October, 1913-] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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Odontoglossum crispum growing in a Tea-pot. 



Orchid in a Tea-pot. — The above 

 photograph shows a plant of Odontoglossum 

 crispum flowering in a glazed tea-pot, in 

 which it has been cultivated for the last four 

 years. The plant was originally a very small 

 imported piece, and first flowered in an 

 ordinary pot, but was afterwards placed in 

 this tea-pot, which is glazed both inside and 

 out, and is without any holes in either the 

 bottom or the sides. The drainage material 

 consists of hard coke and charcoal, broken 

 into pieces measuring from an inch upwards, 

 and fills the tea-pot to within two inches of 

 the top. The remaining space is occupied 

 with a compost of osmunda fibre and 

 sphagnum moss. I have never re-potted the 

 plant during the four years it has been in 

 this curious position, nor have I renewed the 

 compost in any way. The most remarkable 

 thing about it is that each new bulb is 

 larger than the previous ones. It has 

 flowered every year, each spike being stronger 

 than the last. I give it very little attention, 

 and only water it occasionally, and whenever 

 there is any waste water in the bottom of the 

 tea-pot I pour it out of the spout in quite 

 the usual tea-table style. Now I will not 

 say that every tea-pot will act as well. I 

 chose this one in order to prove to my 

 gardening friends that plants could be grown 



quite as well in glazed pots as in the ordinary 

 porous ones. One can see by the photograph 

 that the spout goes right down to the bottom 

 of the pot, and this structure allows the air 

 to pass through the drainage material, and 

 thus keeps the plant in a healthy state. The 

 plant has recently carried a spike of nine 

 flowers. — Henry G. Lloyd, gardener to Br. 

 Duncan Stewart, Battle Hill, Hexham. 



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Adaglossum Juno. — The Certificate of 

 Appreciation granted by the Scientific Com- 

 mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society has 

 been awarded to Messrs. McBean, of Cooks- 

 bridge, for their work in producing this new 

 bigeneric hybrid. The parents are Ada 

 aurantiaca and Odontoglossum Edwardii, 

 both species being equally represented in the 

 growth of the hybrid. The upright spike 

 carried five flowers, of dusky crimson colour, 

 obscurely spotted with dark purple ; the lip 

 light reddish-brown, and the crest yellow. 

 Some segments of the flowers had an 

 undecided method of coloration, the ground 

 being light yellow on which were solid 

 blotches of dark purple-brown, but this may 

 be due to undevelopment of the spike, and 

 will possibly disappear when the plant flowers 

 again on a stronger bulb. The spotting of 



