Cochlioda 



hung straight, so that the handsome yeUow lie! Is 

 drop over the side in a conventional, manner. 



Cattleya citrina grows freely, so long as it lasts, 

 if a place can lie found for it wliere shade is not 

 needed until the summer sun gets strong. In a 

 flasket, with lumps of peat and abundance of moss, 

 suspended as I say, facing the light, it must be 

 kept thoroughly moist until the head of the flower 

 peeps between the leaves. I find that watering 

 twice a week is sufficient ; in fact, I do not loolv 

 at the baskets between times, however hot the 

 weather. In May I whiten the glass above them. 

 After August one watering per week is enough. 

 The flower begins to show early in December, and 

 water must be diminished gradually ; they want a 

 little more attention then, for when the bud lias 

 pushed an inch or so, the plant must be allowed to 

 dry — not to remain dry, however. 



The flowers are bell-shaped, large and pendulous, 

 lemon-yellow in colour, very fragrant. Spring. 

 Mexico. 1838. o.s. 



Cochlioda. 



(Like a .snail-shell, referring to the shape of the 



column.) 



This genus used to be called Mesospinidium, and 



the old name is still applied by every one, or 



almost, to three of its four species. 



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