THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS loi 



stemmed spikes of rich rose-purple blooms of moderate size. 

 E. PRiSMATOCARPUM is a fine plant for exhibition purposes, and is 

 frequently seen at exhibitions in late Spring and early Summer ; 

 its pseudo-bulbs are crowned with a pair of stout, leathery leaves, 

 and from the top of each pseudo-bulb an erect spike is produced ; 

 the cream-coloured flowers are spotted with dark purple, and the 

 lip is yellow and rose. E. radicans grows upwards of two feet 

 high, and as it produces aerial roots freely, propagation is easily 

 effected by removing a portion of the growth with roots attached ; 

 it does not bloom so freely as E. cinnabarinum, but its large 

 terminal clusters of brilliant orange-scarlet flowers are very 

 beautiful. E. vitellinum is not much grown, but E. vitellinum 

 MAjus, which has larger flowers, is practically indispensable in an 

 Orchid collection, and of great value in any establishment where 

 choice flowers for bouquets and other floral arrangements are 

 required ; it is a lowly plant, seldom exceeding a foot in height ; 

 the pseudo-bulbs are small and rounded, and carry a pair of ovate, 

 glaucous-green leaves, which are surmounted in the Summer by a 

 sturdy spike of flowers, each an inch or a little more broad, and of 

 the most vivid cinnabar-orange colour imaginable. E. vitellinum 

 MAJUS should be grown with the Odontoglossums. E. Wallisii 

 is almost a continuous bloomer ; it has dark, slender stems, upwards 

 of two feet high, these bearing several flowers near the apex. The 

 flowers of E. Wallisii are among the largest seen in the genus, 

 and are often two inches across ; they are yellow, marked with 

 crimson, while the white lip has red-purple markings. 



A number of good hybrids have been raised, and the best of 

 these are — E. Boundii [£. Burtoni x E. radicans\ deep orange- 

 scarlet ; E. Burtoni [E. ibaguense x E. G' Brienianuni)^ very free 

 flowering, rosy crimson to crimson-scarlet ; E. Cassiope [E. 

 radicans x E. vitellinum)^ orange-yellow ; E. Clarissa [E. elegan- 



