GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Notes on Orchids. 



Epidendrum xanthinum. 



. interesting and handsome orchids that bloom in a cool house 

 ^ , m fa EpTdcndrum xanthinum, a species that grows m a bam- 

 "^nd S slender stems varying up to three feet in he.ght and 

 »- fte T'.Wk STear-oblong leaves. The long curved peduncle is a continua- 

 ^ and at its apex bears 



of the 



0*E 



oonofthe ste 



x iic xuug * r 



a sub-capitate raceme of golden flowers, 



Each flower is about three-quarters of an inch across 



"■■^ i*a tncrether. r<acn nowci ia auuui . 



ffSt tnl£e lip that is exquisitely fringed This orchid is admirably 

 ^ » distinct tnloDaie y ^ ^ dlscovered m the Brazilian 



^^fAii^&VVoiiMartius 1 ; Burchell and Gardner both found it 



J** 1 **- 0 in?Gardner discovered it in 1837 on the Organ Mountains, near Rio 

 , h ter tunes ana us 1 m fa most effective wh en flowering and is fine for asso- 



S£f5* »* er p ]ants than orchids 



D 



the finest 



EULOPHIELLA PEETERSIANA. 



of recently-introduced 



orchids is Eulophiella 



K^^soedM Introduced from Madagascar by Mons. A. A. Peelers, 



JsTSnU Brussels, after whom it hasten named. It is a very strong- 



■; in from 'two to five feet in length, while the inflorescence rises to a 



JSfi five feet, bearing along its upper portion upward* of twentv lame rose- 



flowers, as described in our issue of April 16 last. 

 Emuter inches across, and, as will be seen by a glance at the present illustra- 



havine a stout rhizome, with a tendency to climb and creep. 



Each flower is three and 



The soft purplish-rose tint seen in 



• vn all the segments are broad and rounded. 



^Jmls petals, and front lobe of the lip is very pleasing. At the tip of each 

 UndSere isa rosy-crimson (lush, while the lip is white inside and beneath, except 

 Sthe six long lines of dull yellow in the throat, these terminating in several 

 tootb-Iike prominences just behind the apical lobe. Like Eulophiella Elizabeth 

 ifeisin orchid needing plenty of heat and moisture, but, being very robust, it is 

 tot so difficult to cultivate as the last named species. It has been ably managed 

 nBorford Lodge by Mr. W. H. White, orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 iul and, notwithstanding its huge spike of last April, the specimen is now grow- 



Eulophiella Peetersiana 



itS I ?nT iD 'i h iS - t0 be h ,° ped that 0Ur emer P ri sing orchid importers will 

 S^^?tI?i,!^K^ ClmenSs ' f ° r even if Mr ' Hamelin does not wish to return 



jKh-ialked-of Madagascar wife, there are no doubt others willing to collect 



v. W. Ellis made so many finds of horticub 



in the country where the Re 

 jru value. 



ooiher 



A specimen of Eulophiella Peetersiana 



"eeters 0 -! 011 ^ ^ £ * 9 5 * ™ *> *» 



was sold by Messrs. 



auction room 



Odontoglossum Reichenheimi. 



form J ?o? ! ~° k a ***** °f the P ol ymorphous O. lseve which in its 

 S "SK n r?^^ mC ° rchid ' °- Reich enheimi is now fairly 



* stiff rf £l1 W u yS attraCtS , attention ^ reason of its robust ™* 

 * »* * *ea«J f!^tSS^^ "i? P ur P ,e ' br own flowers. The blooms 



***** ^vre abtn if °i W regards shape, and, indeed, 



miltonk anTo!inL 1 ° D h ^ akeB this orchid a connecting link 

 . odontoglossum. The sepals and petals of O. Reichen- 



371 



? f Ce ' B v rf0rd irking. I was interested, not because it 



was a stranger— for we have several specimens in bloom here now-but I thought 

 that, others seeing it, they would be induced to cultivate it, for there are few orchids 

 so easily managed as this, while its flowers are both handsome and lasting. It is 

 a very old orchid, being one of the many introduced by the late Rev. C. S. Parish. 

