THE ORCHID ALBUM V6, Warner and Al

^\ '\- -* THE MISSOUhI nTANTCAi GARDEN COMPRISING COLOURED FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW ? AND BEAUTIFUL EARE, \ ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS CONDUCTED BY ROBERT WARNER, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., Author of SELECT ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS, I AND BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.R.H.S., F.L.S., Author of the ORCHID-GROWERS' MANUAL, etc The Botanical descriptions by THOMAS MOORE, Botanic Chelsea the of Curator F.R.H.S., F.L.S., JOHK NUGEKT THE COLOURED FIGURES VOLU]ME "VI, Garden FITCH, F.L.S n LONDON: Published by B S WILLIAMS, AT THE HOLLOWAY, UPPER NUESEEIES, PAEADISE VICTOKIA AND MDCCCLXXXVII N DEDICATED RMISSION TO (^Kiy1 !^^^ /"^iy^ i^ { BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS' Very obedient and humble Servants, ' ROBERT WARNER, BENJAMIN S WILLIAMS INDEX TO PLATES PLATE AERIDES LAWRENCI^, Bchh.f BRASSAVOLA DlQWl K^ K, Lindl CATTLE YA MARDELLII, Bchh.f CATTLEYA MOSSI^, Bool 270 287 246 CATTLEYA SPEOIO S IS SIM A BUCHANANIANA, Williams and Moore CATTLEYA TETANY DODGSONI, TRIAN^ Williams 261 CATTLEYA TRIAN^ MASSANGEAN A, Bchh.f CCELOGYNE D AY AN A, iicM / CYCNOCHES CHLOROCHILON,ZZofe.scA CYMBIDIUM GIGA.NTEUM, Wallich CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE PUNCTATUM VIOLACEUM, O'Brien CYPRIPEDIUM SELLIGERUM, Veitch DENDROBIUM FALCONERI GIGAN Rort 265 242 247 263 284 278 255 257 DENDROBIUM PRIMULINUM, Lindl, DENDROBIUM TREACHERIANUM, Bchh.f WILLIAMSIANUM, Bchh f , 267 281 253 256 f L^LIA PURPURATA RUSSELLIANA, Bchh Williams L^LIA SUPERBIENS, 285 269 LiWZ 244 LISSOCHILUS KREBSII PURPURATUS, Bidley Williams 273 MASDEVALLIA ROEZLII RUBRA, 243 ODONTOGLOSSUM ASPERSUM, ODONTOGLOSSUM DECORUM, Bchh.f ODONTOGLOSSUM R^GIN^, 259 Bchh 245 CERYANTESII 251 ALEXANDRA Hort 264 ODONTOGLOSSUM LUTEO-PURPUEEUM MAGNIPICUM, Williams and Moore 254 ODONTOGLOSSUM PARDINUM, Lindl ODONTOGLOSSUM POLLETTIANUM Sort 27 4^ 280 ODONTOGLOSSUM POLYXANTHUM GRANDIFLORUM, Williams ONCIDIUM PAPILIO MAJUS, i2cM./ ONCIDIUM STELLIGERUM ERNESTI, 258 279 260 Williams PHAL^NOPSIS 276 Lindl GRANDIFLORA, Lindl 277 PHAL^NOPSIS ROSEA, Lindl 268 SACCOLABIUM HENDERSONIANUM, Bchh.f 275 SOBRALIA LEUCOXANTHA, Bchh f 271 SOBRALIA XANTHOLEUCA, Hort 250 TRICHOCENTRUM ORTHOPLECT L^LIA ELEGANS WOLSTBNB.0LM1M, REGIN^, 283 ONCIDIUM SUPERBIENS, 252 GALBANDRA BAUERII, Lindl HABENARIA MILITARIS, i?c/i&./ L^LIA AMESIANA, Bchh f L^LIA AN C EPS PERCIVALTANA, Bchh,f 286 288 DENDROBIUM SKINNERII 262 MASDEVALLIA IGNEA MASSANG- f i TEUM, LYCASTE Hort HOOLEANA, Bchh f BANA, 249 William s CATTLEYA LYCASTE DEPPEI PUNCTATISSIMA, Williams 241 PLATE RON, f THRIXPERMUM Bchh 272 UNGUICULATUM, Bchh.f YANDA CCERULEA, Griffith YANDA DBNISONIANA HEBRAICA, Bchh.f 266 282 248 INDEX TO NOTES AND SYNONYMS UNBKR FLATS Bletia Digbyana, Bchh.f Bleti'a superbiens, RcJil.f 241 Odontogloasam 244 Orchid Habitats 253 Orchids at Birchfield, Manchester Cattleya Amesiana, Hort Cattleya labiata Mossiae, Lindl Cymbidium 246 iridioides, B.ort, 28 Cypripedium insigne Chantiniij B.ort pallidiflonmij Dendrobium William sianum, Odontoglossum cri spurn Eeginae , 268 Orchids at Pickering Lodge, Timperley 265 Orchids in Flower 283 at Gouville 256 Phajus Humblotii 241 Phalaenopais equestris, Rchb.f 268 269 Phalaenopsis Ruckeriana^ 266 272 PhalaBnopsis, well grown, Mr Partington's 267 & 272 Sarcochilus nnguiculatus, Lindl 2GG 264 Stauroglottis equestris, Schauer 268 241 246 281 271 Orchids at Mr Tautz's, Hammersmith 286 Eclib.f 266 Orchid Variability Eook Hort Tbomas Moore 245 253 Lycaste Skinnerii, two-flowered spike Obitnary, Mr 251 Orchid Selection pusilla, lichb / Laelia Eusselliana, magnificam Hurl 260 Epidendrum labiatum Mossiae, Rchb.f Habenaria liTstrix 278 Cypripedium Spiceiianum, Mr Walker's Dendrobium nobile rnrBlB PLITB TTort TM 41 \ -k \ I t I i i- -L fcs^ * / u V^-^ y r vl i* -^ T w \ f / I -I \ \ \ / / J.Nugent.Fitcli.