Plate 40. We have also mentioned Mr. Osman as being a most successful cultivator 
of Orchidaceous plants. 
Cattleya Triane is a free-growing as well as a free-blooming species. It has 
dark green foliage, and attains the height of about fifteen inches, producing its 
blossoms during the winter months, after the growths are completed. The sepals 
and petals are of a pale pink or delicate tint of rosy purple; the lip is of a 
bright magenta, margined with delicate rose-pink, the edge being fringed, and the 
disk marked with a rich orange-coloured two-lobed blotch. The flowers are produced 
in February and March, and continue for several weeks in perfection, provided they 
are kept free from moisture, which if it lodges upon them will cause them to 
become spotted, and destroy their beauty. It is an excellent plan to place the 
plants when in bloom in a drier house than that in which they are grown, and to 
bestow all possible. care upon their preservation. Of themselves they form a fine 
group of Cattleyas, there being so many distinct varieties, of colours such as to 
make them thoroughly useful for decorative purposes. By their agency our Orchid 
houses may be kept gay for several months in the most dreary time of the year, 
for when there is a number of plants they may be flowered in succession. The 
plants can now be bought at a reasonable price, as, in consequence of the large 
importations of them, they have become plentiful. 
Cattleya Triane requires the same treatment as C. labiata, C. Mossie, and 
“others of the same class, all these plants being, indeed, regarded by some botanists 
as varieties of one species. For their successful growth the use of good fibrous 
peat and sphagnum moss, with ample drainage, are requisite, and they should be 
kept well elevated above the pot rim. They will also thrive well suspended from 
the roof in baskets, and also on blocks of wood, but in these cases they require 
more attention as to watering, in order to keep them moist at the roots. 
Cattleyas thrive best when placed under the influence of strong light, but they 
must be shaded from bright sunshine. This régime induces them to blossom more 
freely, indeed, if the bulbs are not well ripened good results cannot be anticipated. 
The plants require a plentiful supply of water during the growing season, by which 
we mean that they should be kept constantly moist about the roots. When their 
growth is completed less may be applied, merely enough to keep them in a plump 
state. When the flower spikes begin to appear more water should again be 
given, as it will induce the buds to swell more freely, in consequence of which the 
_ flowers will be finer. 
OrcHips FRoM Dr. Paterson.—This gentleman has been kind enough to send 
us a grand spike of his Vanda tricolor Patersoni. It is a fine form of this 
noble Orchid, the flowers being of large size, and well marked, the lip beautifully 
coloured with rich magenta. A nice spike of the beautiful Aérides nobile camé in 
the same parcel, and a curious Hria with white flowers, named stellata (the true 
stellata has dull pale yellow flowers) on account of the star-shaped form of its 
blossoms.—B. 8S. W. 
