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Orchid culture, some of which we have no doubt will succeed, and throw light on 

 obscure points of management. The present time offers a good opportunity to make 

 experiments with Orchids, as it can be done without the risk of incurrintr 

 serious expense should they fail, for many kinds of Orchids are cheap, and of 

 course those which are costly would not in this way be exposed to risk. 



Warscewiczella Wendlandi discolor, the particular form here represented, is an 

 evergreen plant, with light green foliage, which arises from a short stem scarcely 

 forming a pseudobulb, and grows to the height of some six or eight inches. The 



flowers proceed singly from the axils of the leaves, and have the sepals and petals 

 of a yellowish green, while the broad squarish lip, which is white at the ed^^e 

 where it is deeply cut and much crisped, bears a large violet blotch in the centre. 

 The perfume is very delicious. The plant flowers during. iVugust and September, 

 and lasts for about two weeks in beauty. 



This plant is allied to the genera (or sub-genera) Bollea and Warrea, and 

 requires the same kind of treatment as is successful with them. We have seen them 

 grown in different ways, and thriving well, but they are plants that require 

 careful treatment, and must never be neglected. It is necessary always to give tlieni 

 close attention as regards the supply of moisture at the roots, for they have no thick 

 fleshy pseudobulbs to support them should the artificial help fail. They grow in 

 tufts of small short croTVTis scarcely forming bulbs, and it is from these that tLo 

 leaves are developed. Being small growing plants, we find they do well on blocks 

 of wood, with the roots surrounded by living sphao-num moss, the blocks bein 



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led from the roof. They must- not have too much sun ; indeed, as the 

 leaves are of a thin texture, they require shade, but with all the light that can 

 possibly be given them without exposing them to burning sunshine. We find the 

 cool end of the East India house to suit them, and here we give them a good 

 supply of moisture at the roots during the summer season. They must always be 

 kept moist, and should not even during winter be allowed to get dry, for they are 

 nearly always growing, and so require a continual supply of sustenance. If grown in 

 pots or in pans, they will require less moisture than when on blocks. One thin 

 must always be borne in mind, and that is to keep them free from insects. ' 



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VITELLINUM.— A Very fine spike of this charming species 



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received by us from H. Shaw, Esq., of Buxton; it was eighteen inches in height 

 and bore twenty-one of its orange-scarlet flowers, of good size and stout snbstancf*. 

 This was certainly the best spike that has ever come under our notice. 3Ir. SIkiw 

 calls it E, vitellinum gigatdeum. The plant it appears has borne five spikes 



equally as good as the one which was sent to us. There is no doubt that it 

 a gigantic form of the old species, much finer than some of those called maj 



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ally flower in spring and summer while this one blooms in December, 

 hich fact alone makes it a valuable acquisition, as we have so few Orchids of 

 this colour blooming at that time of year, December and January.— B. S. W. 



