124 THE ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL. 



gardener to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, has bloomed this 

 several times. 



0. pulchellum. A good species from Guatemala; the 

 flowers are white, with the exception of the crest of the 

 lip, which is spotted with crimson. It blooms during the 

 winter months, and lasts five weeks in good condition. 



0. Rossii. A desirable little Orchid from Mexico. It 

 produces its white and purple flowers during the winter, 

 and lasts long in beauty. Is best grown on a block. 



0. triumphans. A magnificent and rare species, which 

 grows a foot high, with short thick bulbs, and produces 

 branching spikes of blossom during the winter months ; 

 sepals and petals yellow, barred and spotted with crimson ; 

 lip white edged with dark rose ; will last in perfection 

 several weeks, and is best grown in a pot, in peat. 



0. Uro Skinneri. A pretty species from Guatemala; 

 grows a foot high, with thick shiny bulbs j blossoms during 

 autumn, and continues flowering for a long time ; petals 

 pale green spotted with brown j lip blush white ; requires to 

 be grown in a pot, in peat. 



0. Warnerii. A pretty dwarf species from Mexico; the 

 flowers are yellow and crimson. It blooms in March and 

 April, and lasts three weeks in perfection. A rare plant, and 

 is best grown on blocks. 



ONCIDIUMS. 



A large class of Orchids, some of which are very beautiful; 

 their flowers are rich and showy, and they make fine exhi- 

 bition plants on account of their colours, which are very 

 attractive in the midst of a collection of plants. They are all 

 evergreen. Some of them are large growers, while others are 

 more compact ; some have handsome spotted foliage. They 

 have generally short thick bulbs, from which the leaves and 

 flower-spikes proceed ; but in this respect there is much 



