Orchids for everyone . d, so that when a well-grownbatch is in bloom, the reason for the popular name is evident. P. HooKERiANA has bright rosy-purple flowers, with brownmarks and a yellow throat to the lip. P. humilis is blush-white,with blue-purple marks on the fringed lip. These two speciesgrow well in a cool house. P. lagenaria is rosy-lilac, and has avery handsome lip, white, marked with crimson, purple, red, andyellow. P. MACULATA, pure white, with a yellow throat andyellow marks on the lip, is a lovely Orchid that flowers at the endof the year. P. precox is rosy purple, with yellow mark
Orchids for everyone . d, so that when a well-grownbatch is in bloom, the reason for the popular name is evident. P. HooKERiANA has bright rosy-purple flowers, with brownmarks and a yellow throat to the lip. P. humilis is blush-white,with blue-purple marks on the fringed lip. These two speciesgrow well in a cool house. P. lagenaria is rosy-lilac, and has avery handsome lip, white, marked with crimson, purple, red, andyellow. P. MACULATA, pure white, with a yellow throat andyellow marks on the lip, is a lovely Orchid that flowers at the endof the year. P. precox is rosy purple, with yellow marks on thepale rose or white lip. RENANTHERA For a long number of years the old Renanthera coccineawas the only species in cultivation, and though it is remarkable aswell as brilliantly beautiful when in flower, it grows to such anenormous length that only in very high stoves can it be accommo-dated. And usually it is only when a plant is allowed to grow tothe height of a dozen feet or more that it flowers well. It some-. SOBRALIA VKITCHII. THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 159 times blooms at five or six feet high, but as a general rule its long,scandent habit puts it out of court as a popular Orchid. Theflowers have deep crimson, yellow-spotted petals and upper sepal,and the large lower sepals are vermilion, the lip being red andyellow. These brilliant blooms, three inches across, are borne inlarge numbers on a large, branched raceme. R. Storeyi is likeR. coccinea in general habit and appearance, but the flowers arecrimson and orange, with yellow and white marks on the crimsonlip. By far the best species for general cultivation, and one thathas now placed the genus in a foremost horticultural position, is This Burmese species is from six inches to twofeet high, and its branching, graceful spikes carry (in good speci-mens), a score or more of brilliant vermilion flowers. All thespecies have Vanda-like leaves and growth, and need the sametreatment as the Vandas that are gro
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