^lecitk E.SWilHains BRASSAVOLA DIGBYAT(A ^utir BRASSAVOLA DIGBYANA LATE 241,] of Honduras Jfative Epi^^hytal Stems somewhat ^ ^ compressed, clavate, consisting of four or tliree the internodes joints, clothed with pallid membranaceous sheathing scales Leaves tliick, flesh}-, solitary, elliptic, obtuse, keeled behind, of a glaucous green colour redundes terminal, one-flowered, issuing from an elongated compressed sheath, which rises from the base of the leaf Flowers deliciously frngraut, very larae, fully five inches across, with the parts spreading; sepals oblong, spread out in the form triangle, pale yellowish green, sometimes tinged with puri>le, and marked with a few slight lines or strise; iietals similar, but somewhat broader and of a i)aler tint of green, widely spreading; liji very large, thick and solid, stalked, cordate cuculhite, surrounding the column, three inches wide and three and a half inches deep, enaargmate, of a creamy white colour, purplish at the apex, with a large green tubercle on the disk, indistinctly nervose, and margined, except at the verj- base, by a close series of dichotomous filaments from one-half to three-fourths of an inch length, forming a continuous and highly characteristic fringe to this portion of the flower Column stout, semitercte, winged, the stigma three-fnrrowed, the anther bed bearing at the back an incumbent pointed tooth.' _ / m Brassavola Digbyana, Lindlef/, Botanical Register, 1846, t 53; Hooker, Botanical Magazine, t 4474; Van Hontte, Flore chs Sevres, t 237; Williams, OrcliidGroivers Manual, ed., 148 Bletia Digbyana, Beic/tenhach 422 vi., The Brassavolas form a figure is the also most curious the peculiar best has that appearance, small such as -^ ^ genus of Orchids, of which, that which we come under our we have species Walpers' Annales Botanices SiistematicoB, ' J in fil., met notice, with, regards as its its blossoms now It is fringed lip presenting a very one seldom sees in Orchid flowers taken from a well-grown plant in the fine collection of E II Our drawing was Measures, Esq., The Woodlands, Streatham Brassavola Dighyana 111 a is a com2'>act evergreen species, height, and having the pseudobulbs stem-like and solitary glaucous each of the inches in leaf, wdiich issues well-developed stems depth ; the sepals and growing about compressed ; each six inches stem bears from a small sheath, one of which The petals flowers being are five oblong inches and in terminate width spreading, of and a six pale green colour with a purplish tinge, while the cordate cucullate lip is of a creamy white tinged with purple at the tip The whole margin of the lip is deeply and beautifully fringed B with dichotomous filaments nearly three-quarters of an inch long : It produ tind which flowers, remains in beauty B This months winter the two to three weeks fr will during fragrant, deliciously but grown in this thrive well on blocks, more than usual attention, regards moisture as the at ay It roots, equires it thrive also ill well in baskets or pans with good drainage, and rough fibrous peat with live num moss from suspended possible the to iler blossoms roof where ripen the perfection in them find form a suitable medium will the not plants well receive will so the cultivated house Cattley The baskets the roots stems and leaves, well in the thrive to If for or pans much as they may plants will not they as Light that here must b forth bring We fl a small but obtain IS They must be kept moist at the roots during the period of vigorous growth, and when that is completed just enough must be given to keep their stems and foliage in a plump condition proportion of shade At the meeting on July the 13tli, awarded First Class D ENDliOBIU New us from nd pals was Wc fi ; following Society held Horticultural distinct New Orchids were at South Kensington were and exhibited, Certificates —A Guinea It described distinct handsome species, which are furnished has large flowers a scoop-shaped lip and of Eeichenbach in the Gardeners^ Professor with purpl deep a introduced pur white This Chronicle by in plant 87 hope at some future time to present our readers with a figure of this novelty exhibited the the Royal WiLLIAMSIAN petals, Phajus to of ght Humblotii by flow Sir T of A ery Lawrence, hich the distinct B sep and M.P and p deep rosy crimson of a dullish hue It beautiful species produces erect petals of pale from spikes Madag of fi rosy crimson, six md ' PL 242 m •i i , - V ^ ,-.