Cymbidium 



they disagreed much more widely. Two flowers of 

 Colax jugoms are never alike, but always exquisite. 

 M. Forget tells me that it is one of the com- 

 monest weeds in certain parts of Brazil ; upon the 

 banks of a river he named it would be possible to 

 gather scores in an hour. Hitherto this gem had been 

 lodged with the Cattleyas, but upon M. Forget's ad- 

 vice I transferred it to the cool house, where it grows 

 more strongly. A pot is best, with peat and moss. 

 It requires as much water as Odontoglots while 

 growing, and it must never be suffered to dry at all. 

 Colax jugosus flowers from the axil of the longer 

 side-leaf when half grown in summer. Brazil. 

 N.B. Thrips have a great fancy for it. 



By alliance with Zygopetalum several hybrids 

 have been produced, called Zygo-Colax, all lovely : 

 Z.-C. Amesianus, by Z. Iracliypetalum. 



Veitchii, by Z. crinitum. 



Wiganianus, by Z. intermedium. 



,, leopardinus, by Z. maxillare. 



, by Z. Gautieri. 



CYMBIDIUM. (Boat-shaped.) 

 Cymbidiums are large evergreen plants, demand- 

 ing pots of a good size, for to shift them is an 

 operation of the greatest delicacy. Their big, 

 fleshy roots are brittle as glass. It has to be done 



87 