 1 rns gentleman found it in 1863, upon rocks on the mountains of Tennaserim, at 

 an elevation of 6,000 feet Its elevated home is, to some extent, an indication as 

 to where it should be grown under cultivation. With us it is treated as a cool 

 orchid, being suspended in the Masdevallia house, planted in pans three parts 

 tilled with drainage, m a compost of two parts peat, one of fibrous loam, and one 

 01 moss. Except when rooting freely, the water supply is very limited. To those 

 who have not had the pleasure of seeing this little gem, a short description may be 

 instructive as well as interesting. T 1 # ' . . - 



in length, each bearing three or 

 six inches long. 



It has ovoid pseudo-bulbs nearly two inches 

 _ ore oblong-lanceolate, recurved leaves that are 



The # scapes are slender, sub-erect, about a foot long, usually 

 three -flowered, sometimes more, and as the blooms are well separated from each 

 other, their individual beauty is clearly apparent. The sepals and petals are 

 similar and sub-equal, linear-oblong, acute, two inches long, olive-green, paler at 

 the margin, and spotted with red at the base ; tip oblong, three lobed, the side 

 lobes rotund, erect, yellow, striped obliquely with red-brown bands; the frontal 

 lobe is sub-quadrate, apiculate, reflexed, white, with short brown-purple transverse 

 streaks ; between the side lobes are two raised white lines. The column is arched, 

 pale olive green, and spotted with red below the stigma. Taken all together this 

 is a charming orchid, and one that does not, under ordinary treatment, degenerate ; 



our plants, as evidenced by the bulbs, grow stronger yearly.— W. II. Young, 

 East Sheen. 



SCUTICARIA HADWENI. 



The subject of this note is noTone that the R. II. S. orchid committee would 

 consider worthy of a " First class certificate," and yet to a lover of the curious 

 members of the orchid family, this would rank before some having more gorgeous 

 flowers, not that its flowers are unattractive, though somewhat sombre in hue. 

 A plant here in Sir Frederick Wigan's collection, growing in an eight-inch basket 

 suspended from the cattleya house roof, is carrying seven large and distinct 

 flowers. A| detailed description will be useful in showing the difference between 

 the species, and the only other member of this genus, S. Steeli. S. 

 Hadweni has a very short creeping rhizome, from which spring the dark green 

 teiete leaves, whose base is sheathed to the rhizome in ash brown bracts. In 

 contrast with the other species, whose leaves are pendulous, and two or more feet 

 in length, these are erect, and from a foot to fifteen inches long. The peduncles 

 are stout, four to five inches long, semi-erect, and one flowered, though on rare occa- 

 sions it produces two on a scape. The flowers are about three inches in diameter, 

 sepals and petals spreading, fleshy, oblong-acute, chestnut-brown, paler towards 

 the apex, sometimes broken up into blotches on a yellow-green ground, lip broadly 

 obovate, concave, downy within, pale yellow, blotched and spotted with light rose. 

 It has a flat, oblong, three-toothed crest, and a semi-terete column, much spotted 

 with purple, and white at the apex. It was introduced so long ago as 185 1, from 

 Rio de Janeiro, by Mr. Isaac Hadwen, in whose garden it flowered for the first 

 time. Its cultivation is very easy, as its requirements are few and simple ; all that 

 it needs is being planted in a well-drained basket, in peat and moss used in the 

 proportion of two to one, and never given a large quantity of water, especially 

 during the winter months, when it will succeed for a long time without a direct 

 supply. The shady side of the cattleya house will suit it at all times.— W. II. 

 Young, East Sheen. 



Dendrobium tetragonum. 



Orchids hailing from Australia are seldom of a very showy character, and the 

 subject of this note is no exception to the rule ; but it is of sufficient interest to 

 warrant a few moments' consideration. Presumably, it is a native of the northern 

 regions of the the Australian continent, as it requires a tolerably warm atmosphere 

 to grow in. The plant from which the following description was taken is grow- 

 ing on a block of native wood as imported by Mr. Giimsdale, Kent Lodge, 

 Uxbridge, in whose small, but ever-increasing collection, I had the pleasure of 

 seeing it. It has slender pendulous stems, acutely four-angled, eight to fifteen 



inches long, attenuated to a slender stalk, which is pseudo-bulbous at the base. 

