THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 251 



LiMATODES EOSEA, invaluable for flowering in winter. 

 LycASTE. — Some of the species in this genus are deliciously- 

 fragraat, L. cruenta being one of them ; the flowers are yellow, 

 with dark blotch on lip, and produced in March. The most valuable 

 for the beauty of the flowers is L. Shinneri, which flowers in March 

 and April, with pure white flowers and rosy crimson lip. These 

 are best grown in an intermediate house, and removed to a cool 

 house during the time they are in bloom. They should be potted 

 m peat, with plenty of v.ater when growing, and be rather dry when 

 at rest. 



ODONToaLOSSUii. — Too much cannot be said in favour of the 

 charming species which comprise this genus, for they are very beau- 

 tiful, and only require sufficient artificial heat to keep the frost out, 

 and the temperature comfortable through the winter. 0. Alexandrce, 

 colour pure white, lip spotted with yellow ; 0. citrosmum, white, 

 produced in June; 0. glorioswn, vigorous habit, flowers yellow, 

 spotted and barred with green and brown ; O. grande, one of the 

 best flowers, yellow and brown ; O. hastllalium, a strong grower, 

 producing immense spikes of greenish white flowers, barred with 

 purple. 0. lujstrix, 0. Insleayi, O. Icsve, 0. luteo-purpureum, 0. pul- 

 chelliim, O. Pescatorei. 



OifCiDriTMS will thrive best in an intermediate house, when 

 growing, with plenty of water, and afterwards removed to a cool 

 house when at rest and rather dry. They all grow well potted in 

 peat. The colours of the following vary from pale yellow to dark 

 brown, and all are good : O. ampUahim majus, 0. altissimmn, O. 

 crispum, O. flexuosum, O. leucochiluni, O. papilio (best grown on a 

 block), and 0. sarcodes. 



PHALiEXOPSis. — All the species must be grown in the stove^ 

 with plenty of water when growing, and kept quiet during the 

 winter, but not dust-dry. P. amabilis and P. grandijlora have white 

 flowers, and P. Lowi and P. Scliillericma have rose coloured flowers, 

 and all flower in the spring. 



Saccolabiums. — These should have stove treatment, and be 

 potted in moss with plenty of drainage, and liberally supplied with 

 water when growing, and the moss kept just damp through the 

 winter. *S'. ampulacewn, has short spikes of deep rose-coloured 

 flowers ; <S'. curvifolium, small spikes of orange-scarlet ; S. Blumei 

 and S. retusum, immense spikes of beautifully- delicate rose-coloured 

 flowers. 



SoPHEOiTiTEs. — ;S'. (jvandiflora is a charming little plant for grow- 

 ing upon blocks in a cool house, its beautiful scarlet flowers pre- 

 senting an agreeable change through November and December. 



Stanhopeas. — S. Bucephcdus, blooming in August, with large 

 yellow flowers spotted with crimson, and S. tigrina, flowering in 

 July, with yellow and chocolate flowers, are both good. These must 

 be grown in baskets, as the flower-spikes strike downwards, and 

 come through the bottom of the baskets ; they do well in a cool house. 



Teicuopilia. — T. coccinea, reddish crimson flowers, produced in 

 May, and T. siiavis, white flowers spotted with rosy pink, produced 

 in April, are both good. They both do well in the intermediate 



August. 



