98 orchids: how to grow them successfully. 



Cattleya labiata Mendelli. From South America. 



Another variable family of great beauty, having very large, 

 handsome, and often exceedingly delicate tinted blooms, the sepals 

 and petals frequently being of a light pink shade of colour, often 

 approaching to wliite. It flowers during April or May, and does 

 best when grown in peat and sphagnum, either in pots or baskets, 

 in a hght position near the glass, and should be potted immediately 

 after flowering only. For general culture and treatment, see that 

 recommended for C. Gaskelliana. 



Good plants can be obtained at from 5/- to 10 ■- each, newly 

 imported or estabhshed. 



Cattleya labiata Mossle. From Caracas. 

 This also is a very beautiful Orchid, and richly deserves a 

 place in every collection, the labellum or lip is so richly and 

 beautifully coloured, while the plant is of easy culture and blooms 

 very freely from April to the end of June. It should be potted 

 immediately after flowering into pots or baskets, using peat and 

 sphagnum, watering freely during growth. It is advisable to keep 

 it moderately dry whilst at rest ; but, like others, must not become 

 thoroughly dry when in flower. Good plants, with from one to four 

 breaks, can be purchased at from 3/6 to 10/6 each. As with other 

 species of Cattleyas, there are several varieties, many of them 

 distinct and richly deserving a place in every good collection, 

 especially such as C. Mossise Wagneri, pure white with an orange 

 blotch in the throat ; C. Mossiae Keineckiana, with pure white 

 sepals and richly marked lip. These Cattleyas should occupy a 

 position near the glass, and be potted immediately after flowering 

 only. For general treatment, see C. Gaskelhana. Newly imported 

 or established. 



Cattley^a Triaxce. From South America. 

 This species is one of the earliest to flower, commencing in 

 January and continuing through February and March. The good 

 varieties of this species are equal in size and beauty to any of the 

 C. labiata section, but there are a large portion of the varieties 

 with smaller blooms, and although all are very pretty and their 

 colours varied, from delicate pink to rich dark rose, they are not 

 equal in size and form to the finest of the labiata section. There 

 are also several named varieties of this species, such as C. Trianoe 



