﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[September, 1904. 



roots and decayed leaves deposited in these fern stumps. A true epiphyte, 

 growing in sparse numbers, making enormous quantities of roots in the 

 spongy masses of the fern clumps, w hich are full of deposited leaves and 

 other debris, excrement of birds and small animals. The red-flowered kind, 

 however, which is provisionally called No. 1, grows under quite different 

 conditions and surroundings. It may almost be termed terrestrial, for I 

 found it on steep banks in ravines among thick grass and growing chiefly 

 in a stiff, clayey-like soil, but never on trees. This fine Cymbidium has 

 long spikes of open, rosy red flowers. Some very long spikes were on the 

 plants, which must have been grand, but I was a little too late in reaching 

 Lyang to see many plants in bloom. We were delayed many times on the 

 road, and the flowering season was over on our reaching the mountains. 1 

 think you will find that these new Cymbidiums will do well, and flourish in 

 or under similar conditions to Cymbidium eburneum, which must be grown 

 warmer than Cymbidium Lowianum. The latter is a cold plant, and pro- 

 bably will do well with as little heat as any known Orchid. It is certainly 

 as cool a grower as Cypripedium insigne. if not colder. The latter will 

 stand strong heat, but I do not think Cymbidium Lowianum ever needs a 

 tropical heat. It is possible that the beautiful red one (No. 1) will do with 

 a more decided rest than C. Sanderae, because at times those ravines must 

 be nearly as dry as the sun-scorched plains, where the sand was so hot that 

 it blistered the feet, but at night heavy dews would envelop the plants in 

 the ravines for several hours, otherwise they would perish. C. Sanderae 

 would not be nearly so severely punished by drought, because the roots 

 nestle in the spongy fern roots and debris, with more or less shade by day, 

 and heavy dews at night, hence it would receive some moisture all the 

 year." 



From the brief details of habit and colour given, we strongly suspect 

 that the Cymbidium No. 1 is the handsome C. insigne, described at page 

 230 of our last issue, which grows in sandy ravines at 4,000 to 5,000 

 feet elevation. 



Disa grandiflora. — A remarkable display of this lovely terrestrial 

 Orchid was exhibited by Mr. J. Sergeant, gardener to Henry Hansard, 

 Esq., Millfield, Cobham, at the Oxshott Flower Show held in the Manor 

 House grounds, Stoke d'Abernon, on July 20. The plants, arranged in a 

 group, were not for competition, and were marvels of good culture. They 

 were grown exclusively in shallow pans, and averaged ten spikes to a pan, 

 each spike containing five or six bold flowers. It is very seldom that one 

 has the opportunity of seeing this difficult plant grown in such good form. 

 — W. H. Bailey in Gardeners' Chronicle. 



