. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgio. The American Florist. 381. ANGRiECUM SANDERIANUM. long pendulous racemes appearing at various times of the year. In this re- spect it is a good deal like C. Massan- geana but the two species are quite distinct in every way. The individual flowers are small, the sepals and pet- als pale nankeen yellow, the lip brown streaked with white, a peculiar but pleasing combination. C. Dayana likes plenty of heat and moisture, being a native of Borneo. The compost we have found suit it best consists of peat fiber and s
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgio. The American Florist. 381. ANGRiECUM SANDERIANUM. long pendulous racemes appearing at various times of the year. In this re- spect it is a good deal like C. Massan- geana but the two species are quite distinct in every way. The individual flowers are small, the sepals and pet- als pale nankeen yellow, the lip brown streaked with white, a peculiar but pleasing combination. C. Dayana likes plenty of heat and moisture, being a native of Borneo. The compost we have found suit it best consists of peat fiber and sphag- num moss with a little good leaf mould. It is rather a restless species, some portions of large specimens be- ing always on the move. The foliage, while fairly hard, is not able to stand much direct sunlight, consequently a fairly heavy shade should be given in summer. It grows naturally in low lying, hot valleys and on the banks of streams where there is always abundant atmospheric moisture and this fact should be kept in mind at all times. In a dry atmosphere the foliage and bulbs soon become in- fested with red spider and other in- sects and this is an end to all healthy growth. Plentiful spraying when growth is active and abundant root moisture are the conditions best for C. Dayana. Angraecum Sanderlanum. The small flowering angraecums are pretty and attractive little orchids, not much grown but well worthy a place in collections when variety is looked for. A. Sanderlanum is prac- tically the same plant as A. modestum, an old species from Madagascar, whence also comes the remarkable A. sesquipedale. Like it the flowers are pure white and have very long spurs to the nectaries in comparison with the size of the flowers. Its culture is practically the same as for pha- laenopsis, the plants delighting in ample heat and moisture and liking a small basket or pan filled with sphag- num moss and charcoal. The plants are impatient of any sudden changes in the atmosphere, also
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