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THl': ORCHID WORLD. 



[June, 1914. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM MENDAX 



(Kegeljani X Ossulstonii). 



Mr. C. J. Lucas, of Warnham Court, 

 Horsham, has raised this from a species that 

 many think useless, but Kegeljani has fine 

 qualities, and when used with the correct 

 " mates " produces fine things. 



This, the first plant to bloom, is quite 

 distinct from any Harr) anum descendant that 

 I have seen, owing to the influence of 

 Kegeljani giving it that fine arrow-headed 

 blotch on the lip. 



Sepals and petals yellowish-white ground, 

 blotched and spotted for two-thirds their 

 length with bright shining brown. Lip 

 broadly ovate oblong, and with the fine 

 covering of colour above mentioned. 



de B. Craws hay, Rosefield, May Jth, /<;//. 



PLANT REGISTRATION 



As an example of plant registration we 

 reprint the following from Horticulture, 

 U.S.A., May 1 6th, 1914: — 



Department of Plant Registration. — Public 

 notice is hereby given that Mrs. B. B. Tuttle, 

 of Naugatuck, Conn., submits for registration 

 the Orchid described below. Any person 

 objecting to the registration or to the use of 

 the proposed name is requested to communi- 

 cate with the secretary at once. Failing to 

 receive objection to the registration the same 

 will be made three weeks from this date. 

 Name — Laelio-Cattleya Tuttleas. Description 

 — Derived by crossing Cattleya Thayeriana 

 with the pollen of Lnelia Perrinii ; habit of 

 growth much like Laslia Perrinii ; leaf and 

 pseudo-bulbs dark green, suffused with 

 reddish-purple ; flowers intermediate between 

 the two parents ; sepals and petals light rose ; 

 lip nearly entire ; in shape like that of C. 

 Thayeriana, nearly white, with the apex of 

 the front lobe deep crimson; flowers 4Hnches 

 across. May 8th, 191 4. 



PHAL/ENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. 



THIS beautiful Orchid has a world-wide 

 reputation, and may be found in 

 almost every collection where warm- 

 house plants are grown. Its elegant leaves 

 are an adornment to the house, and impart a 

 tropical appearance throughout the whole 

 year. It is, however, in the flowering season 

 that the plants display their real beauty, for 

 then their many-flowered spikes create one of 

 the finest results that it is possible to produce 

 in the floral world. 



Our illustration depicts part of the 

 magnificent show of P. Schilleriana flowering 

 this season in the Imperial Garden at 

 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The plants were 

 collected in Manila, Philippine Islands, some 

 fifteen years ago, and were at first cultivated 

 in sphagnum moss, which proved very unsatis- 

 factory. During the last four years, however, 

 a mixture of osmunda fibre and a little 

 sphagnum moss has been substituted, and 

 during this period the plants have made rapid 

 headway. At the present time the general 

 health and condition of the plants leaves 

 nothing to be desired, and, in fact, it appears 

 impossible to effect any further improvement. 

 One specimen carried no less than 187 

 flowers, borne on two spikes. 



P. Schilleriana was originally named and 

 described from a plant which flowered in the 

 collection of Consul Schiller, of Hamburg, in 

 the year i860. From this date onwards it 

 has always been heki in the highest esteem 

 by all lovers of rare and beautiful flowers, 

 and the numerous illustrations that have 

 appeared in various botanical and horticul- 

 tural publications prove the interest that has 

 been taken in it. 



Propagation of all Phalaenopses is 

 extremely slow. Occasionally small plants 

 are formed on the old flower-spikes, and 

 these, when sufficiently large, may be taken 

 off and potted separately. Imported plants 

 are still the chief source of replenishing the 

 stock, and although they are rather difficult 

 to import in good condition their ultimate 

 recovery is fairly rapid. 



