48 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



C. cristata. The flowers are produced in the Winter, carried 

 erect, have a diameter of from two to three inches, and arc pure 

 white with a marginal fringe and crests of deep brown hairs. The 

 whole plant rarely exceeds fifteen inches in height. 



C. CORRUGATA comes from the hilly districts of Southern 

 India and is a success under the same conditions as C. cristata. It 

 is a compact plant, about nine inches high. Summer flowering, 

 and bears erect spikes of fairly large flowers. The latter are pure 

 white, with a central yellow, orange-marked area on the lip. 



C. CRISTATA is quite frequently grown with a fair amount of 

 success in the same house as Odontoglossums, but is seen at its best 

 when given a slightly warmer position and rather less ventilation. 

 Failing a special position it should be placed at the warmest end of 

 the Cool House for the Summer season, and be moved to the lighter, 

 drier, and warmer conditions usually provided for Cattleyas during 

 the Winter. The pure white flowers, three or four inches across, 

 are borne six or eight together in graceful drooping racemes in 

 Winter or Spring ; if allowed to expand in a cool house they soon 

 discolour. In the type the lip is crested with yellow and has a 

 central blotch of the same colour. In the variety C. c. lemoniana 

 the colour on the lip is pale lemon yellow, while in C. c. alba the 

 blooms are entirely white. The flowers of this very beautiful and 

 chaste Orchid are valuable for many kinds of floral decorations, 

 especially for bouquets, but they must be handled with care because 

 bruised portions turn brown or black quickly. When the spikes 

 are cut they must not be severed close to the pseudo-bulb, for it is 

 from the sheathing base of the spike that the new growth comes, 

 so that close cutting spoils the prospects for the following season. 



C. Dayana is a remarkable Bornean species that flowers in 

 late Spring or early Summer. It is a strong grower and is best 

 managed in a basket or pan suspended from the roof in the hottest 



