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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 7, 1892. 
obtained by crossing S. flava with S. Drummondi, and is inter¬ 
mediate between the two. It was afterwards named S. Moorei, 
and it is still grown wherever Sarracenias are in favour. Since 
Dr. Moore’s success others have followed his example, until we 
have now about thirty named kinds, some of which are distinct, 
others not. Evidently the breeders have paid attention to the 
characters of the pitchers only, for they do not even refer to the 
flowers in their descriptions of their hybrids. Anyone who has 
seen the flowers when at their best in a good collection of plants 
knows what their beauty is. I had a large glass full of them this 
spring taken from plants which had been allowed to carry too 
many, and an artist friend well acquainted with garden flowers 
declared that they formed one of the most attractive posies he 
had ever seen. Of course he did not know what they were. 
Cream-white, rose, rose and cream, yellow, crimson, and other 
shades of red are amongst the colours of Sarracenia flowers. 
One of the best of the hybrids is that here figured, viz., 
S. Stevensi, which was raised at Trentham by Mr. Stevens, from 
S. flava and S. pui’purea. It was brought into notice in 1874, 
about the time when Dr. Moore described his first hybrid. The 
pitchers of S. Stevensi are nearly 2 feet high, broadly inflated, 
with a very large nearly erect “ lid,” coloured deep green, thickly 
mottled with deep claret purple. The flowers are over 5 inches 
across, greenish white except the broad tongue-like falls (petals), 
which are deep crimson outside and pale yellow inside. The 
shield-like ovary is pale green. This hybrid is robust in growth, 
and when well treated the colour of its fine pitchers is very rich. 
—w. w. 
(To be continued.) 
Cattleya iricolor. 
When, a few weeks ago, Messrs. James Veitch & Sons exhibited 
the hybrid Cattleya Philo with the information that it was a cross 
between C. iricolor and C. MosSise, many found themselves in the 
position of being well acquainted with one parent, but totally un¬ 
familiar with the other. C. iricolor was, of course, the unknown 
one, consequently when exhibited by Baron Schroder at the meet- 
ing of May the 19th it excited special interest. It is a very distinct 
species, being a small-growing form with short flattened pseudo¬ 
bulbs and linear oblong leaves. The spike bore three flowers. The 
sepals and petals are ivory-coloured, the former being very faintly 
suffused with rose. The lip is narrow, the apical area pure white, 
streaked with rosy purple towards the back ; the throat and side 
lobes pale lemon with rosy purple streaks in the interior of the tube, 
the exterior also being blotched with rosy purple. The plant 
exhibited is the only one in the country. It was bought at Stevens’ 
rooms by Messrs. Veitch & Sons about twenty years ago. It was a 
very small plant, and was subsequently divided, one or two pieces 
going to America and the remaining one to Baron Schroder. 
Although far from being a showy form it is extremely delicate, 
pleasing, and distinct, well deserving the first class certificate that 
was awarded to it. Fig. 3 represents it (see page 15). 
Indian Orchids. 
CConchided from page 489.~) 
Phaljenopsis is more a Malayan than an Indian genus, yet there 
are species occurring within the British area that are well worth the 
attention of amateurs. Of such are P. Lowi from Moulmein, a 
deciduous species growing on limestone rocks, where the surround¬ 
ing country is under water during the greater part of the year, and 
the rainfall is excessive ; and P. Parishi from the same province, a 
pretty little species with a most remarkable labellum, also deciduous 
in its native home, but evergreen under the cooler treatment it 
receives in the glass houses of Europe. P. speciosa, from the 
Andaman Islands, is a handsome recent addition to the genus, and 
P. Manni, from Assam, is interesting as an outlying species growing 
at a high elevation, and which is known to the writer to be 
successfully cultivated in a greenhouse in Lancashire. 
There is a general belief that the Phalsenopses are difficult 
plants to cultivate successfully, and they have been looked upon as 
horticultural luxuries to be indulged in by a privileged few. It 
would be futile to assert that such a belief is groundless in the face 
* Tii 6 | Iian y failures that have occurred since the first introduction 
of Phalsenopses into British gardens, and during the long series of 
experimental cultural trials before a method could be hit upon 
with satisfactory results. The difficulty has doubtless arisen from 
the impossibility of even approximately imitating in the glass 
houses of England the conditions under which they grow and thrive 
in their native home. Nearly all the species are either insular or 
littoral, and grow within the influence of the sea and land breezes. 
