442 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1923. 
ConcLusion.—I am afraid that these notes are scrappy and disjointed, 
but they may prove interesting to amateurs who have recently taken up the 
cultivation of Orchids. I would recommend all beginners to buy their 
plants—especially hybrids—in flower if possible, then they see what they are 
getting for their money, and as regards species and their varieties preference 
should always be given to newly imported or semi-established plants. 
Should an amateur decide on purchasing unflowered seedlings, he should 
make certain that he is getting what he ordered. He should never buy at 
an auction sale, public or private, unless present to see the plants for himself, 
and if he is not sure of his ground he should stand off. Labels have a habit 
of getting mixed here as elsewhere, and there is no reason why he should 
be landed. He should bear in mind that a trade grower’s own selection is 
not the one that he himself would probably make, and if he is not confident 
enough to select his own plants, he should call in the services of an amateur 
friend with some experience to act for him. He should never forget that 
even the smallest collection is incomplete unless it contains a few of the 
showier species and their varieties. 
The amateur should certainly pay a reasonable price for his Orchids, 
‘but he should not allow himself to pay a fancy price for any individual 
‘plant. He should take a lesson or two in potting an Orchid in the various 
-sections, and he will find it more economical to buy the various fibres, loam, 
sphagnum moss, etc., rather than to purchase prepared composts. 
Last, but not least, he should never fail to read the Orchid Review. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA DotomiTe.—Messrs. Stuart Low & Co. are the raisers 
of this handsome novelty. It was produced through the crossing of Lc. 
Domos (C. Mossi x Lc. Dominiana) with Lc. Aphrodite (C. Mendelii X 
L. purpurata). The sepals and petals are of a: pleasing rose-pink colour, 
‘while the roundly formed labellum is ruby-purple, with dark crimson veining 
and suffusion; the throat yellow, streaked with crimson beneath the 
-column. a fine varieties of both parents were used, and as the seedlings 
is a vigorous constitution some excellent results may be expected. 
ONCIDIUM PULCHELLUM.—One of the most charming of the small- 
growing Oncidiums, the plant inhabits the virgin forest of Jamaica at an 
elevation of from 3000- 4000 feet, and where the temperature rarely exceeds 
75 degrees. Although rain does not fall every day, the atmosphere is 
usually cloudy and damp. In present day collections it is cultivated in 
shallow pots or pans with a light fibrous compost, but in Jamaica it 
succeeds well on cocoa-nut husks that have been split through the middle. 
The plant is without pseudobulbs, and the spikes carry many flowers, about 
_an inch across vertically, white, flushed with rose. 
