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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
V. 
Cool House Orchids. 
THESE require so-called cool ti-eatment. A winter temperature of from 45 to 50 degrees, with plenty of moist- 
ure, is best suited for them, and in summer they sliould be kept as cool as possible— the direct rays of the 
sun should never reach them. The principal species which constitute this section are Odontoglossums, Mas- 
devallias and Oncidiums, together with a few sorts of Lselia, Cattleya, Maxillaria, Mesospinidium, Epidendrum 
and Disa, all of which are very beautiful and most satisfactory flowering Orchids. The principal thing in success- 
fully growing these Orchids is to keep them cool, moist, and admit plenty of air. 
mSA grandiflora. This cool-growing terrestrial Or- 
chid, from South Africa, is of the most brilliant and 
showy color. In habit of growth it is lily-like, with 
erect stems, covered with numerous rich green leaves, 
and bearing on the top from three to five beautiful 
scarlet flowers, which are three to four inches in diam. 
eter. It can be successfully cultivated in a cool house 
with Odontoglossums or Masdevallias, and should be 
potted in a mixture of fibrous peat and well decom- 
posed cow manure, to which sharp sand should be ad- 
ded and fresh sphagnum moss put on the top of the 
pots or pans while growing. This plant requires an 
abundance of water'and syringing several times a day ; 
therefore the drainage should be perfect and ample. 
After the flowering season, which is during June and 
Jul.y, the plants aeed rest, and should be kept in a cool 
place, receiving only enough water to keep them from 
starving. There arc a number of varieties of Disas, 
but this is the best of the genus. Price on application. 
KPrDENDRUM vitellinum $1 00 to $1 50 
£. majus 1 50 to 2 50 
These are the only Epidendrums we can recommend to 
do well in the cool house. They require to be grown in 
baskets or on rafts, with peat and moss, and need a lib- 
eral supply of water all the year. These Epidendrums 
are beautiful dwarf -growing plants; they are the most 
brilliant of the genus, as they throw up long spikes of 
bright vermilion and orange colored blossoms, which last 
six or more weeks in perfection. 
CATTLEYA citrina. This is the only Cattleya that 
thrives in the cool house, and it there grows to perfec- 
tion ; it is citron colored and citron scented ; it should 
be grown on blocks of wood. $1 to $2. 
T.»!T.TA The Laelias which can be successfully culti- 
vated in the cool house are more numerous than the 
Cattleyas— the latter require more heat. Pornotes, see 
Laelias in the list of Intermediate Orchids, page 37. 
L. acuminata 
Ii. albida 
Ii. ■ bella 
It. rosea (Mariame) 
L. sulphurea . . . 
L. anceps 
lb alba 
«3 00 to 
1 00 to 
2 00 to 
2 50 to 
3 50 to 
1 00 to 
5 00 to 
$3 50 
1 50 
3 00 
4 00 
5 00 
2 00 
7 50 
$3 50 to $5 00 
LSlIilA anceps Barkeriana .... 
L. Dawsonii 
L. delicata 2 50 to 4 00 
L. grandiflora 3 50 to 5 00 
!■. Hilliaua 5 00 to 10 00 
L. Percivaliana 5 00 to 10 00 
Ii. rosea 3 50 to 5 00 
Ii. autumnalis 1 50 to 2 50 
L. atrorubens 3 00 to 3 00 
L. majalis 1 00 to 2 00 
t. majus 1 50 to 3 00 
Ii. peduncularis 1 00 to 1 50 
DENDKOBIUM Jamesianum is the only one of the 
genus for the cool house. It is a lovely white flower- 
ing Orchid, lasting a long time in perfection ; it should 
be grown in baskets, with peat and sphagnum moss 
and plenty of water while making its growth. $2.50 
to $3.50. 
JmYCABTE. Several varieties of this genus can be 
equally as well grown in a cool house as in intermedi- 
ate temperatui-e. For notes on Lycastes, see page 37. 
L. aromatica $1 00 to $3 00 
L. citrina 
L. cruenta 3 50 to 5 00 
L. Deppei 1 00 to 3 00 
L. punctatissima 2 50 to 5 00 
X,. plana 3 50 to 5 00 
MASSEVAXLIA. Of this very interesting genus of 
cool house Orchids, we have many beautiful species, 
some of which are very distinct and brilliant in color; 
this renders them valuable for decorative or exhibition 
purposes. We refer especially to such sorts as M. Lin- 
denli, M. Vcitchlt, M. Harryana (Bull's blood), and M. 
DavisU, all of which furnish us with colors that add 
much to the brilliancy of the display of our Orchid 
houses. They are beautiful, neat and dwarf-growing 
plants, and should be in every collection, for they are 
of ea8.v culture if they get the treatment they require. 
They should be potted in equal parts of jjeat and moss 
with good drainage, and never allowed to get di-y at the 
roots. 
M. amabilis $1 00 to $2 00 
M. bella 2 50 to 5 00 
M. Chelsonii 3 00 to 6 00 
