102 orchids: how to grow them successfully. 



good specimen plant, and the stronger the growth the more 

 freely it flowers. 



Good plants, capable of producing from four to six flowers, 

 can be purchased at from 10/- to 20/-. Established. 



Cypripedium Harrisiaxum. Garden Hybrid. 



A very free growing and floriferous Lady's Shpper, which 

 should be potted as recommended for Cypripediums {see page 30), 

 and given a place in a somewhat shady and moist part of the 

 house. It delights in plenty of water at the root during the 

 summer, but during the winter months it must have only a 

 moderate supply, yet never allowing it to become too dry. In the 

 flower there is a mixture of rather dark colours, claret and dark 

 purple predominating, and it is a hybrid between C. villosum and 

 C. barbatum, the flowers having the glossy surface found in 

 C. villosum, and is in flower during the summer months. 



Strong plants should be bought at from 5/- to 7/6, capable of 

 bearing two flowers. 



Cypripedium Spiceriaxum. From Assam. 



This also is a very pretty species, and was, until recently, very 

 rare and expensive, but lately, owing to large importations coming 

 to hand, it can be purchased at a moderate price. It requires 

 exactly the same treatment as the foregoing Cypripedium, and, 

 like that species, cannot bear strong sunshine. The beauty of the 

 flower is chiefly in the dorsal sepal, which is for the most part 

 white, with a purple stripe running through the centre, the petals 

 of a greenish colour, and the lip or pouch brownish purple, and it 

 flowers from October to December. Some cultivators habitually 

 grow this species in a very cold place, but I have found it to do 

 best in the Intermediate house. It is not, perhaps, such a free 

 grower as some, and does not grow into large specimens so rapidly, 

 but, with proper attention, is not at all difficult to cultivate. 



Good serviceable plants should be purchased at from bl- to 

 10/-, capable of bearing two or three flowers. Established. 



Odontoglossum citrosmum. From Mexico. 



{^yn. pendulum.) 



This is a beautiful Orchid and should be grown by everyone, 



its cultivation being so easy when rightly managed. It should be 



grown in pans or baskets, in one part sphagnum and two parts 



