130 ORCHIDS. 
C. cristata.—This is an Orchid which should find a place 
in every amateur’s collection, however small. It is one of 
the most beautiful of all East Indian Orchids, and one of 
the easiest to manage in a plant-house. It is a healthy- 
looking plant when in growth during summer, and during 
winter it produces an abundance of flowers, which rival 
snow in their purity. They are elegant and graceful 
in form, large, and last a long time when cut and 
Fig. 83, Caelogyne cristata 
(much reduced). 
placed in water. In mid-winter a plant with qualities 
like these is of exceptional value. When growing, the 
temperature of the Cattleya-house suits this Coelogyne 
admirably; but during winter it should be kept cooler: 
when in flower, it may be removed to the drawing-room 
or dining-room without fear of injury. It must, how- 
ever, be placed in the greenhouse again as soon as the 
flowers wither, or the dryness of the atmosphere may 
cause the growths to be stunted, and thus one season’s 
