96 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
Liparis.—A genus of dwarf Orchids chiefly of botanical 
interest. Intermediate house. 
Lissochilus.—Showy terrestrial Orchids, chiefly from 
South and Tropical Africa. They should be grown in 
warm or cool conditions according to their habitats. JL. 
Krebsii and L. speciosus are two handsome, cool-house 
species ; L. giganteus, L. Horsfallii, and others of this class 
require a warm house. Being marshy plants, they need 
weak, liquid manure when growing. 
Lueddemannia.—A fine genus of strong, Acineta-like 
growth and pendulous racemes of bronzy-orange coloured 
flowers. The growths are three to five feet in length. The 
best species are L. Lehmannii, L. Pescatorei, and L. triloba. 
Grow in baskets suspended in intermediate house. 
Luisia.—Terete-leafed Orchids that may be grown in 
the warm house with the Aérides. 
Lycaste.—Most of the species thrive in the cool end 
of the intermediate house. They have been grown success- 
fully in a compost in which decayed leaves formed the 
principal ingredient, the remainder being either Sphagnum- 
moss, loam fibre, or peat, with a little sand or fine crocks 
added. In some collections L. Skinneri and some of the 
other species are grown in the cool house. All the species 
require to be kept as cool as possible in summer. 
Masdevallia.—Dwarf, tufted plants, with pretty and 
varied flowers, from high ranges in South America. They 
should be grown in the cool or Odontoglossum house. 
Pot them in equal proportions of Sphagnum-moss and 
peat, with a little sand and fine crocks. The species of 
M. chimera section should be grown in suspending baskets 
or pans, and given a rather warmer situation than those of 
