1891 



Dreer's -Autumn Catalogue. 



35 



PHAL.HNOI'SIS Sl'HILLERIANA. 



TROPICAL ORCHIDS- Continued. 



Cypripedium Spicerianum. Upper sepals 

 white with a central line of purple, sepals greenish, 

 with a central line ; lip greenish white spotted 

 violet ; one of the most beautiful ; early winter. 

 $5.00 to $10.00. 



Cypripedium Stoneii. A superb species ; sepals 

 large, white, streaked with dark purple, and tinged 

 with yellow ; petals 5 inches long, yellew r , streaked 

 and blotched with purple ; lip large, purplish, with 

 red veins ; winter. §3.00. 



Dendrobium Crassinode. Sepals and petals 

 waxy white, tipped with rich purple, lip purple, 

 with an orange blotch at the base ; February and 

 March. $2.50. 



Dendrobium Dalhousianum. Flowers 3 to 4 

 inches wide, sepals and petals buff shaded pale 

 lemon, lip of same color, with two large dark crim- 

 son blotches ; margined rosy pink ; April and May ; 

 $3.00. 



Dendrobium Pormosum Giganteum. Flowers 

 white, 4 to 6 inches across, lip large, white with 

 orange throat. $3.00. 



Dendrobium Thyrsifiorum. A showy species, 

 producing splendid clusters of golden yellow r and 

 white flowers ; a lovely Orchid of easy cultivation ; 

 March and April ; 82.50 to $4.00. 



Dendrobium Wardianum. Flowers 3 to 4 inches 

 in diameter, 30 to 40 to a bulb ; sepals and petals 

 white, upper portions rich bright magenta ; lip 

 large, white above, rich orange in the lower part, 

 with two deep spots of crimson magenta ; May. 

 $2.50 to $3.00. 



Epidendrum Bicornutum. A curious and hand- 

 some species ; flowers pure white with a few crim- 

 son spots in the centre of the lip ; summer. $2.00. 



Oncidium Cavendishianum. Flowers yellow, 

 produced in great abundance from strong branching 

 panicles ; winter. $2.00. 



Oncidium Hastatum Roezli. Flowers yellow, 

 dotted brown ; lip yellowish white. $3.00. 



Oncidium Lanceanum. Sepals and petals large, 

 ground color yellow, tinged with green, barred and 

 blotched with chocolate brown ; lip large, rich 

 violet in the lower portions, rose above. $1.50 to $2. 



Oncidium Papilio {Butterfly Orchid). Flowers 

 pale golden yellow, barred with chestnut brown, 

 resembling a large butterfly in shape ; sepals long, 

 narrow, erect, bearing a resemblance to the antennae 

 and proboscis of a butterfly. $2.00 to $3.00. 



Peristeria Elata (Dove, or Holy Ghost Flower). 

 Flowers white, with small lilac specks on the base 

 of the lip, waxy, very sweet-scented, about 1\ 

 inches in diameter; July or August. $1.50 to $3.00. 



Phalaenopsis Amabilis. Flowers often 5 inches 

 in diameter ; sepals and petals pure white, the lip 

 having bright yellow streaks ; autumn. $4.00. 



Phalaenopsis Schilleriana. Flowers 2J inches 

 in diameter, arranged in two rows along the spike: 

 petals and sepals of a flue rose color ; lips rose 

 color and white ; spike 3 feet in length, bearing 

 sometimes 100 flowers ; winter. $5.00.' 



Saccolabium Giganteum. Flowers sweetly per- 

 fumed and freely produced on long racemes, sepals 

 and petals white spotted amethyst, lip a beautiful 

 mauve violet ; blooms in winter. $4.00. 



Saccolabium Guttatum. A very handsome 

 species ; the flowers are closely set. so as to form 

 massive wreaths ; sepals and petals waxy white, 

 spotted deep rosy purple ; lip small and of a pur- 

 ple shade ; May to August. $3.50. 



Vanda Ccerulea. This remarkably handsome 

 plant produces upright spikes, each bearing from 8 

 to 10 flowers, which are nearly 5 inches across ; 

 sepals and petals pale blue ; lip of a deeper shade 

 of blue ; autumn. $3.50 to $5.00. 



Vanda Tricolor. A charming free-growing 

 species ; the sepals and petals are pale yellow, 

 spotted crimson ; lip purple striped with white. 

 It blooms art different times and lasts long in per- 

 fection. $5.00. 



