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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 18, 1893. 
broader side, and doubly toothed at the edges. The 
upper surface is of a dark green, marked all over 
with silvery-grey blotches, never very large, but of 
various shapes and very numerous. It has much of 
the habit of B. metallica, but the leaves are 
altogether different. Flowers are not produced at 
this season, but well-grown plants have an enliven¬ 
ing effect amongst a collection of fine-foliaged 
plants. We noted it in the collection of Messrs. J 
Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Orchid Growers' Calendar. 
Fast India House. —During the past few days the 
sun has been very powerful, reminding us that the 
time is again at hand when the roller blinds will be 
called into use, so as to keep down the temperature 
without having to put on top air at a time when the 
air outside is very keen. It is not desirable to 
excite the plants into growth too early, for as 
I write there are indications of a change in the 
weather, and it is quite possible that by the 
time these notes are in print, fires will have to 
be kept going all day as well as at night. Therefore 
the temperature must be regulated according to the 
weather. Maintain the plants plump and in good 
condition by keeping plenty of water about the 
floors and stages rather than by applying it direct to 
the plants in any quantity as yet, This applies to 
all departments. 
Cattleya House. —Our plants of Vanda suavis 
and tricolor are just beginning to push out new roots 
and to throw up spikes, so that no time will be lost 
in getting them top-dessed with some fresh sphag¬ 
num Moss. We allow the plants to become 
moderately dry before commencing operations. 
When this state is reached all the old Moss and as 
many of the crocks as possible are removed. The 
roots and the crocks that it is not convenient to 
remove on account of the roots adhering to them 
are thoroughly washed by syringing with tepid 
water, using as much force as possible in so doing. 
The plants are then allowed to stand over to the 
next day to let them drain and get dry before being 
again filled up with new crocks and surfaced with 
the fresh Moss that has been previously prepared 
by having all the rubbish picked out, and spread 
out in the same house a day or two before wanted. 
Very little water will be required just yet other than 
what is supplied with the syringe, but should the 
weather continue bright, it may be necessary to 
shade them to prevent the loss of their bottom 
leaves. This can generally be managed without 
shading the whole of the occupants by stretching 
some tiffany under the roof where the plants stand. 
Ccelogynes. —The varieties of C. cristata are very 
fine this year and most useful. "We grow them 
in small pans from g in. to 12' in. across. 
Grown in this way they come in very handy for 
indoor decoration, and where a lot of this work is 
required they are indispensable. Peat and M- ss 
suits them well, but they do not like being disturbed 
at the roots too often, not but what they grow freely 
enough, but flowers are scarce the first season. We 
grow them in two batches, potting one batch this 
year, the other next, and so on. 
Lycaste lanipes. —In a previous calendar I re¬ 
ferred to our plants being unusually strong. One of 
them is now in full flower with sixteen blooms from 
one bulb, and in this state is no doubt attractive, but 
I must say I think there are plenty of other Orchids 
that are preferable to it. 
Ada aurantiaca now in flower is justly prized on 
account of its colour. It is easily grown and 
flowered Given a place in the cool house during 
summer and placed in the Cattleya house in winter 
it succeeds well As regards potting material, what 
suits Odontoglossum crispum suits this.—C 
Goodyera discolor. 
Several species of Goodyera are cultivated for the 
sake of their beautiful foliage. Some hardy species 
are occasionally undertaken by the growers of hardy 
herbaceous plants, but they seem to occasion as 
much difficulty as the species of Anaectochilus do 
under glass. The species under notice differs from 
the above kinds in being easy to grow in stove and 
intermediate house temperatures, and some say that 
it can be grown in a greenhouse. It is a native of 
South America and makes the finest foliage when 
kept in a rather moist condition during the growing 
stage. The leaves are oblong-elliptical and deep 
olive-green above, with a grey midrib and purple 
beneath. Unlike many others of the species of 
Orchids with ornamental foliage, Goodyera discolor 
flowers regularly, and is then very pretty. A 
flowering shoot is sent up from the centre of each 
rosette to the height of a foot and terminates in a 
spike of flowers that are pure white with exception of 
a yellow blotch on the lip which, is curiously twisted 
and inverted. The rosettes of leaves are of course 
destroyed, but new ones are produced from lateral 
buds towards the ends of the creeping, fleshy stems 
or rhizomes. It has been flowering for some time 
past in the nursery of Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill 
Lycaste plana Measuresiana. 
