Cymbidium 



they disagreed mucli more widely. Two flowers of 

 ColcLc jur/osus are never alike, but always exquisite. 

 M. Forget tells uie that it is one of the com- 

 monest weeds in certain parts of Brazil ; upon the 

 banks of a river he named it would be possible to 

 gather scores in an hour. Hitherto this gem had 1 }een 

 lodged with the Cattleyas, but upon M. Forget's ad- 

 vice I transferred it to the cool house, where it grows 

 more strongly. A pot is best, with peat and moss. 

 It requires as much water as Odontoglots while 

 growing, and it must never lie suffered to dry at all. 

 Cola x jug osus flowers from the axil of the longer 

 side-leaf when half grown in summer. Brazil. 

 N.B. — Thrips have a great fancy for it. 



By alliance with Zygopetalum several hybrids 

 have been produced, called Zygo-Colax, all lovely : — 

 Z.-C. Amesianus, by Z. hracJiyixtalum. 

 Vcitchii, by Z. crinitum. -■! 



,, Wiganianus, by Z. intcrriudiivm. 

 „ Icopardinus, by Z. majillare. 

 „ „ , by Z. Gauticri. 



Cymbidium. (Boat-shaped.) 

 Cymbidiums are large evergreen plants, demand- 

 in o- pots of a good size, for to shift them is an 

 operation of the greatest delicacy. Their big, 

 fleshy roots are brittle as glass. It has to be done 



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