 250 / Ditto / Ditto
20 / 340 / Odont. insleyii leopardinum
21 / 340 / Ditto / ditto
22 / 360 / Ditto / ditto
23 / 580 / Ditto / ditto
24 / 650 / Ditto / ditto
25 / 440 / Ditto / ditto
26 / 460 / Ditto / Ditto
27 / 4200 / Odont. cervantesii / Beautiful variety
28 / 3600
100
6 / Ditto
Anectochilus sp.
Dahlia new sp. / Ditto
29 / 600 / Odont. cordatum or maculatum
30 / 150 / Oncidium tigrinum / Very rare
31 / 225 / Barkeria ?
32 / 340 / Cavendishia ?
33 / 300 / ditto
34 / 170 / Cattleya citrina
50 / Mormodes
50 / Oncidium graminifolium
50 / Oncidium small sp.
1 / Echeveria sp.
2 / Ditto
4 / Ditto
111 / ditto

Two weeks ago I sent 14 crates which you will have received by now and within the next 2 weeks you will have another 20. The remaining shipment contains approximately:

Quantity / Plants / Comments
1000 / Oncidium lavandulum
1000 / Laelia autumnalis
2000 / Odontoglossum cordatum
2000 / Odontoglossum nebulosum
8000 / Odontoglossum cervantesii
1000 / Oncidium tigrinum / These plants were sold very profitably at auction last year by Backhaus
1000 / Sophronitis violacea
1000 / Cattleya citrina
500 / Odontoglossum citrosum et roseum
300 / Oncidium barkeri

All in all there will be 40,000 orchids.

Maren’s comment: see also English resumee stapled to letter.

B. Roezl

Translated by: Maren Talbot Page 2 of 2 29/10/2003 14:06