 These are surmounted with two or three spreading, oblong-lanceolate leaves, 



The flowers are produced at or near the apex, usually 

 in pairs, three to four inches across individually, having the sepals yellow, spotted 

 red, the dorsal one narrow, subulate ; and the lateral ones lanceolate, much 

 broader at the base than the dorsal one. The petals are white, streaked with red, 



three to four inches long. 



erses it in a pail of water several times a week during the growing 



m ■ ' • • m j ^^ imi n m m ■ vt a r r\ cum r*f* Tr\r a 1 f 1111/ ijci iuua — m W« Ii* 



moisture arising from damping 



Young, East Sheen. 



he simply im . ..... • 



season ; and during the resting season it simply hangs up in the stove, 

 — Q ,;cina frr,m dammm? down seems to suffice for a long period. 



^yellowish green 

 Sordid 



HArWonm Calceolarias at Farnham Royal. - Writing this several 



collection of b-l^^^^^^S been staged, there 



bniuanuy Jn the leMt attemp ung to 



that a finer and more 



Wld when in cr^A ~^Jj-*.* U ^ ^ ^ s a rnost »wuuji tiumut inese uays mcit « » 



f <« high „d I ffaK? ~° dltlon Wl11 Fodu« a branching spike from two since the show made by 

 r* h» 'El^ l *»nng a score or more of flowers. Ac « Jui «*ma ^ic 5 IT- T^^atin, 



the narrow lip 

 robust growing 



*>t he nt^i , T, s * ^ure or more 

 • * ovcrl <>oked by amateurs with small 



, ***** toaii n • Saccolabium miniatum. 

 *^ba t 8 S„E-t Indian orchids there i 



flowers. As a cool orchid this 

 collections. —C. 



prejudice tne nuc ^ ^ best plants and strains, 



these days there South Kensington, thirty ; two y 



in 

 ever 



ears since, 



is scarcely one that pro 



Unfortunately 



Howe 



e 



this 



•* «.- D . e *' b « ^en we have plenty of bold orchids though fe^w 



flowers as the Javanese Saccolabium miniatum! 



ty of bold orchids thoug 

 le species. It flowers freely and a very 



W^r" 11 ^ short sn„'r c^T"- racem " of sma11 but pretty flowers that 

 lT£*blockor b a It?, >\ • S P ec . lmens . do well in the East Indian house 



since the show Vimbition, with that collection which then became 



•FWitwiliKpn "". wrs as this little 



nh of culture. The whole of the large group being prepared for 

 P raiseS from seed sown at the end of June, and they are in sixteen 



Jg'Wofwate?; ^"A e f k b f Sket * ,th sphagnum muss about the roots ; 

 ' ■ The SS" n ,°^ ing a PP rcac hing drought should ever 



*t£a^£SE£2&l\ S». T -p le show. s. 



it was represented in 



^ Chelsea. 



^2?** tl> « hosts of ro C Y MB1D »UM TIGRINUM. 



tw'WyattheorSr T lnt ^ ( ''e i r' g ' and 1>eautlful orchid 



' ■ - : Cymbidini ^ Ten >Ple Show, few interested 



by Thomas Lobb 



m 1846 and introduced by Messrs. various 



really a triu 

 exhibition were 

 inch pots 

 bloom, si 



sturdy and very clean .ne ^S^£!£ indeed a 



were from a sowing in Ju y. • n Qf co j ours there B 



brilliant sight, especially in the low c early g — ^ of 



an almost pure whi e, # the best or ^ us j rf the fiery 



'shades axe glorious, some of the dark hues partake 



ually brilliant galaxy of spotted and self colours in 



and 

 these 



s that were brought 



unT tininnm Z T' Iew mterest ed me more than a splendid calceolarias, yet tne gi*u^ 

 «t>nnum staged amongst the cost , y gems ^^gj^ to the labour taken.— A. V. 



beaunfal variety. Few Dlants n h| mi| ^ do 



