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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



about three flowers, these being bright yellow with red spots, the upper portion of the lip 

 brownish yellow. Caracas, 183G (h) ; and C. raaculata : Flowers paler yellow than 

 those of the j)receding, spotted with crimson ; the colours are variable. Demerara, 

 1831 (h). 



cycnoches.— An interesting genus, popularly known as " Swan Orchids," on account 

 of the column and pollen masses ^resembling the curved neck and head of a swan. 

 Though not particularly showy, one or two at least of the species should be included 

 in all collections. The pseudo-bulbs, which are green and fleshy, usually grow erect, 



with rather thin-tex- 

 tured foliage, that 

 drops in the autumn. 

 They require a fair 

 amount of light, but 

 shade from bright sun- 

 shine is necessary, and 

 during the growing 

 season water must be 

 freely applied. Avoid 

 syringing heavily, but 

 light dewings are help- 

 ful. The compost may 

 consist of equal parts of 

 peat, loam and sphag- 

 num moss, firmly placed 

 in pots or baskets. The 

 species recommended 

 are : C. aureum. — Very handsome flowers, bright yellow on drooping racemes ; they 

 are usually spotted with purple. Central America, 1852 (i). C. chlorochilon.— The 

 most popular kind, producing large flowers, pale greenish yellow, with an almost 

 black blotch on the lip. The larger the flowers the fewer are produced on a scape ; the 

 colour also is variable. Demerara, 1838 (i) (Fig. 44). C. ventricosum. — Pale green 

 flowers on some plants, on others small blackish ones, the one male, the other female. 

 Guatemala, 1842 (t). C. Warscewiczi. — Also a bisexual orchid, and a very beautiful 

 one; flowers pale green or white. Guatemala, 1879 (<). 



