THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[February, 1914. 



CCELOGYNE DAYANA 



HOWEVER representative an Orchid 

 collection may be it rarely contains 

 more than a small plant of any 

 particular species. Quite naturally the owner 

 wishes to include as much as is possible in 

 the comparatively small area of his glass 

 structure, and although much real interest is 

 obtained from this limited method of culti- 

 vation there is little, if any, chance of ever 



obtaining a real idea of the plant's possi- 

 bilities of growth, or of fully realising the 

 grandeur and beauty that is only revealed 

 when the plant is surrounded by its natural 

 climatic conditions. 



Coelogyne Dayana may well be taken as 

 an example. The reproduced photograph 

 shows a noble specimen flourishing in the 

 garden of Mr. D. Schaap, Junr., of Kan- 

 dangan, Madioen, Java. The plant has been 

 eight years in cultivation, and is growing in 



