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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[March, 1914. 



stalks are attached to a common gland), 

 mentions as its nearest ally the species in 

 question, which he calls Angrascum clavatum. 

 Unfortunately, the trivial is already occupied 

 in Angraecum, so a new one must be found 

 for my original plant. I have suggested 

 multinommatum." 



jil Sis 1^ 



CYPRIPEDIUM BELLATULUM. 



WITH reference to the article on 

 Cypripedium bellatulum in the 

 January issue. In this locality I 

 should not dream of treating this species in 

 Mr. Hopkins' manner, for if I were to give the 

 plants as much water as he does I should lose 

 them in a very few days. 



I grow them in pans with holes, and in 

 similar compost, and place them on inverted 

 pots on the side staging of the Cattleya 

 house, about eight inches from the roof glass, 

 where they, in company with a batch of 

 Cypripedium niveum grow exceedingly well. 

 They are only examined once a week, and if 

 water is required they are dipped in it, just 

 covering" the comjDost for a few seconds. If 

 no water is required, then they wait till the 

 next week. From November until Fel)ruary 

 they frequently go three weeks and often a 

 month without once being dipped. 



All credit is due to Mr. Hopkins for his 

 excellent results. He has evidently studied 

 well the locality and his houses. The local 

 climate is well worth studying, especially by 

 young growers and amateurs. Some would-be 

 Orchid people on reading Mr. Hopkins' 

 method of treatment might at once do like- 

 wise, with disastrous results. At Arddarroch 

 the local atmosphere is most humid, so much 

 so that no damping down is done during the 

 whole year. The only exception is the 

 Cattleya house, and this on rare occasions 

 when extra firing is used during exceedingly 

 cold weather. During the winter months the 

 C'attleyas frequently go a fortnight or three 

 weeks, and sometimes six weeks, without once 

 being watered 



I have some Cymbidiums in a ])ortion of 

 tlie Odontoglossum house. For my own 

 curiosit)- 1 noted the dates of watering a i)lant 



of Lowianum carrying ten flower spikes. 

 One was October nth, 1913, the next was 

 January 19th, 19 14. When growing Orchids 

 m other localities I have known the time 

 when this would have meant good-bye 

 ("ymbidium. 



I think I have made my point clear : that 

 would-be successful Orchid growers should 

 btudy the environment and local conditions 

 of the atmosphere, for what may be good 

 treatment in one place may be quite unsuitable 

 in another. — J as. Siiiii/i, Arddarroch Gardens^ 

 Garelochhead. 



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ODONTONIA LUCILIA. 



NO one knows how many attempts have 

 been made to use Miltonia spectabilis 

 as a parent, and with all the various 

 species and hybrids that have been used in 

 the trials it is only possible to record one 

 success. In some collections dozens and even 

 hundreds of plants of this Brazilian species 

 haxe been grown solely for the purpose of 

 obtaining its flowers to act either as seed 

 bearers or pollen producers. There is nothing- 

 very particular to recommend the typical M. 

 spectabilis, but the variety Moreliana leaves 

 little to be desired. Its colour is intense 

 purple, while the labellum is extremely well 

 developed and forms its chief attractive 

 feature. 



Odontoglossum cirrliosum, a species from 

 I'.cuador, has |)ro\ed of inestimable \a)ue as 

 a parent. There is nothing surprising to find 

 it crossing freely with crispum, Harryanum 

 and Edwardii, but its universalit)- Ijccomcs 

 apparent when we consider Odontoglossum 

 Eurydice (cirrliosum x hastilabium), Odontonia 

 Ellwoodii (M. Rdzlii x O. cirrliosum), and 

 Odontonia Cybele (M. Candida x O. 

 cirrhosum). These successes obtained by Mr. 

 Charlesworth led him to believe that a hybrid 

 might be produced between O. cirrhosum and 

 M. spectabilis. Success was again achieved, 

 although only i)artially so, for it was not found 

 possible to raise more than three seedlings, 

 two of which almost fail to make a healthy 

 advance in growth. The remaining one has 