ô > \ J r * \ B I -^f -l-!.^ CATlLKiA TRiANA: MASSANGFAjHA J > - - *V,t P CATTLEYA TRIAN^ MASSANGEANA [Plate 242.] Mitive of J^ew Grenada Stems oblong Epipliytal furrowecl, clavcate, the lower enveloped iu palecoloured memLranaceous sheaths Leaves solitary, ligulate-oblono-, narrowed to the shortly acute apex, coriaceous in texture, dark green, sometimes tino-cd with red Scape or jy^^^uncle two-flowered, issuing from an oblong compressed, reddish ciniiaiuuncoloured sheath at the base of the leaf and terminatinn^ the stem Flowers of medium size, measuring about five inches across, curiously purpurco-striate ; sepah acute, lanceolate jiarts spreading, longitudinally banded and stripod wifh purplish magenta ; petals ovate, the basal part j)lane, the front part much uuduhitcd, variously striate in the direction of the venation [i.e., flabellatcly) with deep rosy punde, or purplish magenta, the stripes more confluent towards the centre, furiniu(>- a lioavy line of colour enlivened by a white bar along the costa; lip two and a half inches long, the base closely rolled in, rosy purple, striped diagonally with deeper j)urple, the throat streaky orange flushed with pale rose, the rounded nuterior lobe wavy, an inch and a half across, having a creamy bar passing up the centre through a series of veins of deep magenta which run outwards into closely set lines of the same colour reaching nearly to^ the pale whitish, nan'ow, nen undulated margin Column enclosed entire, Cattleya Trian.^ Massangeana, JReichenhach We of have from time to time figured several them being very are this attractive no species of Cattleya among which now before The seen from the plate first made ; charming was by flowers, which plant, variety this Cattleya sembles the beautifully striped by Monsieur in honour Lawrence, Bart., may and keep so, beautiful any for D typical blotched C Triance and barred with the same colours is The with figure, and had Ch/itcau in from be will when previously met character, dc Baillonvillc, Sul)sequently i^entleman enough M.P., wlio was kind with and which distinct we other those There form in colour occur than of Massange, that of to was it send M Massange It us is a marked thoroughly such a find seldom we even amono- the most variable Trianw Massangeana • many 2Via7ice, the winter decoration of our for we here from diff'erent named is a most found to be identical w^e very rare as quite Trevor Sii' of superb variations greater which variety one flowered first Marche, Belgium, and flowered be to known, was it colour and in Cattleya varieties of nor any that are more useful us, Orchid houses with and brilliant MS Jil species an evergreen sepals of Cattleya plant, and petals rose-purple, and which are the of in Its a pale growth re- rose colour, yellow- throated season winter the during The plant blooms lip is P ty requir This we have often remarked in grown that we have never seen Cattleyas who Massanore has a span-roofed house on wliicli here state ; establishment various forms of ith filled ubj liow the in they are as may, AVc volumes previous our a species C M of Tviance, C one could safely and others which have such vigorous roots that any of them having retained lea^ hold up the plants by the their roots and MossicB, MeiideliL C fresh must prove yVarneri, C pport be a grea to four or for stui the to The retention year fi and plants, doubt no these of roots a secures large amount of vigour in their growth When we saw them their flower sheaths were broad and of great Icnu-th, the flower spikes were beginning to show their robust buds in the Many of of fl sheath, and