202 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



TRICHOSMA 



Trichosma suavis has slender stems, about six inches high, 

 each bearing a pair of stout leaves, not quite so long as the stems. 

 The flowers are an inch across, pure white, with yellow and 

 crimson marks on the lip, fragrant and pretty. They are borne 

 several together on a short spike springing up between the leaves. 

 T. SUAVIS should be kept moist at all times, and grown in peat and 

 sphagnum at the warm end of the cool house. 



VANILLA 



The Vanillas are strong-growing, climbing Orchids, that 

 thrive in a hot moist house. There are several species, with large, 

 unattractive flowers and flat, deep-green leaves. They are interest- 

 ing, however, especially V. planifolia, which produces the 

 Vanilla of commerce from the pods formed after the flowers have 

 faded. 



WARSCEWICZELLA 



A group of low-growing Orchids that are sometimes joined 

 on to Zygopetalum. They are of tufted growth, with erect, 

 green leaves, and medium-sized flowers carried on short stems 

 near the base of the plant. The flowers are fleshy, and have a 

 large lip. W. cochlearis, W. discolor, W. Lindeni, W. 

 Wailesiana, and W. Wendlandii are the principal species. 



