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raised in 1 874 ; C. LANgleyensis (C. bractescens x C. Chelsoni), and 

 C. Sedeni [C. bractescens x C. Limmingbli). All are worthy of 

 culture where space permits. A word of caution is necessary 

 against giving any of the Chysis much water just as new growth 

 commences, because the new spikes advance at the same time and 

 an excess of moisture will cause one or both to damp and die. 

 C. AUREA has been successfully grown under slightly cooler 

 conditions than here advised. 



COCHLIODA 



One member of this little South American family merits 

 special attention and deserves a place in every collection of cool 

 Orchids. It is C. Noetzliana. Treated like a cool Odonto- 

 glossum this species produces spikes of orange-scarlet flowers 

 during the Winter or early Spring. These flowers are rounded, 

 closely set on the spike, and resemble small Odontoglossums. The 

 plant is also of great interest, because it has proved of immense 

 value to the hybridists, who have wedded it to various Odonto- 

 glossums and thus produced the numerous, beautiful, and growing 

 family of Odontiodas (which see). The other three species are not 

 nearly so valuable. C. rosea has small rosy flowers; C. sanguinea 

 has reddish flowers ; and C. vulcanica has comparatively large 

 deep rose flowers. A title formerly used for the Cochliodas was 

 Mesospinidium. 



CCELOGYNE 



About fifty species of Coelogyne are in cultivation, but scarcely 

 a dozen species are found in private collections. The popularity 

 of the genus depends chiefly upon the beauty and usefulness of 

 one species, i.e. Ccelogyne cristata. It was on this the genus was 