since then they have produced some hundreds the plants of C T> were in full bloom, and were most wonderful examples of seem to be good cultivation All the Cattleyas at the Chateau de Baillonv They the same way treated in are on stages, not fa g They being a low house in which they are kept during g at summer with a moderate supply Whe any time growth the when they and that arc them, which consists of from the rocks and hills the lossums to good results pect them Massange culture that is anyone and it, part season this may be g must be applied good ^^J pleased ; of w^e to for seeing can see doing these assure any collected Ig ages- the being the best proof of reason desirous Polypodi given is being fine material have never seen a more useful with Cattleyas, but with Odont not &c., of We used produce it common has been growing for it fibrous themselves for the of roots Oncidiums, Masdevallias, never give advice without larking supposed really to require where taken away, and only the the moisture little g These plants are well drained, and good fibrous material with great care material, very it pt very wet but are of completed is good a allowed are the fr per so, but w^e' wonderful them of who its cannot plant s a hearty are We suitability from refrain should welcome d in and g as M Orchid PL 8+ \ J V ^ \ —I t •^ < -ill CYMBI.DIUM GIGATUtiJM ; CYMBIDIUM GIGANTEUM [Plate 284.] I India Jforthern of JVative fleshy, thick, numerous, with furnished oblong, Pseudobulhs larg Terrestrial, sheathing broadly distichous, feet three to two ensiform, L g terete roots as about Scape colour in green deep and at the base very prominently ribbed, towards furnished flo^' the of weight the from long as the leaves, radical, drooping ^n inches four Flowers scales membraneous the base with a few lax, sheathing, oblong, petals ^' and sepals 7'|^^1^^*' ; fragrant l^^f very diameter, spreading, >-'H- *^f bright recurved, lobe middle three-lobed, Z^j purple with streaked ; g lobes side disc, the on lamellae fringed bearing two spotted with crimson, and Column incurved semi-terete 4; Orchidaceim Sertum 7355 Catalog fValUch's Cymbidium GIGANTEUM, Mayazine of Paxton Plants, p 163; Orchidaceous Lindley's Genera and Sp ii., Garden, Floiver Paxton 4844 t Mag Botanical Botany 12, p 241 233 ed Manual, Williams, Orchid-G 14, f 143 ; ; ; Cymbidium The stoves, and existed in bject w^as a Don's Prodromus, iridioides? of our present collections, cultivated cultivated state r outcast on influx of the I illustration of •g Orchids, which old-fashioned plants Of late p 36 a very is many years of inhabitant years this when » Ordiids other few parativc a has been species our great the through also and growth, of habit robust and that novelty, for Orchid-growers flamed the minds of apparently ceased to attractions any have The reaction, for expanded, have minds or changed, have tastes however, has fortunately set in species diBcarfcd old the for asking eagerly also are novelties lovers of the g wn it where Nopal and Kamaon of native a is Cymbidium giganteum 1836, year the about country this to troduced who discovered by Dr Wallich, good a aB upon looked be scarcely would home sent oriojinally althouo-h the form some '^ The g iety at the present time of which have not reached y most showy of the kinds that Orchid- G rowe r's Manual, artist's CymUdium ed., this country m cultivation are in pp 231-236 grand a from drawing was taken many contains a will living be f< fine species, state enumenii ^P; ;/^"^ H The host m ^1^- in n in and th the famous house is set A^lands, The Esq., Measures, gran collection of K H tlic exists pmb'^bly there here and accommodation, th country apart entirely for th m establishment private any in found be to largi Cymbidiums the collection of diameter, m f' twelve or ten some measuring the finest examples Strea ^^i^MlttHHiilikMi being Lowianum, C by Mr Fraser, Orchids C C giganteum sword-shaped the oblong pseudobulbs and texture, leathery in arched, fully ; many-flowered of The blooms