ONCIDIUM 



Hstu I \u\b-, > uall) present w iiit i jr » a f v [i 

 cie-. 1 - 1\ i with sheathing I\s at the ba i 1\!. plane 

 terete or triansuUr petals like the dorsal sepal but 

 often miith larger lateral sepals eithtr frei or par 

 tialhiinitel lal elhini varial le bitnt\trwitl its 1 a e 

 paralUl to tht <oUinin (Oiont^I sum) i m ling 

 neiirh at iit,ht angles to thi tol inin colun u shoit 

 winged 



As a tla s Oi oidinms arc 1 ort lived under cultn i 

 tion tfw i,r Mrs su et 1 in maintainii g thmi n 

 good con iifi n fcr aIl^ great 1 neth f tin e Tl e si k 

 is constanth renewed fi n th ti pes 



Hlim I H IIasselbrisg 



The genus Oi I I i „ t i 1 i f 



1129 



and \aried 

 tion of the 

 impossible 

 be obta i 



1523 Oncidium serrat 



and the 



piiliii it iHi ai 1 thers 

 O. Pi] ho se tl n witl 

 cessfulK „rown m i 1 

 Cattle\a department in 

 th( ro f using t i a o mj 

 peat and sphagnum m 

 lumps of broken char 



O cicullihn, O , 

 nrnifhnih iH I im O PI tlcenopsis O tr c inn with 

 a few others of like niture, do well under treatment 

 similar to that given for Odontoglossums, which see. 



When a large collection of species is cultivated, a 

 majority, including many of the above, can be readily 

 grown in one house if it be especially adapted to thera. 

 Such a house should be a span-roof structure of east 



111 1 t on of the 

 ki ts susi nded from 

 It ir f cli 111 h<i ptd 

 h intir perse 1 with 



i tlntii 



ONCIDIUM 



t an an^k f 1 1 ut 40° which will 

 bible li{,ht lie eirh n < rniug 

 striking the f,lass at ri{,ht anf,Ies 

 the natural sun hi at f r a gr< ater 

 1 lit at n 1 lda\ when tl t out ide 

 t the sun s ia>b strikt the glass 

 heat w ith little dai ;,c r of the 



I nnei f r< ni hnses in the glass, 

 le sun an 1 air than most cichiis. 



1 f eithir wood or sti ne and 



1 two in depth w ith and, 



1 an i patl s should be 



I t-> insure a moist atmos- 



II rni „ 1 1 t th idcs of 



II 1 I It eaiis- 



tilatars 



I hould 



1 \ day, 



1 t on In 



1 nditions 



I 1 sha ling n list 



to keep d wn 



iiic t solar in- 



i I 1 I t t iipntine and 



ell and is tasil\ rem^^e I It can 



th a whitewash bnish on a hmg 



1 1 hard br 1 in tht fall 



I I ots or b iskets, 

 t tht latter are 



O r ,«« iqhii, 



1 eneith them. 



I uni nu equal 



I iig mati rial and 



II I rs< d w Ith brc ken pieces 

 II casts must be securely 



1 t 1 1 It sed in nioder- 



1 I 1 ^U Overhead 



lurel. 



1 lit 11 , e \eitch's 



Plants ^ol J Secti n Oncidium page 5; 



w 1 )( and Nicholson s Diet of Gard. 



Robert M Grey. 



1 geograilii al distrilution of the 



1 t imp< s ible to t" e anj general 



t 1 the whole giou} We find that 



1 (>i h 1 all r bly 



where 

 [ isely. 



I I I I IS su(h as an 



OI n in O nrni- 



tl ai d O CMC lla- 



ti I li tot the most 1 eautiful 



of the cnt i 1 lant ver\ difficult to 



import M lit (tuns in this country. 



It (ocurs tl n m the Cordillera of 



E( uador 



Oncidium cii llafuni is another plant wl ich is diffi- 

 cult to grow suc< t ssfullj here on acc< iint ( f our hot 

 summers. It occurs in several places in the Colombian 

 Cordilleras, but always at a very high elevation. With 

 these few exceptions mentioned, the greater part of the 

 Oncidiums will succeed in a Cattleya house. Indeed, 

 most of the ,species are found in the Cattleya and Lselia 



