Orchids for everyone . iolet-purple colouring. Theprincipal kinds are Amesianus (C. jugosus x Z. Mackayt\ leopardinus [C. jugosus X Z. maxillare\ T^.-c. Veitchii ( X Z. crinitum\ and Wiganianus [C. jugosus xZ. intermedium). ZYGOPETALUM The best of the Zygopetalums form a group of attractive, easilygrown, and extremely useful Orchids. They are of sturdy growth,with stout pseudo-bulbs and fairly large, green leaves. In someof them the rhizomes are elongated, and these should be placed inpots, but be given a piece of old tree-fern stem to grow and rootupon. Fibrous peat
Orchids for everyone . iolet-purple colouring. Theprincipal kinds are Amesianus (C. jugosus x Z. Mackayt\ leopardinus [C. jugosus X Z. maxillare\ T^.-c. Veitchii ( X Z. crinitum\ and Wiganianus [C. jugosus xZ. intermedium). ZYGOPETALUM The best of the Zygopetalums form a group of attractive, easilygrown, and extremely useful Orchids. They are of sturdy growth,with stout pseudo-bulbs and fairly large, green leaves. In someof them the rhizomes are elongated, and these should be placed inpots, but be given a piece of old tree-fern stem to grow and rootupon. Fibrous peat and loam, with a little sphagnum and sandadded, make a suitable compost. During the late Autumn andWinter the several species should be placed in an intermediatehouse, but throughout the Summer the cool house is the best placefor them. As they are evergreen, the plants do not require a severerest, nor must they ever be allowed to get dry at the roots, but,obviously, much less water is needed when growth is finished for. GROUP Ol SOliKALlAS. THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 167 the year than at other times. Thrips sometimes attack the foliage,and a sharp lookout must be kept for them, or the leaves willsoon be disfigured and the vitality of the plant impaired. Best Species and Hybrids Z. CRiNiTUM flowers in late Winter or Spring, and is abouteighteen inches high. Several flowers are carried on the erect two-feet spikes, and individually they are about three inches sepals and petals are green with brown bars; lip white,heavily veined with violet-blue or red-purple. Z. INTERMEDIUM is a very fine garden plant, and everyamateur who takes up Orchid culture should obtain it. Thegreen sepals and petals are shaded with brown, and the large lip iswhite, with radiating lines of deep violet or purple. Z. Mackayi is a fine species, with yellowish green sepals andpetals marked with purple-brown ; lip white, with radiating marksof violet-purple. Flowers about three inches across, and fragra
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