September, 191 2.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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CATTLEYA 

 WARSCEWICZIl. 



T 



H I S noble 

 Co 1 o m b 1 a n 

 species, 

 generally known in 

 gardens under the 

 name Cattleya gigas, 

 produces its large and 

 handsome flowers 

 during the months of 

 July and August. 

 The new bulbs make 

 lapid growth daring 

 the early summer, and 

 on completion usually 

 bear from one to four 

 large flowers. On 

 rare occasions, when 

 the bulbs are particu- 

 larly strong and well 

 ripened, exceptional 

 spikes are produced. 

 The adjoining illus- 

 tration is from a 

 photograph of an 

 eight-flowered spike 

 on a plant growing 

 in the well-known 

 collection of Clement 

 Moore, Esq., Hacken- 

 sack, New Jersey, 

 U.S.A. The bright 

 light of the United 



Cattleya IVarsceiviczii, an eight- flowered spik,e. 



States is specially favourable for species that 

 are accustomed to much sunshine, and 

 Cattleya gigas and the numerous hybrids of 

 Brassavola Digbyana may be given as two 

 important examples. 



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Maxillaria Sanderiana. — This species 

 is one of the finest discoveries of Edward 

 Klaboch, who was sent out to Peru by Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons to search for new Orchids. 

 He found it growing on the mountains at 

 elevations of about 4,000 feet, from which we 

 may judge that the cool house treatment is 

 most likely to suit its requirements. The first 



flowering of this elegant Orchid in Europe 

 was on the occasion of the Orchid Show and 

 Conference, held by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society at South Kensington, May, 1885, when 

 it was exhibited by Baron Schroder, and 

 received a First-class Certificate, being 

 regarded as the most important novelty in the 

 exhibition. The thick sepals are ivory-white 

 with their lower halves heavily stained with 

 port-wine colour ; the two lateral petals are 

 also stained with the same colour, but more 

 lightly, and there are usually a few spots of 

 similar pigment ; the lip is fleshy, ivory-white, 

 with the sides stained blood-red. In every 

 way the finest species of the genus. 



