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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 1914. 



strong", were divided, one-half being forwarded 

 to Mr. Wrigley, who had the honour of 

 flowering the first one during the past 

 summer, and another in the month of August. 

 Messrs. Charlesworth have also been fortunate 

 in flowering a plant, and in all these three 

 instances the much cherished yellow spotting 

 has been perpetuated in a satisfactory manner. 



Cattleya labiata, with an eight- flowered spike. 



Cattleya labiata. — Notwithstanding the 

 numerous autumn flowering hybrids, with all 

 their varying colours, there is a certain amount 

 of dignity about Cattle)-a labiata that renders 

 it indispensable in all places where warm- 

 house Orchids are cultivated, fn its Brazilian 

 home it appears to grow in large quantities, 

 chiefly in the forest, where the iieces-ar\- 



partial shade is obtained from the fierce rays 

 of the sun. Mr. T. J. Finnic, of Claygate 

 Lodge, Claygate, Surrey, when recently 

 paying a visit to Pernambuco, Brazil, noticed 

 that the plants grew near the tops of the 

 trees, at a height of from 30-40 feet from the 

 ground, in fact, just where the amount of 

 light was most suitable to their requirements. 

 It was very seldom that plants were found 

 growing nearer the ground than this owing to 

 the deficiency of light caused by the heavy 

 foliage of the forest. Mr. Fmnie brought 

 home a selection of plants, many of them still 

 attached to pieces of the native wood upon 

 which they had been growing. These have 

 since flowered in his collection at Claygate 

 with considerable success, many of the plants 

 having five, and one with the record number 

 of eight flowers on a spike, as is proved by 

 the reproduced photograph, while one large 

 specimen carried an aggregate of 28 blooms. 

 All the flowering bulbs were particularly well 

 ripened, which is an important point in their 

 successful cultivation. It will be remem- 

 bered that Mr. Finnic received a Bronze 

 Banksian Medal for an exhibit of these plants 

 at a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



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OdONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE.— This is one 

 of the best species for amateurs to grow, and 

 many instances are on record where excep- 

 tional results have been obtained by them, in 

 not a few instances surpassing those of the 

 professional grower. Exactly why this is so 

 has never been entirely proved, but it may be 

 due to the airy and rather dry conditions often 

 existing m amateurs' houses. This kind of 

 atmosphere is not quite the one sought after 

 by professional growers, hence, perhaps, the 

 reason why this species does not succeed so 

 well with them as it does under the appar- 

 ently suitable conditions of an amateur's 

 house. A recent example has occurred in the 

 collection of Mr. Fred. Turner, Brookfoot, 

 Brighouse, who sends a photograph of a fine 

 leafy plant with no less than 23 well-developed 

 flowers. 



