The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



having many flowers, an inch or more across, of 

 singularly graceful shape. Sepals and petals pale 

 yellow, lip golden, all barred at the base with pale 

 red. September and October. Ecuador. 1839. 5s. 



Barlatum (bearded). Small indeed, very small 

 but exquisitely pretty. I do not find it difficult 

 to grow, but it thrives better among Cattleyas. 

 Sepals and petals greenish, outlined with a mottling 

 of brown. On each side of the lip is a wing of 

 brightest gamboge closely speckled with brown. 

 Between them the " beard," also yellow. Block or 

 basket. September and October. Brazil. 5s. 



Bifolium majus (two-leaved). Bifolium plain is 

 too small for attention. This larger variety, majus, 

 is yellow, mottled with brown lip pure yellow. 

 May and June. Buenos Ayres. 10s. 6d. It does 

 better in the intermediate house. 



Candidum. This is commonly called Palumbina 

 Candida one of those orchids which, for some 

 growers, have a charm incomprehensible to the 

 majority. Pretty it is beyond dispute ; Keichenbach 

 described it in one of his enthusiastic bursts as 

 " a flight of snowy doves." The flowers are small, 

 however, and not many, though the great length 

 of the lip, by comparison, makes them very dis- 

 tinct. This species should not be rested, but if the 

 peat gets sodden its roots quickly decay. In spring, 



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