the purposes, fragrant of and sepals is are during the winter months this species especially as is streaked with a grace- proceeds bearing long, the weight with purple, bright doubly valuable for are by pendulous green, sheath spike feet of two-ranked long, The margin the collection closely- more colour beauty blossoms continue in its in yellowish round densly yellow, is and or feet this persistent, base, becoming flowers, petals of managed well are from two to three spotted whilst the lip Flowering raceme green deep from the base of the mature growth, and a the grow some three leaves the care with mien, at dilated the has noble of become which leaves, plant a is these elegans; C who gardener energetic the and giganteum, crimson decorative for time if produces a considerable kept free from damp Cymbidium This is a plant easily cultivated, great quantity of stout fleshy roots, ample pot-room this for soil may plant should consist of turfy loam is necessary to accommodate and be added some potsherds or nodules of charcoal where cattle which one being but a ; little the sharp sand, soil The it which to from an old pasture have grazed, and which has been undisturbed for some years, will suit F it Thorough drainage admirably down below the rim plant should be kept allow to of be also a down moderately the is with of the soil water to and, of the reaching keep it potting, in pot (and not elevated), its roots sour, some ; and open, During the time of growth water firm crown the it of in but freely, or the roots will quickly decay ; be order should potsherds should the pressed not when growth let is enough water to keep the bulbs and leaves in a healthy condition is require Cymbidiums enjoy strong heat during the summer months, which just tlicy season of growth, their is all supply become soddened or soil finished, aU good introduced essential, is that is but during winter a temperature ranging from 50° to 55° requisite for their well-being ; strong light is essential, but they must be shaded from the sun during the hottest part of the day ; treated in this manner they are sure to maintain bold handsome foliage and produce abundance of flower Where it division, is desirable to have numerous plants, Cymbidiums may increased be which should be effected just when the new growth begins to I t start by PL 285 i ItAXk KIEGaNS WOLSTnHHOLMi; I ; L^LIA ELEGANS WOLSTENHOLMIJE [Plate 285.] J^ative Pseudobulhs Epiphytal and of Brazil the at terete base, thickening upwards, becoming Leaves in pairs, oblonghigh and half furrowed, a foot a o obtuse, eight to twelve inches in length, and about two inches in breadth, leathery in texture, deep green on the upper side, paler beneath Scape rising from a small pale green sheath, and bearing from three to six blooms ; individual flowers upwards of seven inches in diameter Sepals and petals spreading, the former lanceolate in shape, the latter broader and more ovate-lanceolate, all white, broadly margined and flaked with pale purplish rose Lip large, side lobes revolute over the column, white at the base aijd veined with purple, stained near the throat with a large crescent-shaped rich deep purple blotch front lobe elongate, pale rosy purple, streaked with deep purple veins and denticulate at the edge clavate L^LiA 698 p siio-htly li ELEGAXS Warner's Manned, Groiuer's This country the i the second series then named Day m Enfield in the fine commanding ;ently but a sold fr of forty gi hab in the petals of as and sepals sideration- his There growth of various is sketch well H the this amongst a con- imported originally this •oduced was leg Lcelia collection of J Day, Esq in honour this at , taken from had, It Orchid, appeared a plant how Tottenham, and was VVolstenholm, Mrs of of examples few Plants," Mr Marshall of collection and it a still sister of remains mention may we as an instance high price sum the realised which at Mr Lee's sale, at Downside, much differ which eleg many forms of Lcelia of this, are m as the colour of their hly