is a mixture of turfy loam, peat and dried dung—say, one fifth dung and the 
other components in equal parts of the balance. 
The temperatures to which they are accustomed range from 60° to 86° in the 
middle of Winter and from 67° to 93° in the middle of Summer. 
They should be kept damp throughout the year. In Winter, however, care should 
be taken to prevent water from lodging in the undeveloped growths as this may 
lead to damping off. In Summer they can stand ample water, both overhead and 
applied to the compost. In their native haunts the atmosphere is sultry during 
the Summer months. They like plenty of light, but should be protected from too 
direct sun rays. In the warmer parts of Brisbane—and particularly north of that 
city—they will grow in an ordinary bushhouse, but in the colder parts glasshouse 
treatment is desirable, especially in the Winter months. 
The species best suited for cultivation are Clowesii (Yellow), Ruckeri (red), 
and uniflora (Cream). Clowesii is the hardiest and most popular, but Ruckeri 
is very fine. 
Anguloa Clowesii has been crossed with Lycaste Lawrenceana and the resultant 
plant is listed as Angulocaste vesta. 
ANSELL IZ 
This is an African orchid which grows like a Dendrobium and has flowers like 
a Cymbidium. The best species is Amsellia Africana, which has pseudobulbs 
growing to a height of four feet. The leaves are about twelve inches long and 
have prominent ribs. It has long branching panicles, each producing fifty or 
more flowers, which last, in perfection, for about six weeks. The flowers are 
pale yellow with brownish or red spots. 
It is a mative of Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa. Being close to the 
Equator, Sierra Leone has a very even climate, there being little difference 
between the Summer and Winter temperatures. Ansellia would require glasshouse 
treatment in Brisbane and south, with heat desirable in the Winter, but from 
Rockhampton north it should do well enough under bushhouse conditions. 
The average monthly rainfall in Sierra Leone is:— 
January 4 inch May 114 inches September 28 inches 
February a June 203 ,, October’ 913)" 45 
March 15 inches - July ct November 5 __,, 
April ai dae August 37 ,, December 1} ,, 
It will be seen from this that little water should be applied in the Winter months, 
but, as soon as Spring commences, watering should increase rapidly, until in the 
Summer very copious quantities can be given the plant. As the weather cools 
the quantity will gradually diminish again. 
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