334 orchid-grower's manual. 



GOODYEEA, Robert Brown. 



( T7-ibe Neottieas, subtribe Spiranthese.) 



An interesting genus of dwarf-growing plants, with compact 

 fleshy stems, and much of the general character and aspect of 

 Ancectochilus, which they also resemble in the dark velvety 

 green leaves which many of them possess, and which in some 

 cases are marked by silver or golden lines. The flowers have 

 the dorsal sepal and petals connivently galeate, and the sessile 

 lip has the small lamina undivided. The plants have thick 

 fleshy roots, and push from underground stems, forming neat 

 dwarf tufted plants. The flower spikes, which issue from the 

 centre of the foliage, attain a height of from six to ten inches, 

 some of the kinds bearing delicate white flowers, which are 

 very useful for bouquets, as well as for other purposes. The 

 genus contains many species, which are widely distributed, 

 occurring in Europe, Madeira, North America, Temperate and 

 Tropical Asia, New Caledonia, and the Mascaren Islands. 



Culture. — Some of the Goodyeras are of easy culture, while 

 others are difficult to manage, but with care they may all be 

 had in perfection, and when this is attained, they amply repay 

 the trouble bestowed upon them. If grown in small pots, 

 and intermixed with diff'erent forms of AncectocMlus, they 

 have a fine appearance, the foliage of the Goodyeras forming 

 a beautiful contrast with them ; they do not, however, require 

 the same attention, but, on the contrary, will do in any close 

 house where there is a little warmth. The soil we use is peat 

 and sand, with a little loam, and we give a liberal supply of 

 water to the roots during the growing season. They are pro- 

 pagated by cutting up the plants so as to have a portion of 

 root attached to each piece of the stem. They may be grown 



