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E- ' J i ^ I uy \ t ) tt € a m i y^ f > A L^LIA ALBIDA BELLA [Plate 239.] of Mexico J^ative Pseudohulhs ovate, clustered, becoming furrowed in age, and marked Epiphytal about the middle part witli a transverse ring or scar, indicating the base of one of tlic deciduous ovate acuminate wliitisli bracts or scales, with which they arc invested Leaves in pairs, narrow-lanceolate acute, the earlier stages of their growth channelled down the centre, stout and leathery in texture, and of a deep green colour Scapes terminal, slender, two or three times as long as the leaves, and bearing several flowers in a longish raceme Flowers two and three quarter inches across, distinctly and pleasingly coloured, having a powerful and peculiarly pleasant jDrimrose-like perfume ; sepals oblong-lanceolate acute, plane, spreading, of a creamywhite colour ; petals oblong-ovate obtuse, three-fourths of an inch broad, creamywhite, with the margins near the front broadly l)ut faintly bordered with pale peach -blossom or lilacy-pink ; lip obovate emarginate, three -lobed, the lateral lobes erect, triangular- oblong obtuse, white streaked below with pink, the broad flat roundishoblong front lobe white, bearing on the disk a crest of three yellow ridges passing from the throat outwards, and having a broad band of deep bright rose at the Column elongate, margin, this marking being very conspicuous and effective glabrous, incurved, tinted with pink m L.^LiA ALBIDA BELLA, of gardens In our third volume, Plate and we now introduce to which Mexico, in and size plant 138, our readers a very pretty form is When colour Williams, Orchid-Groiver' s Alanual, G we have of and Lselias, from a Windsor, who Lcelia specimen is in the is and manner of blooming, than the original form of of makes belouQ-s O It much J from to alhida, hella, from type both charming decorative a the of section Our space Bowring, C the 348 Esq., small- drawing was Farm, Forest of Orchids a great lover alhida hella collection it alhida Lcelia ed., Lcelia original varying the species, one that does not occupy is novel grown and bloomed well the figured more the during the autumn and winter months, growing take n ; resembling an evergreen plant the type but producing stronger flower spikes and the The species and sepals petals in larger are growth its blossoms creamy white, •J tipped with rosy the lilac ; the lip middle lobe, and an orange January, and lasts for several This condition, class but of Lselias rec^uire themselves to death, is yellow with a broad band of rosy maofcnta round and yellow throat It blooms in December and weeks in beauty cannot be kept so long as other in a replenishing every few years, unless great cai^e is as they often healthy grow vigorous and bestowed upon them, and even then flower they They dwindle away in time will with in but of They flower growth will light, and together with the moisture explorers Many fine diums, and others in but They day yet on and the get are glass free them keep to are live our wood of sphao-num material best plants in America about of air, no doubt the all which lio-ht a ,as they are they enjo) support them fine field Cattleyas, Here the temperature varies according to the We may state! ' In their native country found in Brazil, such which the plants are located plump should have a slight shadinosuspended from the roof at circulation is a require from rains and dews which helps to things blocks potting little These completed is Requieemexts.— South OrvCHiD enough just a foot or eighteen inches from posed to strong require stand a good deal of sun, but during the hottest part of the position abundance supply of water during their growino- season lil^eral perfected is after their and they They drainage should have a and when the growth about in best plenty their roots, possible, home brouglit method of cultivation is to place them the Mexican house, using rough fibrous peat find the or in baskets moss, often and sold cheap collectors, We are learn a good Lselias, locality deal Orchid for fr Onci- and the per have traversed these countries, but that is of no use unless we put the information thus obtained to practical use at home Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and New Grenada are extraordinary countries for cool Orchids The climate varies very much accordmg to the elevation of the mountainous districts, where the Odontogiots and other cool species abound In the low-lands the temperatures are different from ho^ , those of the mountainous parts; these must be studied, and the requirements of the species that grow in the different positions must bo found out Trees are often found covered with several species of different kinds, and it might be supposed these would all require the same treatment, but when we get them under cultivation it Will most likely be found that they must have different positions in the house, one species having grown on the shady side of the tree, another on the side and that is exposed to the sun different aspects m the progress and When different houses, of the plants.