the hope that it may be the means of increasing the number of this deservedly 
favourite family of Orchids. ; 
Odontoglossum Schriderianum is supposed to be a natural hybrid between 
O. tripudians and O. Pescatoret. It was dedicated, by the late Professor Reichenbach, 
to Baron Schréder, of the Dell, Egham, whose collection of Orchids is too well known 
to our readers to need further comment necessary in this place. The plant from which 
our drawing was taken, flowered in the fine collection of R, H. Measures, Esq,., 
The Woodlands, Streatham. | 
Odontoglossum Schriderianum is a pretty, distinct evergreen species; the sepals 
and petals are oblong-acute, wavy, white, with purplish mauve blotches; lip pandurate, 
broader at the base, becoming obcordate and apiculate in front; white, with two 
purplish mauve blotches on the disc; callus, consisting of radiating spines on each 
side, yellow, sparingly spotted with red. It blooms in August and September, the 
flowers lasting long in perfection, and yielding a delicious aroma. It still continues 
to be a very rare plant in cultivation. 
This species of Odontoglot requires similar treatment to O. Pescatorei, and 
those of its class which come from about the same altitude. Many of these species 
grow at different altitudes in their native countries, and it would greatly assist the 
cultivator at home, in determining the exact position in which to place the plants, 
if collectors would give strict records of the conditions under which the plants exist, 
the altitude at which they grow, and the conditions of the atmospheric surroundings. 
It will thus be seen that no one can successfully cultivate plants without exercising 
care and forethought, bestowing every needful attention at the proper time, and in 
any case of failure a remedy should be supplied at once, for procrastination—that 
“thief of time”—is also the cause of many failures in Orchid-growing, which, if 
taken in hand in time, might have ‘led on to fortune.” Again, many people who 
have been successful growers of plants often treat them in an indifferent manner, 
and then express surprise if the plants fail or are not to be found in first-class 
condition—indeed, this system of neglect is too prevalent with superficial observers ; 
but let it be ever kept in mind that plants always require care and attention to keep 
them healthy, presentable, and in a proper state of development. 