The lip and petals, but particularly the latter, in L. 
plana, vary considerably in different individuals, and 
L. p. Measuresiana has been considered worthy of a 
distinctive name on account of the beauty of the 
petals, which are so heavily spotted with purple that 
they appear to be merely spotted and edged with 
yellow. The sepals are never very attractive except 
by contrast for they are merely suffused with brown 
on a pale green ground. The side lobes of the lip 
are of a paler purple than the petals, while the ter¬ 
minal lobe is heavily mottled with purple, except the 
centre which is pale yellow. The species is of easy 
cultivation and flowers regularly at this season of the 
year. We noted the variety L. p. Measuresiana in 
the nursery of Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. 
Restrepia antennifera. 
This very‘singular and withal very interesting Orchid 
has been in flower here for some weeks past. We 
have several large pans of it, and as a large number 
of blooms have been open at one time it has added a 
quaintness that can scarcely be secured by any other. 
These are now grown in an intermediate house, where 
Laelia anceps, C. Percivalliana, and other Cattleyas 
are grown, and one side of the house filled with 
Cypripediums, species, and hybrids. Here the 
Restrepia grows very freely, the little more heat it 
receives than is usually given evidently agreeing 
with it and bringing it on more quickly than when 
grown very cool. Of Dendrobium nobile we have a 
nice lot and in a short time shall have some plants 
4ft. through literally covered with flowers.— -IV. Swan , 
Bystock, Exmouth. 
Cattleya Alexandras tenebrosa 
The habit of C. Alexandras is very similar to that of 
C. Leopoldi, having cylindrical pseudo-bulbs covered 
with grey sheathing scales, and surmounted by two 
to four leaves that are short, oblong, and leathery in 
texture. The peduncle or flower stalk is terminal, 
12 in. to 21 in long, and bears from three to a dozen 
flowers according to the strength of the plant and its 
condition. The sepals and petals are oblong, 
crisped, undulated, and nearly of a uniform pale 
brown, while the lip is purple. The variety C. A. 
tenebrosa, as its name would indicate, is much 
darker in colour. The sepals and petals are of a 
dark, dusky brown, and the lip of a rich rose purple. 
The importations have been flowering for some 
months past, and show a considerable amount of 
variation, as was reported by the collector who sent 
the plants home. One of Messrs. Linden’s collectors 
discovered the species in Northern Brazil during the 
early part of last year. It has been dedicated to 
H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, and there is a well 
executed and coloured illustration of it in the Lindeni, 
PI. 357, English edition. 
Odontoglossum Insleayi Imschootianum. 
The importations of O. Insleayi which have been 
made from time to time, show a considerable amount 
of variation in the colour of the flowers, and several 
of the variations have received distinctive names. 
That under notice is characterised by an entire 
absence of spots on the sepals and petals, which are 
yellow, and more or less shaded or tinted with 
light brown. The clearer yellow lip has a broad 
margin of pile brown spots. It is closely similar to 
O. I. aureum, and is named in compliment to M. A. 
Van Imschoot, of Ghent, who exhibited it at a meet¬ 
ing of the Orcliideenne in October last, and received a 
First-class Diploma of Honour for it. A coloured 
illustration of it is given in the Lindenia, PI. 359, 
English edition. 
Saccolabium bellinum 
F'ebruary and March are considered the months 
when this beautiful little species is in season, but 
those who have a number of plants will be able to 
prolong the season for many months at a time with¬ 
out any special treatment, in fact the plants may all 
be kept in the same house and under the same con¬ 
ditions An importation of it, which has now been 
established for some time in the nursery of Messrs. 
