LIST OF COOL ORCHIDS. 91 



on a flat lo^^, in living sphagnum moss, and requires an 

 abundant supply of moisture when growing. 



L. crlsjyilahla. — I bad nearly forgotten to mention this 

 free-blooming plant, which also goes under the name of L. 

 Lawrenceana in some gardens. In habit it approaches L. 

 cinnabarina and L. flava, but has rosy purple flowers, the 

 lip being beautifully crisp or undulate ; flowers from three to 

 five, on a scape from twelve to sixteen inches long, lasting a 

 long time in beauty. 



*L. piimlla. — We have hero another dwarf-growing plant, 

 often known as Cattleya Pinolli. It has solitary rosy purple 

 flowers and a richly tinted crimson purple lip ; grows well on a 

 block or in a shallow pan, suspended near the roof. 



L. inim'da marglnata. — This is identical with Cattleya 

 marginata. 



*L. intrpnrafa (Brazil). — This is one of the noblest of all 

 Orchids for exhibition purposes, good plants bearing from 

 twenty to thirty glorious flowers, from six to eight inches 

 across ; sepals and petals rosy lilac ; lip crimson, veined with 

 crimson purple, and having a yellow throat, delicately pen- 

 cilled. It is common and cheap, but none the less beautiful ; 

 indeed the price of Orchids is no sure guide to their beauty 

 or real value to the cultivator, though it is a tolerably correct 

 index as to their rarity. Laslia purpurata grows best in a pot 

 in coarse, fibrous peat, fresh sphagnum moss, crocks, and 

 charcoal being freely interspersed. The pot should be half- 

 full of crocks for drainage, and the plant watered freely when 

 making its growth. It flowers in May, June, and July, or just 

 about the time when the summer shows are held. Its blossoms 

 last from two to three weeks. 



L. siiperbiens. — This is a large growing plant, seldom pro- 

 ducing more than from one to two spikes of bloom annually ; 

 still it is attractive, and easily grown ; pseudo-bulbs spindle- 



