372 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICOLTURAL SOCIHffY. 



Cattleya Trianae, from Columbia. This is the most useful of all the 

 orchids, flowering as it does from January to April. The flowers are from 

 five to eight inches in diameter, produced two to four on the ripened bulbs. 

 It can be grown in either baskets or in pots, in clean fern fibre and a little 

 sphagnum moss. 



Coelogyne Cristata, from Himalayan mountains. One of the finest win- 

 ter-flowering orchids. It produces sprays of five to seven large white fiow- 

 ers from January to March. 



Dendrobium Nobile, from Burmah. One of the first orchids grown. It 

 produces freely a number of showy white and purple flowers on straight 

 stems, in February and March. This species can be grown in pots or 

 baskets, with fibrous peat and a top-dressing of moss. 



Dendrobium Wardianum, from Burmah. This fine plant has pendant 

 pseudo-bulbs, which are covered with very large white flowers, with pur- 

 ple tips and yellow throat. 



Epidendrum Vittellinum Majus, from Mexico. A very desirable species 

 on account of its color. The flowers, which are borne six to fifteen on an 

 an upright stem, are of rich orange-red color, and are produced from May 

 to July. 



Laelia Albida, from Mexico. This is a very useful species, producing 

 long spikes, each carrying from five to twglve flowers, white. 



Laelia Anceps, from Mexico. This is a well known species, producing 

 long spikes with three to five large rose-colored flowers, from November to 

 March. 



Laelia Purpurata, from Brazil. A grand species, producing from four to 

 six large and fine flowers from May to July. The flower is white, with a 

 large, bright, crimson-purple lip and yellow throat. 



Lycaste Skinnerii, from Guatemala. A well known plant which sends 

 up as many as twelve large flowers from one bulb. The color of the flow- 

 ers varies through the different shades of lilac, rose and deep crimson, 

 while the pure white varieties are very rare. Generally flowers from Jan- 

 uary to April. 



Masdevallia Harryana, from Columbia. This is quite distinct amongst 

 the orchids. The flowers are of rich hues, varying from light purple to 

 ■crimson and scarlet. Flowers from April to July. 



Odontoglossum Alexandrae, from Columbia. Acknowledged to be one 

 of the finest species in existence, producing long, arching spikes of white 

 flowers from January to May. 



Odontoglossum Citrosmum, from Mexico. A beautiful plant which 

 sends a long drooping spike of flowers in April and May. The flowers are 

 white or rose-colored, and very sweet-scented. 



Odontoglossum Grande, from Guatemala. This fine plant, known as the 

 "Baby orch'd," flowers from September to December. The flowers are 

 very large, cinnamon-brown and yellow. 



Odontoglossum Pescatorei, from Columbia. A fine species similar to 

 ■Odontoglossum Alexandrae. The flowers are pure white, not so large but 

 more numerous, on a branching spike. Flowers from January to May. 



Odontoglossum Rossii Majus, from Mexico. A fine plant for basket cul- 

 ture, flowering from January to March. The flowers are large, pink or 

 white, with petals and sepals spotted with chocolate-brown. 



Oncidium Tigrinum, from Mexico. A very showy and sweet-scented 

 species, producing spikes of yellow and brown flowers in the autumn. 



