THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



GREENHOUSE ORCHIDS. 



That useful little work for Amateur Gardeners, One and All Gardening, 

 edited by Edward Owen Greening, does not often concern itself with 

 Orchids, but in the 1902 issue, just received, we find photographic 

 illustrations, by Mr. D. S. Fish, of Odontoglossum Rossii, Cymbidium 

 eburneum, and Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, with short descriptive and. 

 cultural notes. The Editor remarks :— " In introducing a few notes for 

 the culture of Orchids and other plants requiring glass houses, I am 

 complying with the request of some readers who desire to try their skill 

 on more difficult garden-work than is usually dealt with in One and All 

 Gardening." Under the heading Odontoglossums we read:— "The 

 number of Orchids that may be grown in a cool fernery, or even in a 



Fig. 13. Odontoglossum Rossi: 



greenhouse, provided a moist and shady spot can be found, always depends 

 on space, and not on available kinds. The latter are found in immense 

 variety ; in fact, the different forms of one species alone — O. crispum are 

 almost uncountable, and are ever increasing. This plant, with long arched' 

 spikes of white flowers, variously spotted, is, perhaps, all things considered,, 

 the finest Orchid known. 



" Although O. Rossii majus has not the same qualities as are met with 

 in a good flower of Odontoglossum crispum, yet it is a very pretty dwarf 

 Orchid, usually flowering during the winter and spring months. The 

 dwarf compact habit renders it very suitable for growing in shallow pans, 

 or Orchid baskets, and as the plants are small, they may be placed thickly 

 together. These baskets should be suspended near to the glass roof, and 

 water should be given sparingly during winter. In the warm, sunny months 

 plenty of water is desirable, and a position cool and shady. The flowers 



