The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



is so strangely distinct and so renowned. The 

 green throughout is replaced by clear yellow ; the 

 white of the dorsal sepal remains, but its brown 

 spots vanish, excepting a few at the base. This 

 unique plant turned up in an importation of many 

 thousands made by Messrs. Sander, of St. Albans, 

 in 1890 ; in my article on " Orchid Prices," supra, 

 I have told its early adventures. 



Schlimii (Mr. Schlim, a collector). Bather small, 

 but unusual and pretty in colouring white, pink, 

 and deep rose. So free in blooming that it is 

 commonly said " to flower itself to death." New 

 Granada. 1866. Is. 6d. 



Venustum (beautiful). Useful, if not striking. 

 Dorsal sepal greenish white, striped purple ; petals 

 greenish, spotted and tipped with purple ; lip 

 yellowish, tinged with purple. January and Feb- 

 ruary. Nepaul. 3s. Qd. 



Villosum (hairy). Dorsal sepal green, fading to 

 white at the margin, which is set with brown hairs 

 hence the name ; petals and lip yellowish, in- 

 clining to orange. The whole flower, which is 

 large, shines as if varnished. January to May. 

 Moulmein. 1833. 5s. 



Many hybrids have been raised from one or other 

 of these, but in every case, I think, the other parent 

 belongs to a warm species, and the progeny is warm. 



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