The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



Sir Joseph Hooker describes it as " sinister " — and 

 this fringe suggested the snaky hair of the Gorgon, 

 whence its name. Summer. Ecuador. 



NANODES MEDUSAE — EPIDENDKUM MEDTJSiE. 



Odontoglossum. 



Tlie name of this genus signilies "Tooth- 

 tongue," referring to the shape of the labellum ; it 

 contributes the great majority of plants usually 

 grown in the cool house. A hundred species may 



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