Orchids for everyone . re of peat and sphagnum to root in, and amplydrained pans or baskets. It grows about a foot or fifteen incheshigh, and bears its flowers on stiffs spikes that are about as tall asthe leaves. There is usually one flower on a spike, and it is threeor four inches across, violet-blue, with yellow lines on the rarely grown, but pretty. Summer flowering Orchid. B. La-LiNDEi, B. Lawrenceanum, and B. Patini are of interest to thosewho like uncommon Orchids. All the BoUeas are without pseudo-bulbs, and are frequently described as Zygopetalums. BROUGHTONIA The Jamaican Broug
Orchids for everyone . re of peat and sphagnum to root in, and amplydrained pans or baskets. It grows about a foot or fifteen incheshigh, and bears its flowers on stiffs spikes that are about as tall asthe leaves. There is usually one flower on a spike, and it is threeor four inches across, violet-blue, with yellow lines on the rarely grown, but pretty. Summer flowering Orchid. B. La-LiNDEi, B. Lawrenceanum, and B. Patini are of interest to thosewho like uncommon Orchids. All the BoUeas are without pseudo-bulbs, and are frequently described as Zygopetalums. BROUGHTONIA The Jamaican Broughtonia sanguinea was sent to Kew aslong ago as 1793. It is a small plant, with flattish pseudo-bulbs,and slender, branched, arching spikes of deep red flowers that aresmall, but of an unusual shade of colour. It is best managed bybeing grown in a shallow teak basket or on a raft, with very littlesphagnum and peat about its roots, and suspended in the CattleyaHouse. While resting, it needs very little water, but must be. CATTLEYA ORCHIDS OF LESSER VALUE 177 given an ample supply at other seasons. It loves plenty of light,and only needs shade from the hottest mid-day sun. BULBOPHYLLUM In the Kew Hand-list of Orchids, dated 1904, no fewerthan seventy species of Bulbophyllums are cited as being incultivation in the Kew collection, but the extent of the genus isno indication of its popularity or its horticultural value. To thebotanist and the lover of the curious the many species appeal verystrongly, but most florists, gardeners, and nurserymen regard themas some of the weeds of the great Orchid family. The genusis widely spread, and species are found in such widely separatedregions as the Malay, Central America, Africa and is difficult to treat on such a large genus in a general way, butit has been found that the great majority of species thrive in peatand sphagnum, in pans or baskets, and love plenty of heat andmoisture when growing freely, but need much les
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