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IHK ORCHID WORLD. 



[June-July, 1916. 



Successful Cultivation. — We are 

 pleased to hear that Mr. Edmund H. Lean, 

 of Heaton Moor, Stockport, has achieved 

 excellent success with the cultivation of his 

 Orchids during the three years m which he 

 has taken up this fascinating hobb)-. The 

 collection comprises Dendrobiums, Cypri- 

 pediums, Odontoglossums, and a few others. 

 During the last eighteen months the house 

 has never been without flowers. 



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EULOPHIA SaUNDERSIANA. — A spike 

 of this uncommon species is sent by Mr. 

 Walter R. Scott, The Limes, South Moor, 

 Stanley, S.O., who received the plant from 

 Uganda. It belongs to the same section as 

 E. pulchra and E. megistophylla. The sepals 

 are lanceolate, the odd one erect and the 

 laterals extended at right angles level with 

 the column. The petals are broader and 

 shorter, both yellowish-green, striped with 

 jnirple. The lip is tnlobed, the middle lobe 

 divided in front, whitish, the side lobes 

 striped with purple and the mid-lobe having a 

 few purple lines. The column is green with 

 a purple line round the margin and at the 

 back. 



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CULTI\'ATION OF CATTLEYAS IN THE 

 U.S.A. — The following note from a corre- 

 spondent appeared m a recent issue of 

 Horticulture, U.S.A.: — "Would like to know 

 from your Orchid experts how long Cattleyas 

 may be kept in a paying condition with 

 average ordinary good care, and what per 

 cent, loss annually can be expected that has 

 to be replaced m order to keep up the stock? 

 I am well aware that one can do a great deal 

 better than another, but merely want to get 

 at a fair basis." To this Mr. F. J. Dolansky, 

 of Lynn, Mass., replied: — "Cattleyas can 

 be kept for eight to ten years in a paying 

 condition with ordinary care. Some will do 

 better and others not quite so well, but this 

 is about the average. The annual loss in 

 plants after the first five years would average 

 about 20 per cent, for the next fi\e years." 



Cymbidiums. — Messrs. J. and A. McBean 

 inform us that Cymbidiums usually last quite 

 as long, if not longer, in flower than many 

 Cypripediums, and that a fine plant of 

 Cymbidium Pauwelsii came into flower one 

 January and remained in perfection until the 

 end of June, exactly six months. It is thus 

 easy to understand why Cymbidiums have 

 achieved so much popularity. 



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Mr. J. Gurney Fowler's Orchid 

 Houses. — W'hat are the sizes of the Orchid 

 houses at " Brackenhurst," Pembury, as 

 shown m the ORCHID W^ORLD, May, 191 4? 

 They seem to be about the best I have ever 

 come across. — Alfred R. Ragg, Linwood, 

 C lirixtclmrch, New Zealand. The seven 

 houses seen in the photograph are each 

 58 ft. 6 m. m length, four of them are 10 ft. 

 6 in. in width, one is 19 ft. 6 m. in width, 

 another 22 ft. 6 in., and the largest 24 ft. 

 wide. The corridor is 100 ft. long, and on the 

 other side of it, just visible between the two 

 chimneys, is a lean-to cool house measuring 

 50 ft. by 12 ft. The potting shed measures 

 22 ft. by 12 ft. The adjoining bothy con- 

 sists of a living room, three bedrooms and a 

 bathroom. 



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Peloriate Cypripedium. — Mr. F. C. 

 Puddle writes : — " I am sending some flowers 

 of a Cypripedium m which the petals have 

 taken the form of the labellum. This 

 abnormality is quite constant, in the same 

 way that it has proved to be in C. insigne 

 Oddity. The plant from which these flowers 

 were cut has produced similar examples for 

 two successive years, and is now carrying 

 another spike m the same condition." This 

 is a case of irregular peloria, in which the 

 flower becomes evenly balanced by the petals 

 assuming the form of the labellum, or third 

 segment of the inner whorl. From the same 

 collection Mr. Puddle sends a flower of 

 Odontoglossum crispum in which the blotch- 

 ing on the petals is much richer than that on 

 the sepals and labellum, an unusual event. 



