AN ORCHID SALE. 39 
already late ; in September, the periodical auctions 
ceased until lately. Some few consignments will 
be received, detained by accident, or forwarded 
by persons who do not understand the business. 
That instance of Odontoglossum Alexandre 
shows well enough the price of orchids this 
month, and the omission of all that followed 
illustrates it. The same lots would have been 
eagerly contested at twice the sum in April. 
But those who want that queenliest of flowers 
may get it for shillings at any time. The repu- 
tation of the importer, and his assurance that the 
plants belong to the very best type, give these 
more value than usual. He will try his-luck once 
more perhaps this season ; and then he will pot 
the bulbs unsold to offer them as “established ” 
next year. 
Oncidium luridum follows the Odontoglots, a 
broad-leaved, handsome orchid, which the un- 
trained eye might think to have no pseudo-bulb at 
all. This species always commands a sale, if cheap, 
and ten shillings isa reasonable figure for a piece 
of common size. If all go well, it may throw out 
a branching spike six or seven feet long next 
summer, with—such a sight has been offered— 
several hundred blooms, yellow, brown and orange, 
Oncidium junctfolium, which comes next, is un- 
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