a large number of small black flowers, with narrow sepals and petals folded back, 
a disk-like labellum, with a horn in the middle and with fringelike projections 
around the edge. 
The treatment recommended for C. aureum is suitable for this species. 
CYCNOCHES WARSCEWICZII. Native of Guatemala. 
Another freakish species. It bears two distinct types of flowers at the same time, 
one type being female and the other male flowers. The general nature of the plant 
is similar to that of C. ventricosum (of which it is sometimes classed as a variety). 
The female flowers are the larger and are produced three or four at a time on a 
short raceme from the axils of the upper leaves. They have broad sepals and petals 
and a broad, undivided lip, the colour of the flower being a delicate green. The 
column is short and club-shaped. The male flowers, much smaller, grow on a long 
pendulous raceme, and usually number twelve to eighteen. Sepals and petals pale 
green, and the lip is bright yellow, divided into many segments. The column is 
long and curved. 
Treatment as for C. aureum. 
The above are the best species of an interesting genus, but there are several 
others well worth growing, and growers who have an opportunity of adding one 
or more of the species to their collections should not fail to take advantage of the 
chance, 
CYMBIDIUM 
This genus may be looked upon as the Cinderella of the orchid family. Although 
the number of species is fairly large, very few of them were considered to be 
of more than botanical interest, probably because their colourings are less vivid than 
the Dendrobiums, Cattleyas, etc. But the fairy prince has now found Cinderella 
out, and by the use of his magic hybridising wand he has made of the Cymbidiums 
one of the most attractive genera that grace an orchid collection. I do not pro- 
pose to deal with the hybrids in this table; they are too numerous now, and the 
crosses have become so complex that they are quite outside the scope of my pre- 
sent work. I shall, therefore, confine my attention to the natural species best 
known and most suitable for the collection of the amateur orchid collector. 
The majority of these come from the higher altitudes where they grow in the up- 
per branches of tall trees, exposed to the sunlight and to all winds that blow. 
Although epiphytes, we have, for cultural purposes turned them into terrestrials, 
or nearly so. In Sydney I saw growing in the ordinary beds of a border gar- 
den great plants of Cymbidium which have flourished for many years in that 
position, while the same and other species are growing in outdoor rockeries in at 
least two other places in Sydney. 
83 
