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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[Nov. -Dec, 1916. 



bought from Mr. George Loddiges, of 

 Hackney. The pecuhar flowers of a certain 

 Catasetum ahvays proved an object of 

 interest, and when the gardener was asked 

 to show them to visitors. Sir John, then a 

 boy, amused one and all by saying : " You 

 cannot see them now, the cat has eaten 

 them." 



brides affine once carried more than 

 eighty flower-spikes, but the perfume from so 

 many was by no means pleasant, so the 

 specimen was divided and portions dis- 

 tributed to other collections. Saccolabium 

 guttatum was also cultivated, and these two 

 species are believed to have been the first 

 Orchids ever placed before a photographic 

 camera. A pleasing effect was produced by 

 staging together flowering plants of Oncidium 

 Papilio and Phalasnopses. Other Orchids 

 included Cypripedium insigne, Stanhopea 

 tigrina, S. oculata, Calanthe vestita, Peristeria 

 elata, Vanda coerulea, V. teres, as well as 

 Dendrobiums and a species of Vanilla. 



Maxillarias. — In a large genus like 

 Maxillaria, in which much diversity of station 

 occurs among the species, some living in the 

 hot valleys of Brazil and Guiana, others in 

 the West India Islands, and others again 

 ascending the Andes to several thousand feet, 

 the geographical position of a species is the 

 best indication of the temperature in which it 

 should be cultivated in the glasshouses of 

 Europe. In other respects the general 

 cultural routine may be thus formulated: — 

 The plants should be potted when new roots 

 begin to appear, in a compost of two-thirds 

 fibrous peat and one-third sphagnum moss 

 placed on a drainage of clean broken crocks 

 that fill the pots up to about two-thirds of 

 their depth. After potting, water should be 

 carefully applied till the plants root freely, 

 when a larger quantity should be given 

 regularly till the new growths are mature. 

 As the Maxillarias are usually found growing 

 more or less in shade, they should not be 

 exposed to direct sunlight during the hottest 

 season. 



Coslogyne harhala. 



CCELOGYNE BARBATA. — This handsome 

 species, of which a fine example is now in 

 flower in the collection of Col. Stephenson R. 

 Clarke, C.B., Horde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex, 

 was first discovered by Griffith in Bhotan, 

 and afterwards by Gibson and Thomas Lobb, 

 on the Khasia Hills, near Mamloo, at 

 4,000 — 5,000 feet elevation, and also by Sir 

 J. H. Hooker and Dr. Thomson at Churra 

 Punjee. Its first introduction to England was 

 made by Mr. Wm. Bull, in 1878-9. The 

 bulbs are sub-pyriform, about 3 inches high, 

 and bear leaves 12 — 18 inches long. The 

 erect flower-spikes are nearly as tall as the 

 leaves, and produce about eight blooms, the 

 sepals and petals white ; the lip white 

 externally, pale brown on the inner side, and 

 furnished with shaggy blackish hairs, from 

 which the specific name, meaning bearded, is 

 derived. It is a plant that does not require 

 more than the temperature of a warm 

 Odontoglossum house, or a cool position in 

 the intermediate house. When the flowers 

 are being produced a drier position is 

 necessary, for too much atmospheric moisture 

 will quickly bring about a spotted conditon 

 of the white segments. 



