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House & Garden 
One of the showiest orchid va¬ 
rieties is the Odontoglossum, some 
forms of which bear a blossom 
spray three feet long 
Orchids with drooping sprays should be suspended 
in mid-air. A wooden slatted box or crate holds 
the peat in which this Odontoglossum is growing 
The cattleya is the orchid generally sold 
in the florists’ shops. This splendid one 
is planted in fibre compost. (Right) 
if The majority of showy greenhouse orchids are 
epiphytes, or air-plants, and do not root in the 
soil. Air and moisture nourish them 
Cymbidium Lowianum bears a spray 
of blossoms 3" or 4" across, of greenish 
yellow, brown and purple-maroon 
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