100 ORCHIDS : HOTV TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



CATTLEYA LODDIGESII. From Brazil. 



A very pretty species, and one which well deserves a place in all 

 collections. In habit it differs from the foregoing, but requires exactly 

 the same treatment, and it may be grown in either pot or basket, but 

 owing to the pseudobulbs growing longer than others, it is most 

 adapted to pot culture. It should be repotted in early spring, just as 

 the new growth and roots push forth. It flowers from August to 

 October, lasting a long while in perfection, the spikes bearing flowers 

 according to the strength of the plant, and are of a rose colour, with a 

 small blotch of light yellow on the lip. A variety known as C. 

 Harrisonise is very similar to this species, the flowers being darker in 

 colour with the .blotch on the lip of an orange colour. Peat and 

 sphagnum is the best compost in which to pot this plant, and as to 

 general treatment, see that recommended for C. Gaskelliana, giving it 

 a position where it can have plenty of light. 



Good plants of this species should be bought for about os. for one 

 or two strong leading growths. Newly imported or established. 



CATTLEYA CITRINA. From Mexico. 



This is totally unlike any other species of Cattleya in growth and 

 habit, and is one of the very few Orchids which I recommend for block 

 culture because of its habit of growing downwards, the pseudobulbs, 

 foliage and flowers always drooping towards the ground. If the 

 plants when first received from the importer were placed on a block or 

 in a pan in an upright position which to an inexperienced person 

 amongst Orchids may be thought to be its natural one the first new 

 growths formed would turn and grow in an opposite direction. This 

 Orchid appears to be most plentiful in its native habitat, as it is 

 imported in large quantities, and this is a very fortunate circumstance, 

 for without new supplies it would in a few years become very scarce, as 

 it is one of those kinds which deteriorate after about the third year. 

 Some growers cultivate it better than others, and keep it in good 

 condition a longer time, but I have never heard of any one hitting 

 upon the exact treatment that would keep the plants in a permanently 

 flourishing condition and give an increase in size. It is a handsome 

 Orchid, well worth growing and renewing the stock occasionally. 

 Suspend it in a light position and water when dry by dipping the 

 block and plant into water for a few moments, once every evening 

 if the weather is very dry or hot, and keep at the warmest end of the 

 house in winter time. The flower is of a beautiful bright yellow 

 colour, deliciously fragrant, and the plant always grows actively 

 during the winter, flowering from April to June, and when in flower 

 should be watered without immersion or the flowers will at once decay. 



Nice little clumps range from 2s. 6d. to 10s. 6d., for from one 

 to three leading growths. Newly imported in spring. 



