‘142 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (May, 1913. 
are practically in the open air till they show their flower buds. Plants thus. 
ripened off flower and grow well with me. 
The hardier Cypripediums grow and flower well in a cool, shaded glass- 
house with no artificial heat, and with the ventilators and usually the door 
open all:the year: round night and day. The plants do not grow so: 
vigorously or propagate so quickly as they do in England, but such difficult 
varieties as C. Fairrieanum and C. Charlesworthii do fairly well under this 
treatment. I have plants of C. insigne and C. villosum thriving in the 
open bush-house. Lelia anceps I could never get to flower when grown 
under glass. I am now growing them successfully hanging from the roof 
of the bush-house ; they do not, however, show the vigour of the plants- 
grown in England. Dendrobium nobile tried under similar conditions. 
absolutely failed. 
Cymbidium Lowianum, also the hybrid C. Lowiano-eburneum, grows. 
most vigorously and flowers well in the open air in any partially-shaded 
position, and I have several specimen plants in tubs which measure four 
feet across. 
It is quite impossible to grow Odontoglossums or the cooler Orchids im 
this warm climate. Our main difficulties in Orchid culture are the sudden 
changes of temperature and humidity, and the excessive heat and dryness- 
of the atmosphere. 
In conclusion, allow me to bear testimony to the wonderful hospitality 
accorded to myself and other visitors from Australia by the Committee 
of the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition. We were most 
generously entertained, and we took it as a great compliment to our 
adopted country. ARTHUR YATES. 
Sydney, N.S. W. 
CCELOGYNE PANDURATA. 
A RECENT issue of Horticulture gives a figure of Coelogyne pandurata, which 
is described as an ideal flower for St. Patrick’s Day. ‘“ How ridiculous it 
seems to dye white carnations green for St. Patrick’s Day!” remarks Mr. 
M. J. Pope, who has on numerous occasions been asked what is the name 
of these green pinks which people see in the florist’s store prior to and on 
St. Patrick’s Day, but at no other time of the year. Now, if florists are 
anxious to serve the dear people from the Emerald Isle with green flowers 
on St. Patrick’s Day, why don’t they look around Nature’s storehouse first 
and see what they can find in that line before degrading our honourable 
profession by putting a faked article on the market. Ccelogyne pandurata 
has the most lovely shade of green anybody could possibly ask for, and it — 
usually blooms about this time. The only part of the flower that is not 
green is the pandurate lip, which has some jet black blotches bordered in 
