176 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



As the latter species is from Jamaica, it requires warmer conditions 

 than B. hyacinthina ; the warmest end of the Odontoglossum 

 House will suit it. The genus is of interest from the fact that the 

 first exotic Orchid introduced into British gardens was B. vere- 

 CUNDA, collected in the Bahamas by Peter Collinson, in 1731, and 

 flowered in England in 1732. 



BOLLEA 



Only one species calls for attention, i.e. Bollea ccelestis, 

 a Colombian Orchid requiring a moist, shady position in a warm 

 house, a mixture of peat and sphagnum to root in, and amply 

 drained pans or baskets. It grows about a foot or fifteen inches 

 high, and bears its flowers on stiffs spikes that are about as tall as 

 the leaves. There is usually one flower on a spike, and it is three 

 or four inches across, violet-blue, with yellow lines on the lip. 

 A rarely grown, but pretty. Summer flowering Orchid. B. La- 

 LiNDEi, B. Lawrenceanum, and B. Patini are of interest to those 

 who like uncommon Orchids. All the BoUeas are without pseudo- 

 bulbs, and are frequently described as Zygopetalums. 



BROUGHTONIA 



The Jamaican Broughtonia sanguinea was sent to Kew as 

 long ago as 1793. It is a small plant, with flattish pseudo-bulbs, 

 and slender, branched, arching spikes of deep red flowers that are 

 small, but of an unusual shade of colour. It is best managed by 

 being grown in a shallow teak basket or on a raft, with very little 

 sphagnum and peat about its roots, and suspended in the Cattleya 

 House. While " resting," it needs very little water, but must be 



