82 COOL ORCHID GROWING. 



I), grandiflora. — Foliage dark-green, shining. Stems from 

 two to three feet high, two to five flowered. Flowers light 

 rose, scarlet, and gold. When well grown this is one of the 

 handsomest Orchids we have, and should be in every collection 

 of " cool Orchids." Heat and a dry atmosphere are fatal to 

 its growth and beauty. It blooms in July and August, lasting 

 a long time. 



a. JD. grandiflora suiicrha is a finer coloured variety. 



JD. macrantha. — Foliage dark-green ; flower-stems erect, 

 from two to three feet high ; flowers from two to four inches 

 across. In colour the flowers of different varieties vary from 

 pure white to the deepest rose, blotched or spotted with 

 crimson. 



Epidendrum. 



This is a very large genus of South American epiplytes, most 

 of which l)ear dirty white or dingy yellow flowers, still some 

 species are very handsome, and the majority of them are 

 fragrant. They are for the most part of easy culture. 



^E. atroimrjpurcum (Mexico, 1836). — A free-flowering and 

 very showy species. Its roundish or conical pseudo-bulbs 

 are two-leaved. Leaves six to twelve inches long and very 

 leathery. Sepals and petals dark rose or purple, the apices 

 greenish, incurved. Lip rose coloured, with a dark blotch of 

 crimson purple in its centre. It grows well either in a shallow 

 pan or on a block with living sphagnum, suspended near the 

 light. It lasts two to three months in perfection — ^May, June. 

 It is also known as E. macrochilum. 

 ^ *a. E. atroinirpureum album is a light- coloured variety. 



*h. E- atropurpiireitm roseiim, has a deep rosy purple lip. 



*iJ. aurantiacum. — A native of Mexico and Guatemala, where 

 it is found growing on rocks in exposed localities. In habit 