Hugh Low‘& Co., Clapton, is very interesting from 
the peculiar form of the flowers, their beautiful mark¬ 
ings and variability. The ground colour of the sepals 
and petals varies from a pale greenish yellow to 
clear, and golden yellow, marked with crimson spots 
that vary in size till they almost cover the sepals and 
petals. The lamina is white with a central gold 
blotch spotted with crimson, and occasionally there 
are spots towards the sides The face of the lip and 
the interior of the large open pouch is often crimson- 
purple likewise. All these markings, taken with the 
heavy fringe or cushion of coarse white hairs on the 
lip, serve to give the species no common interest. 
Some growers expect a long raceme of flowers as in 
another type of the genus, but although few, every 
bloom is a gem. A group of the species is now 
bristling all over with flowers. 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, Feb. lyth .—Orchids were one 
of the most striking features of the meeting on 
Tuesday last, as they constituted the principal 
groups on the staging. Hard-wooded plants, 
generally known as New Holland plants, xvere in 
force, including Heaths. F'ruit, represented chiefly 
by Apples, was also notable for their extent. A 
Silver Flora Medal was awarded to Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, for an extensive 
group of Orchids, consisting chiefly of Cypripediums 
intermixed with a few other seasonable subjects. 
Amongst them Cypripedium Morganiae, C. Leeanum, 
C. selligerum rubrum and their other varieties were 
noteworthy and conspicuous. A Silver Flora Medal 
was likewise awarded to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
Clapton, for a beautiful and interesting group of 
Phalaenopsis, including P. Schilleriana, P. amabilis, 
P. Stuartiana, and the beautiful white P. Schil¬ 
leriana vestalis. A Silver Banksian Medal was 
awarded to Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, 
Swanley, Kent, for an interesting and mixed group 
of Cattleyas, Laelias, Cypripediums, Dendrobiums, 
Odonfoglossums, and others, backed up with Palms. 
A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a varied and interest¬ 
ing group of Orchids, including Arpophyllum 
spicatum, Dendrobium Sanderae, Laelia hybrida 
Maynardii and others. Masdevallia Schroderiana, 
Cypripedium conco-Lawre, and an unnamed Orchid 
was shown by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
(grower, Mr. W. White), Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
Cattleya Trianae alba was exhibited by E. S. 
Wrigley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Harris), Dukinfield, 
Cheshire. 
Some very interesting Orchids including Angrae- 
cum polystachys, A. hyaloides, Epidendrum elonga- 
tum, and Cattleya Trianae Bella were shown by C 
J. Lucas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. Duncan, Warn- 
ham Court), Horsham. Diurus maculata, Eria 
barbata, Dendrobium teretifolium, and Epidendrum 
Xanthinum were sent over from the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Glasnevin. A fine piece of Cymbidium 
grandiflorum was exhibited by Messrs. F. Ross & 
Co., Merstham, Surrey. The spike bore six large 
and waxy looking flowers. Habenaria, cinnabar ina 
and Cynorchis grandiflora were shown by Messrs. 
Lewis & Co., Southgate. Cattleya amethystoglossa 
was shown by R. B. White, Esq. (gardener, Mr 
Jas. Brown), Arddarroch, Gaerlochead. Mr A. 
Tracy, Twickenham, and H. Little, Esq., The 
Barrows, Twickenham, exhibited some Cypripe- 
diums. Odontoglossum Sanderianum was shown by 
the Rev. E. Handley, Bath. An interesting group of 
Orchids was shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, including Phaius amabilis, Epidendrum, 
Endresii, Wallisii, Cypripedium Winnianum, and 
others, all hybrids. A Bronze Banksian Medal was 
awarded to Mr. J. Crispin, Fishponds, Bristol, for a 
box of cut flowers of Cypripedium. Dendrobium 
crassinode Barberianum in fine condition was shown 
by Messrs J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. Cypripe¬ 
dium The Duke, was shown by Chas. Winn, Esq., 
Selly Hill, Birmingham. A small group of Orchids, 
including Mesospinidium vulcanicum grandiflorum, 
Odontoglossum cirrhosum, Cattleyas and others, was. 
shown by S. le Doux, Esq., East Moulsey. 
