A FEW HINTS ON ORCHIDS. 31 



*Barkerias Skinneri and spectabilis. Block culture. See directions for 

 cultivation, ante. Price, about five dollars. 



*Acropera Loddigesii. Flowers brownish-orange, curious — a free-grow- 

 er and bloomer. Basket culture. Price two dollars. 



*Cattleya crispa. Petals pure white ; lip rich purple. A free flowerer. 

 Pot culture. Price five dollars for small plants. 



*Cattleya mossiae. Rose petals; tip, yellowish stripes, on a rose ground. 

 Pot or block culture. Price, five dollars. There are many varieties. 



Calanthe veratrifolia. Pure white flowers, lasting a long time in bloom. 

 Pot culture. A terrestrial plant ; requiring rest in winter, with but slight 

 waterings. Price, in England, five dollars. 



*Cattleya Forbesii. A pretty variety, easily grown, and a free flowerer. 

 Pot culture. Price, two dollars. 



J^rides odoratum. A beautiful East Indian orchid. Flowers rose and 



white, delightfully and powerfully fragrant. Basket or branch culture. 



Price of strong plants, ten dollars. 



Coelogyne cristata. ? n ^ u o j- *• ■ u 



'^■' > rot culture. See directions given above. 



Coelogyne Wallichiana. ) 



Coryanthes macrantha. Very curious. Basket culture. Price, five 

 dollars. 



*Dendrobium nobile. Petals, flesh-colored, tipped with rose; lip, yel- 

 lowish, with purple spot. A beautiful species. Pot or block culture. 

 Price, three dollars. 



Dendrobium chrysanthemum. Golden yellow. Basket culture. Price, 

 five dollars. 



Dendrobium moniliforme. A pretty species, with rosy lake and white 

 flowers. Pot culture. Price, five dollars. 



*Epidendrum aromaticum. A pretty species. Block culture. Two 

 dollars. 



Epidendrum macrochilum roseum. Rose color and dark, very fine. Block 

 culture. Price, ten dollars. 



*Gongora atro purpurea. Flowers, purplish brown, of curious shape. 

 Basket culture. Price, two dollars. 



*Lelia autumnalis. A beautiful flower, lasting a long time in perfec- 

 tion ; petals rosy purple ; labellum white, rose tipped. Block culture. We 

 have flowered it the past year in a basket. Price, about five dollars. 



Lycaste Skinneri. A fine orchid. Pure white, variously marked with 

 crimson and carmine. There are many varieties. Pot culture. Price, ten 

 dollars. 



*Lycaste aromatica. Flowers, yellow orange ; delightfully fragrant ; 

 perfume resembling cinnamon. Pot culture. Price, three dollars. 



*Odontoglos3um grande. A magnificent plant ; flower five to seven 

 inches across ; sepals and petals, yellowish ground, barred with purplish 

 brown ; lip white, blotched with dark pink. Lasts a long time in perfec- 

 tion. Pot, basket, or block culture. Price, eight dollars. 



*Oncidium papilo. Color, rich brown, barred with yellow. Pot or block 

 culture. Strong plants, five dollars. 



