Orchids for everyone . ries in shape, but in the bestvarieties this segment is broadly heart-shaped, while the colouris white or rose. So charming an Orchid as this is worth a littleextra attention, and this it needs, for, like some other Mexicanspecies, it succeeds best when suspended near the roof-glass andwintered in a temperature a few degrees higher than is providedfor O. crispum. O. Rossii rubenS is a very distinct variety. O. TRiUMPHANS was discovered by M. Linden in New Granada;it has showy, golden yellow flowers, three inches across, markedwith light brown. Mr de Barri Crawshay, of Se
Orchids for everyone . ries in shape, but in the bestvarieties this segment is broadly heart-shaped, while the colouris white or rose. So charming an Orchid as this is worth a littleextra attention, and this it needs, for, like some other Mexicanspecies, it succeeds best when suspended near the roof-glass andwintered in a temperature a few degrees higher than is providedfor O. crispum. O. Rossii rubenS is a very distinct variety. O. TRiUMPHANS was discovered by M. Linden in New Granada;it has showy, golden yellow flowers, three inches across, markedwith light brown. Mr de Barri Crawshay, of Sevenoaks, hassome especially fine varieties with broad petalled flowers, notablyO. T. Lionel Crawshay, O. t. Raymond Crawshay, and O. variety. Other Good Species Odontoglossums of lesser value than the foregoing might benamed by dozens, and probably in a few instances they may bepreferred to those here considered more important. It is impossibleto select a given number of species and find the set approved by. ?S! X THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 141 everyone. The following may be added as taste suggests and spacepermits ; indeed, the addition of a few is strongly advised, becauseof the greater interest they lend to a collection. O. BiCTONENSE has the honour of being the first member ofits family to reach England alive; it was introduced in 1835, andfirst flowered at Bicton, in Devonshire, hence its name. It usuallyflowers in the Autumn, and carries its blooms on erect spikes; thesepals are green and brown, and the broad heart-shaped lip isrose coloured. O. blandum is a graceful little species, a sort ofdiminutive 0. cirrhosum. O. Cervantesii is another dwarfspecies, and should be grown in the same manner as 0. Rossii;its rounded flowers are white, with tangential lines of red-brownat their base. O. cordatum has spidery flowers, three or fourinches across, yellow with brown marking, except for the lip,which is white with brown spots. O. coronarium is not adiflflcult Orchid t
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