90 ORCHIDS : HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



over the side of the pot; when, however, repotting has become 

 imperative, the division of the plant should be avoided as much as 

 possible, as it thrives best when having a mass of bulbs, and it delights 

 in a liberal supply of water during the growing season, but after the 

 growth is completed the plants should be kept in a dry position and in 

 the most airy place in the house, and only a little water given 

 occasionally. A cool, dry greenhouse, with a temperature as low as 40 

 degrees at night, would suit it during winter. If too much water is 

 given just before the buds appear, the flower spikes are apt to turn 

 black and rot off. The proper compost for this Orchid is sphagnum 

 and peat in equal proportions, and the plants flower in March and 

 April. Manure water may be applied during the growing season, but 

 in a weak form. 



Good plants, capable of bearing from four to eight spikes, can be 

 purchased at from 5s. to 10s. each, and large specimens can sometimes 

 be met with at very moderate prices ; established. 



LJELIA PRIEST ANS. From Brazil. 

 (Syn. Cattleya marginata.) 



This is almost the only Lselia that will grow well in company 

 with Odontoglossums ; it is a dwarf-growing species and should be 

 grown in baskets in the usual compost of peat and sphagnum, and 

 suspended as near the glass as possible where there is plenty of light 

 and in the warmest position. It should be kept moist when growing, 

 but after flowering but little water is needed during the winter; its 

 blooming time is usually October. Like other members of this genus 

 it is subject to mealy scale on the rhizomes and pseudobulbs, but this 

 can be kept down by occasionally going over the plants and cleaning it 

 off with a small brush, taking care not to bruise the dormant eyes. 

 The flowers are of a rosy carmine colour, and may be mistaken, as in 

 fact it sometimes is, for Lselia pumila Dayana, but L. prsestans has the 

 boldest flowers, and the lip is deeper in colour and is margined with a 

 white tint. I recommend newly imported or semi-established plants 

 being obtained, as old established plants are not so satisfactory, and it 

 is best to give it a little more warmth during the winter. 



The price of plants varies from 5s. to 10s., with from three to five 

 good leads. 



ANGULOA CLOWESII. From Venezuela. 



This is a noble free growing Orchid, and peculiarly interesting on 

 account of the bold beautiful yellow and highly perfumed cup-shaped 

 flower, the labellum of which moves up and down in a rather eccentric 

 manner when the flowers are touched, being delicately connected by a 

 thread-like ligament, and is known as the Cradle, also the Tulip 

 Orchid. This plant grows best in a pot, and the compost should 

 consist of two parts of peat, not necessarily very fibrous, to one of 



