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C. Mendelii produces large white flowers with purplish lip, 
somewhat later in the season. 
C. Mossize flowers during the early summer months. The 
flowers are very large, varying in color from pale to deep rosy- 
lilac. The fringed lip is blotched with bright golden yellow. 
C. Percivalliana blooms from late autumn to midwinter. The 
flowers are highly colored, the lip of a deep crimson-purple 
with orange veins. 
Lelia is a genus nearly allied to Cattleya, but the flowers 
are considerably smaller in most species. L. Anceps is an au- 
tumn-flowering species producing loose spikes of rosy-purple 
flowers. It can be grown successfully on blocks of wood with 
a little moss and peat. L. Perrinii is a very fine species 
much resembling a Cattleya. It blooms during October and 
November. LL. purpurata flowers in the spring, producing on 
stout erect peduncles several very large white flowers with 
crimson-purple lip. 
Celogyne cristata is one of the finest winter-flowering 
orchids, with snowy-white flowers. The plant is very compact 
with narrow strap-shaped leaves, and when well grown will be 
almost covered with flowers at Christmas-time. It likes a cool, 
shady position and plenty of moisture, and should be grown 
in shallow pans. 
Odontoglossums are very graceful plants from the Andes 
of South America, where they grow in high altitudes. The 
‘*Baby Orchid,’’ O. grande, has large yellow flowers marked 
with brownish bars. Flowers in September and later. O. 
Rossi majus has white flowers with brown spots, appearing dur- 
ing the late winter months. These species should be grown in 
a cool and somewhat shady place, and must be given a thor- 
ough rest in winter. 
