THE ORCHID REVIEW. 73 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
Wir the advent of March we expect to have our first really fine days. It 
is, IN some respects, the beginning of Spring, and this year especially we 
have been favoured with avery mild winter, a condition of things which is 
certainly beneficial to Orchids. Our Orchid houses are again assuming 
their Spring dress, and what a fine display of flowers we already have! 
The Cool house is gaily decorated with those handsome Ceelogynes and 
Odontoglossums, and Cymbidiums are rapidly flowering. In the Cattleya 
house, shining as bright as stars, we find the beautiful Cattleyas Trianz and 
Percivaliana, and the brilliant Lelia harpophylla, which contrasts strongly 
with the green foliage of the plants. The Warm house now gives us entire 
satisfaction, as those numerous Dendrobes are flowering successively. 
It is certainly very pleasant to note the flowers which March brings into 
our collections. It is during this month that we generally have in flower 
those pretty Angreecums, A. citratum with its delicate pale yellow blossoms 
—it is a great pity that this plant presents such difficulties in regard to its 
culture—A, fastuosum, a dwarf and pretty Madagascar species, and the very 
rare A, Germinyanum, which will also appear. The genus Phalzenopsis also 
contributes some of our choicest gems, for P. amabilis, P. Aphrodite, P. 
Schilleriana, and P. Stuartiana are all opening their delicate blossoms, 
together with P. tetraspis and the rare little P. Parishii. Some late 
Catasetums are also showing their curious flowers. CC. discolor and C. 
macrocarpum, with their flowers reversed in the same way as Odontoglossum 
pulchellum, are both interesting. 
Cypripediums are always pleasant to see, and the foliage alone of some 
species would ensure their culture. We have already a beautiful show. 
Most of them flowered during the preceding month, but as they have the 
great advantage of remaining in a perfect condition for several weeks, they 
will also last for a part of this month. A few others are now in bud, 
including C. x Harrisianum, C. xX Swanianum, and C. Mastersianum, 
which has only recently become at all common. C. concolor is really a 
pretty little species, but very difficult to cultivate. C. barbatum is very 
handsome, and, though an old species, is always welcome. C. virens is a 
curious Bornean species which grows and flowers very freely, and C. 
Hookere is now also in bloom. 
March is the best month of the year for Dendrobiums, for we have now 
combined the winter and spring-flowering ones. Their colours, like the 
number of varieties, are very numerous, from the brightest purple of D. 
nobile Sanderianum to the delicate tint of D. Devonianum, besides which 
we have the golden yellow of D. aggregatum and chrysotoxum. D. 
Farmeri is well worth growing, and, like D. Hildebrandii, will soon be ip 