—B S we" receive imported and we find there W is plants we trj- an extraordinary them in difference ?L i^- 1-0 i i I £ *f T »- % J nu iiMi ^>-•-^ ONCIDIUM MARSHALLIAWUM ^ ONCIDIUM MAESHALLIANUM [Plate 240.j J^ative of Brazil, Pseudobulhs ovoid-cylindrical, Epiphytal furrowed, two to four inclies long Leaves oblong-lanceolate acute, six to eight inches lonir, channelled, of a bright green above, paler beneath Scapes radical, supporting a very large, broad, much-branched panicle, the rachis green Flowers large and very numerous, on longish slender green pedicels, brilliantly coloured; sepals small, obovatc, aj)iculatc, concave, the dorsal one about one-third of an inch long, tlie lateral ones connate, oblong, placed behind the lip, greenish yellow, covered by a series of transverse bars of deep chestnut-brown ; petals stalked, fiddle-shaped, tlic bordor undulately, crisped, the apex bilobed, and the surface bright golden yellow, the disk spotted with spots or blotches of chestnut-brown ; lij) very large, narrowed at the base into a distinct claw, which is auricled, the auricles oblong-obtuse, ascending, yellow spotted as is the claw with crimson-red behind the claw is seated a tuberculatc beaked callus ; the' broad expanded limb is transversely oblong, deeply two-lobcd at the apex, plane, and of a clear bright yellow colour Column dwarf, with small quadrate wdngs terete, ; Oncidium 682 Hooker Maeshalliaxum, Reichenhach zine, ser., Botanical Magazine, jil ; very in effective they Oncidium is produce others flowers, a group ; It indeed, such a of graceful is importations, of 079 t w^e panicles Paradise perfection now Our energetic in they exhausted, unless figure is and brilliant yellow flowers being grand a plant for no collection should be without several plants of it, when overhanging other kinds of Orchids effect fine the differ in collectors ordinary have one, The sketch reproduced in our Nurseries, where we have had and size this all free great care showing a illustration several on depends greatly annually are some having larger colour, sonding home the large blooming propensities that bestowed on The small part of them one of and was taken in the Victoria large specimens flowering in its great during the present year Oncidium Marshallianum most ; most the makes and which are required, as they have such the plants get inches one habit, having stronger flower spikes, but strength of the plant the Gartenjlora^ without doubt There arc varieties of this plant which form ; 18GG, p Floral Maga- Chronicle, of Orchids, its branching infloresence of large-sized bright decorative purposes as 5725 Gardeners' in 285 t This fine Brazilian showy t Jil., useful length, of Oncids and bearing is a fine evergreen The at species, pseudobulbs are apex pair their a and is certainly ovoid-cylindrical, of coriaceous two oblon o one to of four acute leaves, or seven six the upper surface, paler underneath and are of a panicles, flat, and two broad, of a briglit green colour on The large flowers are produced on branching the sepals ; the petals are ; an The and oblong, transversely and everyone can grow long, along yellow the dorsal one small, the of deep a centre colour golden yellow the ; lip blooms It yellow large, is during the some time in beauty lasts subject before golden a of are inch with irregular chestnut-brown blotches spring months as colour brilliant banded with dull purple colour, inches long us a cool-house is Orchid, which makes tbat has a cool house it It will thrive at more the- it valuable, the warmest end of I the a Odontoglossum house, and little sphagnum moss live well in small baskets with broken crocks and will wood where them should the roots will protrude and cling to the ; r they seem to appreciate the moisture that The water given to off freely, and never be allowed to become staonant Good fresh material should always be kept about their roots The plants should be encouraged to make strong gTowths, they as are such of a rises free-blooming habit that they exhausted in their flowering season, and their bulbs will sometimes bearing large panicles by growth are best giving of them moist kept resting season there plump condition at flowers After their blooming moisture to the roots them AYlicn of moisture, up their over, bulbs little shade them start and sufiicient rafts of teak moisture to foliage maintain wood without any moss planted on these they require more attention as to the but very through shrivel into They during their flowering season, and during their should always be "We also find them well on plump is get frequently They are' best suspended them a or soil about artificial near in the supply glass, as they require a good light to ripen their bulbs and perfect the strong growth which is considered necessar}' Insects must be destroyed promptly The white scale sometimes makes its appearance, and may frequently be seen on imported pt^^i^ts, should always be well looked over on their arrival, and thoroughly cleansed a which ... evergreen Orchid, with is The long gracefully spreadino- stem proceeds from the centre of the growth, and bears several large handsome blossoms The dorsal sepal is of yellowish hue, the base, and the. .. lines to the base, the yellow colour extending forwards along the central line as far as the mouth in one broadish pale yellow stripe, the rest of the limb and the front j)ortion of the tube... bracts, from the upper of which the flowers emerge Flowers about four -and- a-half inches in expansion, with starry sepals and petals, and prominent fimbriated lip dorsal sepal two -and- a-half inches