coloured petals, with a colour deep shades of beautiful Goldhawk Eoad, Shepherd specimens and varieties it Mr Cowley A abundantly distinct from of t magnificent illustration of this variety Eeichenbach We' have seen a plant of II "Warner's Select Orchidaceous Professor alwaj F of ety di of Gardeners' Chronicle, 1865, Williams' Orchidxxix jil., 358 p typical plant previously flowered rare, ed., Plants, p wards of twenty years ago, and was which bloomed at Mr Orchidaceous Select and very fi signment of in WoLSTENHOLMi^, Relchenhach all of ontains fl lip, but the co'llection and which are to forms the Our them variety through Bush, whose ; so having variety artist kindness is from pure varym of was F now hite and sepals under con- d to take G Tautz, Esq., famous for the numerous rare exceedingly "weU cared for by ; resembles WolstenJiolraiw elegans Lcelia species tlie growth, in pseudobulbs its being about eighteen inches high, surmounted by a pair of leathery dark green leaves the" spike The across the bearing sepals and petals throat weeks elegans, that to is say, where house, soon after the growth The section ordinary attention, of rest to as can it genus normal plump condition growths, the it end of the benefit full the of for L Cattlcya which light, and the flowers are produced pseudobulbs, its which to When but for warmest the in obtain extent than every day, be found necessary; young curved blotch towards the front near this it the is frequently the happens and species, restore unhealthy from them if their to their over-drying, it warm, or even twice a day may is old than of moisture during their to difficult becomes weather syringmg in somewhat want more requires Mexican various plant the if the belongs L?elia these plants appear to suffer from a greater syringed the ; autumn months, and continues in beauiy Wolstenholmm requires the same treatment as pseudobulbs are allowed to shrivel should be inches matured is the of seven or six is the should be placed it which of margined with pale purplish rose w^hite plant to thoroughly ripen the season are elegans LcBlia intermediate •enables each flowers, several blooms during It several or erect, white at the base, with a deep purple large, is is bulbs, carefully when that wetting avoid young the the growths' nre •syringed water lodges in the large imbricating sheaths which envelope them, causing them to rot This plant may be grown either in a basket or a pot, according as taste or circumstances may dictate; but, however grown, thorough drainage is of the greatest importance the all fine themselves, and m the and thus soil been well soil pass quickly away, treated have particles upon a cone of The should be good rough well above the rim of thus derive avoids the and shaken, the benefit of enables the allows the moisture above manner, the surroundings are more natural, the finer, -and totally Tlie unfit to best time themselves pot than to spread to atmosphere, growth made the roots and are dropsical maintain the plant in a sound healthy condition to re-pot this Lselia just is when the plant commences out fresh roots and new growth, care being taken that any roots which attached water to the the in" which be elevated roots and the quantity of flowers produced is larger than when buried under the soil within the pots, where they become bleached 13 from peat, should plants which "pot, and stagnation full the fibrous to the pots are not broken; it far is preferable to push may have to break a destroy a root The increase of the stock of this plant is efi^ected by division, but this should never be attempted unless the plant is in vigorous health, and the divisions should be made with a sharp knife, so as to make a clean cut which leaves no straggling pieces to induce decay After the plants are divided they should be piacea in as small pots as possible, using rough fibrous peat only for soil ; at this time care and attention in the matter of watering is extra shade requisite, and ouia be given; as they make fixsh roots the