ORCHIDS : SOW TO GROW THEM St/CCESSFtfLtY. 131 



ONCIDIUM FORBESII. From Brazil. 



This species must be grown exactly tlie same as the last named, 

 and also deteriorates if allowed to flower each year, so that it is 

 advisable to pinch off the spikes from all weak or undersized bulbs. Its 

 flowering time is in the autumn, and the flowers are of a rich orange- 

 brown, edged with gold. It is an exquisite Orchid when well grown. 



Newly imported or semi-established plants 3s. 61. to 5s. each. 



ONCIDIUM ORNlTHORHYNCHUM. From Guatemala. 



This requires the same treatment as O. macranthum, and is a free 

 growing and floriferous species, producing delicate branching spikes 

 with a number of small strongly perfumed flowers of a rosy purple 

 colour ; blooming during the winter and spring months. 



Newly imported or established plants from 3s. 6d. to os. each. 



MASDEVALLIA HARRY ANA CCERULESCENS. From Colombia. 



This should have the same treatment as recommended for M. 

 Harryana (see page 16), as this is only one of its many varieties, but the 

 flowers are of a larger size and the colours more rich and brilliant ; it 

 flowers in the spring. 



Established plants can be purchased of the true variety at 5s. per 

 two leading growths. 



MASDEVALLIA x CHELSONI. Garden Hybrid. 



This is a hybrid between M. Veitchiana and M. amabilis, and is a 

 free grower and bloomer. It should have the same treatment as 

 M. Harryana, and this variety also flowers during the winter. 



Good plants, with three or four leads, about 5s. each. 



MASDEVALLIA SHUTTLEWOHTHII. From Colombia. 



This is a pretty little species and should be grown in small baskets 

 or pans suspended, and with the same treatment as M. Harryana ; it 

 flowers during the spring months. The flowers are rose and yellowish 

 green, more or less spotted with dark red. 



Established plants, with about three or four leads, 7s. 6d. 



PLEIO^STE LAGENARIA. From Khasia Hills. 



(The Indian Crocus.) 



In this very beautiful little Orchid we have one differing in so 

 many respects from the majority, for there are no old pseudobulbs, as 

 these become exhausted by the time the new pseudobulbs are matured 

 about September, at which period the latter lose their leaves, and from 

 the base commence pushing up their flowers, which expand in October 

 and November, and immediately they have flowered the plants can be 

 shifted into a fresh compost of fibrous loam, peat, sphagnum, and sand. 



