﻿VANDA HoOKERIANA is a tall, scrambling species, with cylindrical 

 loaves and short spikes of flower. These are very beautiful ; the sepals and 

 petals whitish, with spots of purple: the lip purple, with crowded spots <>f 

 a deeper hue. Xo one should attempt the culture of this species who has 

 not ample heat at command. It grows in sweltering heat and moisture, 

 and except for a week or two after being planted should be fully exposed to 

 the sun's rays. In many collections it is the custom to cut the stems into 

 lengths, and plant these in beds of sphagnum in a house fully exposed to 

 the sun. A luxuriant growth and abundant supply of flower is thereby 

 assured. — B. G. in Journal of Horticulture. 



CCELOGYNE Dayaxa.— Mr. A. J. Manda sends the following interesting 

 communication to the Florists Exchange :— The photograph, from which 

 the illustration herewith was made, is of a single specimen plant flowering 

 lately in the collection of Mrs. C. F. Erhart, 270, Washington Avenue, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. The plant carried 27 spikes, with 43 to 5r flowers to a 

 spike, making a total of 1,247 flowers, and is a great credit to the 

 enthusiastic and zealous gardener, A. Welsing, under whose care the 

 specimen has been for the past eleven years. Such fine specimen Orchids 

 are seldom seen, especially taking into consideration that when this plant 

 was bought about twelve years ago at an auction, it had then just two 

 small bulbs and one lead. It is grown in an octagonal basket two feet 

 across, potted in fibrous peat and moss, with additional pieces of charcoal 

 and broken crocks. The plant is elevated on a high stand close to the 

 roof, where it enjoys a quantity of moisture and heat. It is a native of 

 Borneo and one of the prettiest of the Ccelogyne tribe. 



