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Leopoldii was also in spike, and plants of this cross have flowered. A few 
capsules were noticed, and a seedling Odontonia Lambeauiana (M. 
Warscewiczii X O. Lambeauianum) was pointed out. Here were two nice 
plants of the miniature Saccolabium fragrans, one of them being in bloom. 
They have been here for seven or eight years, having been found in an 
importation of Vanda ccerulea. The latter species is represented in 
quantity, some being old plants and over two feet high, and M. Peeters 
remarked that plenty of light and air was the secret of success. 
Coming to the Cypripediums we found a remarkably fine batch of C. 
Rolfei, the plants being grown in pure loam, M. Peeters remarking that 
this is the only way to grow and flower them well. They are stood on tiles, 
and great care is taken not to get the compost too wet, which is considered 
highly important. The leaves are handsomely mottled, and and one of the 
largest measured nearly a foot long. Last season as many as 150 plants 
were in bloom together, some of them having six spikes, and forming a 
magnificent sight. M. Peeters remarked that C. Rolfei is a bad parent. It 
was hoped to utilise so fine a thing in hybridising, and many crosses with 
C. Maudiz, both as seed and pollen parent, have been made, but in no case 
has a seed been found. A few of the summer-flowering kinds were in 
bloom, including a seedling of C. Schlesingerianum x Fairrieanum, the 
latter being of good shape, with a richly-blotched dorsal sepal. 
One side of a Cypripedium house was filled with the brilliant Renanthera 
Imschootiana, many plants being in bloom. Both it and Vanda ccerulea 
are grown in leaf mould, with a surfacing of sphagnum, and very carefully 
watered. They are treated much alike, except that the Renanthera likes a 
little more heat than the Vanda. Here a good plant of Cattleya labiata 
Peetersiana was pointed out, which came out of Messrs. Sander’s first large 
importation over twenty years ago. 
After passing through a house of seedlings in excellent health, where we 
noticed a Vanilla trained on the roof, we came to a fine lot of Phalaenopsis 
amabilis Rimestadiana, some of them finely in bloom, and here an 
interesting. albino was pointed out. It was not in bloom, but the lip is 
said to be without a trace of purple markings. A flower was self-fertilised: 
and produced a capsule, but it contained no seed, and the plant was severely 
checked by the operation. A good P. Sanderiana was also in bloom. The 
compost used for Phalznopsis is composed of equal parts of polypodium 
fibre, sphagnum moss, and leaf-mould, and these plants are in thriving 
condition. Here was also a fine batch of Oncidium splendidum growing in 
leaf-mould, and the plants were as clean and sturdy as any one need wish 
to see. Some of them have been grown for fifteen years, A lot of O. 
Kramerianum at the end of the house bore about three dozen spikes, 
making a fine show. 
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