extra shading should be gradually l2r being of f V "" T"^''" established '^'' ', plants '"^'^^^'^"^ previously J given ^ as essential for the well- PL 286 ft f ' ; ^^ t wcn (t#s i-i DENDROBIUM PRIMULINUM -7 XI »ini* \ DENDROBIUM PEIMULINUM [Plate 286.] Mttive Epiphytal of India, J^fortlievji Pseudobulhs stem-like, pendulous and deciduous, upwards of a foot long, furrowed, jointed, the joints being clothed with thin transparent sheaths Leaves arranged in a two-ranked manner, narrowly oblong, obtuse, obliquely lobed at the apex, coriaceous in texture, and light green in colour Pendunde bearing a single flower, which is from two to three inches across ; se2^als and petal's spreadmg, the former oblong, the latter slightly broader and somewhat ovate, all creamy white suffused with pink, and tipped with rosy pink; lip downy, thrce-lobed dly-obovate, pale sulphur, or primrose-yellow, side lobes convolute over the column and streaked with purpl Den 1861, t clustered, Lindleys Orchidaceous Plants, p 12 RegeVs Gartenjl^ Williams' Orchid -Grower's Manual, ed., p 297 ; 158 326, p ; Dendeobium nobile pallidiflokum, Botanical Magazine The portrait of the bloom, for to the first Dendrobe here introduced time in country, this t, 5003 we had the pleasure years ago About that to our readers, some thirty time a considerable number of plants of this species were imported, and it became very popular, and many fine specimens were staged at the various London Exhibitions of late years, however, the plant has become scarcer, and consequently ; is frequently less more or is in less, met the There are several varieties of this species which wdth size and colour of with that named by Dr identical blooms their Lindley, but the form ; and described in the here differ, figured Orchid-Grower's ManuaL We are Courtauld, S handsome specially in enabled to Esq., specimens rich, as it produce our Bocking of Dendrohium primulinum vigorous, Masdevallia the whose being and "pecies the kindness of some collection a genus varieties a handsome free-blooming species, is the pseudobulhs exceed the growth is a matured, and clothed with a profusion of white, all plant through in Braintree, exist, includes nearly this which in known to when the their leaves very it is be alive country this after Place, Orchids of figure its tipped with pink, whilst in foot during length the ; these months of April and charming blooms, which the lip is pale loose arc in the Hay sepals sulphur-yellow, the sides plant is soon they are and petals convolute, three about for perfection in continue and streaked within with purple The flowers the from suspended pan or basket weeks find this species succeed best in a We indeed, roof near the light, such a position most congenial to the majority is of the L Dendrobe just in family during about the time the East India the growing season their open, flowers house, and during this time abundantly be The period growth commences of the plant supplied with should be kept water in induce the formation of stout pseudobulbs, without w^hich a crop of flowers be expected After the leaves have fallen the lower temperature, just sufficient flowers show all the during time this water given to keep the signs moister atmosphere which and fine of pushin the out, should it may plant be should kept perfectly dry, or only but when the be removed to a hotter and The potting material should be good, rough, fibrous soil has together, whilst the drainage been beaten must be and living perfect must not gradually be inured to a pseudobulbs from shrivelling; plant order to sphagnum ' peat, from moss well mixed t PL 287 > rAT T r Y I Ai : • ARDELLiI V ' • CATTLEYA MARDELLII [Plate 287.] Garden Hyhrid, Epiphytal Pseudobulhs oblong-obtuse, compressed, four six to inclies in length, ^ -^ Jenveloped in a white sheath, and one to two-leaved Leaves some six inches long and nearly -two inches broad, leathery in texture, and deep green in colour Scape terminal, issuing from between a very small sheath, erect, three-flowered, individual