. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. DENDROBIUM FINDLAYANUM. was an exceptional case, of course, but it shows the difference between the deciduous and the evergreen kinds. The Bornean and Australasian kinds, of which D. Phalsenopsis, D. bigibbum and D. Lowi are examples are again rather different in their requirements. None are strictly de- ciduous in our orchid houses, no mat- ter what they may be in their native forests, but they all retain some fol- iage at least during winter. Although they rest for a considerable time they must not be severely d
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. DENDROBIUM FINDLAYANUM. was an exceptional case, of course, but it shows the difference between the deciduous and the evergreen kinds. The Bornean and Australasian kinds, of which D. Phalsenopsis, D. bigibbum and D. Lowi are examples are again rather different in their requirements. None are strictly de- ciduous in our orchid houses, no mat- ter what they may be in their native forests, but they all retain some fol- iage at least during winter. Although they rest for a considerable time they must not be severely dried and during the growing season, which is short and sharp and usually occurs in late summer, they must be kept close up to the light and have abundance of heat and moisture. Another instance of variability we may note in the very distinct D. speclosum and its variety Hilli. We never did much with flow- ering these fine plants until we put them in the open air in summer and kept them there until the growth was hardened and ripened, after which, and a winter's rest, they flowered most profusely. D. infundlbulum and D. Jamesianum belong to the same section (nigro-hirsute) as D. formo- 8um, but like less heat. Suspended from the roof at the cool end of the cattleya house they will thrive and flower splendidly, their beautiful pvire white flowers with yellow and orange colored eyes respectively being among the most beautiful In the genus. This note by no means covers all that could be said about the varying forms of this splendid genus, but It Is already over long and we must Cattleya Gaskelllana. Cattleya Gaskelliana is a summer flowering member of the labiata group coming in bloom after C. Mossiae is past its best and filling the gap be- tween this and the autumn flowering C. labiata. It comes nearer to C. lab- iata than any other species and we remember when the latter was rein- troduced some years ago that some orchidists thought it simply a form of C. Gaskelllana, the old la
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