Thus, P. amabilis (the grandiflora of gardens) grows high up on 
trees screened from the sun by a leafy canopy, deluged with rain 
for more than half the year, scorched by a tropical sun during the 
dry monsoon, and constantly fanned by the sea breeze. P. Stuartiana 
affixes itself to the branches of trees so close to the sea that in some 
places it can scarcely fail to be washed by the salt spray during a 
storm. P. Sanderiana lives almost under similar conditions. From 
amidst such environments these lovely Orchids have been brought 
to Europe to be grown under the artificial conditions provided for 
them in glass houses, and their culture has hence been one of the 
most difficult problems the horticulturist has been called upon to 
solve. Anyone who sees the Phalsenopses at Tring Park, The 
Dell, Burford Lodge, Henham Hall, and other places, will find 
ample evidence of the progress that has been made in the solution 
of this cultural problem. 
The beautiful group of Phalsenopses—of which Schilleriana, 
amabilis, Aphrodite, Stuartiana, and Sanderiana are the most 
admired species—has been enlarged from two sources—(1) by the 
introduction of natural hybrids, of which leucorhoda or some of 
its varieties are now to be found in many collections, but of 
which intermedia is by far the most interesting, as it has also been 
produced artificially ; (2) and by hybrids raised by hand. Among 
the latter some very striking results have been obtained, notably 
that raised by Seden from amabilis (grandiflora of gardens) and 
Luddemanniana, and which bears his name. The plants raised 
from this cross have flowered at The Dell, and are justly 
estimated by the accomplished amateur who owns them as the most 
remarkable instance of the hybridist’s skill yet obtained. The 
whole group of Phalsenopses, consisting of the species just named 
and the hybrids, both natural and artificial derived from them, 
unquestionably forms one of the most lovely sights obtainable in 
the modern Orchid house. 
I will now glance at Aerides. Many of the forms, notably 
those of the odoratum type, offer the double attraction of an 
elegant inflorescence and a delightful perfume. Moreover, the 
culture of Aerides presents no such difficulties as those encountered 
in Phalsenopsis. The routine, as formulated by the most expe¬ 
rienced growers, is simple, and such as can be performed by the 
amateur himself if he has the leisure and inclination, or at least by 
any gardener of ordinary intelligence. Considerable variety, too, 
occurs in the genus, and even within the groups into which the 
various forms naturally fall. For example, besides the typical 
odoratum, which has been cultivated from the beginning of the 
present century, there is its grand congener Lawrenceana with its 
yellow flowered variety that bears Sander’s name, and also the 
beautiful Java form known as virens, all quite distinct as horti¬ 
cultural plants, but scarcely so botanically. Another fine group is 
represented by Aerides multiflorum, the A. affine of Lindley, of 
which perhaps its variety Lobbi, with its long, pendulous, branched 
inflorescence is the most admired, but the rare Yeitchi is scarcely 
less so, while the closely allied “ Fox Brush ” Aerides follows near 
upon them. 
The group represented by Aerides falcatum, the Larpentae of 
gardens, has been brought into some prominence of late through 
importations from Burmah, and includes several handsome forms, 
as Houlletianum, Leonise, and crassifolium. A. crispum is still 
recognised as one of the finest of Aerides, while in strong contrast 
to it, and which should not be passed over in silence, is the curious 
little A. japonicum. If we turn to the horticultural journals of 
twenty to thirty years ago we shall not only find glowing encomiums 
of the grand specimens of Aerides exhibited at the leading horti¬ 
cultural exhibitions of the time, but even woodcut illustrations of 
some of them. How rarely is a grand specimen of Aerides equal 
to those of our predecessors to be seen at the present day ? 
Can too much be said in praise of the cultivated Saccolabium=, 
including under that name the beautiful S. Blumei and guttatum, 
and the recently introduced coeleste, in which we have a really 
blue Orchid. These must speak for themselves. Let me remark, 
however, that although known in gardens as Saccolabiums 
they do not botanically conform to the typical species, and 
they have thence by general consent been removed from the 
genus. In Yeitch’s “ Orchid Manual ” they are described under 
Rhynchostylis. Turning to the true Saccolabiums, we find that 
there are upwards of fifty species, but most of them with small 
unattractive flowers, and hence it is so few of them are seen in the 
Orchid houses of Europe ; but these few are so striking and hand¬ 
some that they must at least be named. First, bellinum, with its 
curious bowl-like labellum and unusual combination of colours in 