flow^ers some five inches across; sepals ligulate - acute ; 'petals rhomboid, much bi-oadcr than the sepals and waved at the edges, all bright rosy-magenta, slightly paler towards the base Lip three-lobed, lateral-lobes spreading (not rolled over the column), the cent]*e, bearing a few side-lobes soft-magenta shading into white towards radiating streaks of brown on the sides, and ornamented in the throat with a stripe of bright yellow middle-lobe large, obovate, and crisp at the edge, rich bright magenta-purple, with a broad streak of bright yellow along the centre, wliich passes into the throat Column broadly boat-shaped, suffused with bright magenta - ; Reichenhach Jih, new hybrid Gardeners^ Chronicle, v xi,, Floral Magazine, 1881, t 437; Williams' Orchid-Growers Matiual, Cattleya Maedellii, 1879; p 234, 189 ed., p & Veitch of Messrs J establishment in the originated Cattleya hybrid splendid This examples of several Seden, Mr of triumphs the many of other and Sons, skill, as we a hybridiser already ha\' had the to pi portray in pr Orchid Albu have Seden of Mr achievements wonderful The numbers every is and there same line, essay in their the others to hand many tempted reason to hope that many startling novelties are still to be obtained by those who continue this work with patience and perseverance, without which, indeed, success of the need not be hoped the In for, sufficient obtain that the Orchids, especially Cattleyas, are seed before germination^ of the order to many as new forms crosses are and they attain sufficient admixtures of a long time from strength to produce flowers colours and markings, it is not made promiscuously, but judgment and thought must however, shoukl not difficult be very this, plants; parent the selecting in be exercised hand Orchids at to select from many fine so have we that now accomplishment of w hich flower at promiscuously by the same insects, time In a state of nature Orchids are fertilised through whose agency, so many hybrids have been produced, This importations natural recent amongst appeared have examples of which numerous and will doubtless countless ages, for operation in been has crossing and intercrossing the danger of present is little there that so time, of enc I continue until the generation of Orchid collectors exhausting nature's store For the opportunity of we are indebted Downside, Leatlierhead, in wbose fine collection figuring to kindness tlic rare tliis W of Lee, Esq., plant has bloomed upon occasions several Mardellii, Cattleya readers, is plant beautiful tliis dwarf a magnificent variety, is by the seen be will as growing strong, the pseudobulbs a height attain here lay before When and evergreen habit in we portrait about six inches, of our the plant on bearino- sometimes one, but more frequently a pair of leathery, deep green leaves, it bears from between which is a small sheath, from which the flower-spike issues the apex, ; two three to on the spike, each being about flowers magenta petals bright spreading the three-lobed, lip ; shading to white towards the middle, whilst the large magenta-purple, bearing a rich yellow stripe the months May of Mr Woolford, the successful and quite near roof, requirements of and this should disfigured consist added some what or crocks, which tend to keep the be given to maintain become unhealthy parts cut in fresh stock should commences be Care, fairly new open and drainage anytime, the free When plant this fiercest of the The soil sphagnum moss, working old soil should be it soil, least injury watered after which desirable is however, must be a sharp to knife, exercised in After sparingly, they has been very baskets or pots such enjoys sun's rays, this for full or Cattleya at once removed, ' may and be kept after it, must this the decayed which re-pot the root- increase this Cattleya, just the time when growth at dividing dividing, attention Should order it should be to this moreover, the greatest ; good in through with the established, recommen