1 82 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



poised that it is set wagging by the slightest movement of the 

 flower. Dr Lindley considered that the wagging lip and quaintly 

 curious appearance of the flowers of Cirrhopetalum chinense gave to 

 the Chinese the idea for those comical figures of men and women 

 with wagging heads, tongues, and chins, with which we are all 

 familiar. The writer's selection from the many species consists of 



C. APPENDICULATUM, C. CoLLETTII, C. FIMBRIATUM, C. ORNA- 

 TISSIMUM, C. PICTURATUM, C. CuMINGII, C. ROBUSTUM, C. RoTHS- 



CHiLDEANUM, and C. RoxBURGHii. The elegant little flowers are 

 borne in umbels at the end of a slender spike that rises only a few 

 inches high, and the arrangement is such as to suggest a tiny 

 Japanese parasol for a diminutive fairy. 



COLAX. 



There are several members of this Brazilian genus, but only 

 one is at all popular. Colax jugosus is very interesting ; it 

 grows about a foot or less in height, and carries two or three of its 

 eff^ective flowers on a stiff" spike. The blooms usually appear in 

 the early Summer, and they are two inches in diameter, with white 

 or cream sepals, white purple-blotched petals, and a fleshy, white 

 lip that is also streaked, splashed, and spotted with deep purple. 

 Potted in peat and sphagnum, with the addition of sand and 

 broken leaves, it roots freely if placed in a shady position in 

 the Cool House, or at the coolest end of the Cattleya House. 

 The foliage should not be wetted, as it is subject to spot, and 

 when the plant is resting, only enough water should be given 

 to keep the pseudo-bulbs plump. 



The great interest that centres round this Orchid is due to 

 the fact that, though always regarded as closely allied to the 

 Lycastes and the Maxillarias, it has proved to be very nearly 



