Orchids for everyone . ed-brown flowers, theyellow lip being marked with purple. It is more remarkable forits rarity than its beauty. The species first flowered at the Glas-nevin Botanic Gardens, Dublin, and bears the name of the cleverCurator of that famous establishment, Mr F. W. Moore. MORMODES The Mormodes have much in common with the Catasetums,and require similar cultural conditions, though they will succeed ina slightly lower temperature. The most striking species are , M. Buccinator, M. luxata, M. Ocan^, M. pardina,and M. Rolfeana. NEOBENTHAMIA This genus is at present represen
Orchids for everyone . ed-brown flowers, theyellow lip being marked with purple. It is more remarkable forits rarity than its beauty. The species first flowered at the Glas-nevin Botanic Gardens, Dublin, and bears the name of the cleverCurator of that famous establishment, Mr F. W. Moore. MORMODES The Mormodes have much in common with the Catasetums,and require similar cultural conditions, though they will succeed ina slightly lower temperature. The most striking species are , M. Buccinator, M. luxata, M. Ocan^, M. pardina,and M. Rolfeana. NEOBENTHAMIA This genus is at present represented by one species, , and it has slender, reed-like stems, five or six feet high,and pretty, white flowers in which the lip is white with purplespots and a central yellow band. The plants require an abundanceof water, a high temperature, and a compost of peat and sphagnum. ORNITHOCEPHALUS Ornithocephalus grandiflorus is occasionally met with incollections, but it has little to recommend it. It grows about six. L^LIA TENEBROSA, WALTON GRANGE VARIETY. ORCHIDS OF LESSER VALUE 195 inches high, and has arching spikes of small, white and greenflowers. The flowers are set closely together, and are each aboutthree quarters of an inch across. It should be grown in pans, inpeat, broken leaves, and sphagnum, and placed in a warm house. PAPHINIA The Paphinias form a small family of interesting Orchidsfrom South America. They need a shady place in the warmesthouse, and a continually moist atmosphere; but when not in fullgrowth, a small quantity of water at the roots will suffice. Theyshould be planted in peat, leaf mould, and sphagnum, in shallow,well-drained pans. The flowers are about four inches across, andrather short lived. The most notable species are P. cristata,yellow, heavily marked with purple-brown, and with a curioustuft of hairs on the lip; and P. grandiflora, creamy white,marked with red-purple. PERISTERIA The one species of horticultural merit in this genus is the o
Size: 1339px × 1865px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1910
