142 ORCHIDS : HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



PEBISTERIA ELATA. From Panama. 



(The Dove Orchid; also the Holy Ghost plant of the natives.) 

 It produces its flower spikes in the summer months from the base 

 of the pseudobulbs, some of which I have seen as large as a cocoanut. 

 The spike bears a number of flowers which are white, and in the centre 

 of each a portion of the flower bears a close resemblance to a small 

 dove, and it is altogether a most interesting plant. It should be potted 

 and treated in the same manner as advised for Phaius grandifolius. 

 Newly imported or established, 5s. to 7s. 6d. per lead. 



STANHOPEA OCULATA. From Mexico. 



This is another showy species, and should be cultivated exactly as 

 advised for S. tigrina (see page 128). The ground colour of this 

 species is light yellow, thickly marked with bright chocolate spots, and 

 it flowers in the autumn. 



Newly imported or established plants are from 5s. to 7s. 6d. per 

 strong leading bulb. 



STANHOPEA INSIGNIS. From Brazil. 



This species is also very showy and blooms during the summer 

 months, and must be treated in the same way as the foregoing. 



Newly imported or established plants are worth from 5s. to 7s. 6d. 

 per strong lead. 



MORMODES PARDINUM. From Mexico. 



This is a handsome and curious Orchid, which flowers in the same 

 manner as Catasetum Bungerothii and must have the same treatment 

 in every respect. The ground colour of the flower is yellow, densely 

 spotted with chocolate. 



Newly imported or established plants 5s. to 10s. 6d. per strong lead. 



CATTLEYA LUEDDEMANNIANA. From Venezuela. 



(Syn. speciosissima.) 



A lovely species of the labiata section, the flowers very much 

 resembling those of C. Mossiae, and it flowers during the autumn 

 months. This species, like C. Aclandise, is rather difficult to grow and 

 flower successfully unless given a warm temperature, and it should be 

 grown in a pan or basket suspended in a very light position. 



Newly imported or established, 5s. to 7s. 6d. per strong leading bulb. 



ONCIDIUM FLEXUOSUM. From Brazil. 



This is a small-flowered species, but generally admired on account 

 of its freedom of growth and its light and graceful many-flowered spikes, 

 the colour of the flowers being yellow and brown. It has a somewhat 

 rambling habit of growth, and does best when grown in a pot in the 

 usual compost of sphagnum and peat, and placed in the shady side of 



