orchids: how to grow them successfully. 12;i 



OxciDiUM Parilio. From Caracas. 



This Orchid is known piincipally on account of its reniarkabh' 

 roscmblancc; to the butterfly, hence its name, the Buttei-fly Orchid, 

 and can ha gi'own either on a block or in a small pan or basket, 

 and should have the same treatment as the Phahenopsis Schillf;riana. 

 It is a compact p;rowinf? plant, takinp: up but little room and 

 lequii'ing only a small pan or basket, in which it should be securely 

 flxed. The flower spikes, which are long and slender, are produced 

 from the base of the last pseudo bulb and the flower at its apex, 

 one following the other in succession for several years, so that the 

 old spikes should n(!ver be cut away unless the i)lant gets into a 

 weak condition. 



Plants may be purchased for from 4 - to 5 - per leading bidb. 

 and newly imported plants may be purchased with highly satis- 

 factory results. 



Phajus grandifolius. From the East Indies. 



This is an excellent old Warm house terrestnal Orchid and 

 is to be found in most gardens of note. The compost most 

 suitable being loam and lumpy peat in equal parts, adding a little 

 coarse sand and broken charcoal, and when repotting is necessary it 

 should be done immediately after flowering in February or March, 

 following the directions given for Cymbidiimi ebmneum {see page 

 101), and wateiing only when dry. It should be gro\^^l in pots 

 placed on the stage on the shady side of the house, and as this 

 species is subject to attacks from yellow thrip, tobacco powder 

 should be dusted well into the axils of the new growth in order to 

 dislodge or destroy the insects. 



Good plants should be bought at from -5 - to 7 (J i)er strong 

 leading growth. 



St.axhorea tigrixa. From South America. 

 This is one of an extremely interesting family of Orchids and 

 of considerable beauty and lichness of colour, which counter- 

 balances the short life of the flowers. Tliis species must be giown 

 in baskets having no crocks at the bottom, and only sphagnum 

 and fibrous peat. It flowers duiing the summer months, and these 

 are produced on spikes which have pushed their way downwards 

 through the soil and basket, so that crocks would greatly intercept 

 and damage the flowers. The ground coloiu' of the flower is either 



