. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. Ayn THEIR MAXAGRMENT. 65 Bletia. occasional applications of weak manure-water will be found beneficial. After flowering, the plants may be placed out of doors, plunging" the pots in ashes, and lea\'ing the lea\es exposed to full sunshine. They should be taken indoors on the approach of cold weather, and be kept on the dr\' side until new growth appears. B. acuminata [Rchb. /.).—A synonym of Zif/ia nik'saiis B. Gebina (Li,id/.).—A synonym of £. liyacinthina. B. Qodseffiana (A"r(^//;/.). —This is regarded simply as a small-flowered vari
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. Ayn THEIR MAXAGRMENT. 65 Bletia. occasional applications of weak manure-water will be found beneficial. After flowering, the plants may be placed out of doors, plunging" the pots in ashes, and lea\'ing the lea\es exposed to full sunshine. They should be taken indoors on the approach of cold weather, and be kept on the dr\' side until new growth appears. B. acuminata [Rchb. /.).—A synonym of Zif/ia nik'saiis B. Gebina (Li,id/.).—A synonym of £. liyacinthina. B. Qodseffiana (A"r(^//;/.). —This is regarded simply as a small-flowered variety of B. verecnnda. B. hyacinthina {R. Rr.). —A useful and a handsome species, and one of the hardiest; indeed, in favoured situations it has been grown outside. In the cool Orchid- house, its rosy-purple, graceful flowers produce a charming efiect, and it well merits the little care necessary to grow it successfully. The leaves are long and plaited, and in spring, when the plant is in flower, are of a beautiful pale green, forming an ad- mirable background for the rosy-purple flowers. The flowers are numerous, on scapes about ift. high, each flower measuring 2in. across; the lip is purple, streaked and edged with crimson. Introduced from Chma in 1802. B. M., t. 1492.} B. patula [Hook.).—This handsome plant has rounded pseudo- bulbs, 2in. in diameter, and plaited leaves i^jft. in length. The flower-spike rises from the young growth in March, and grows to 3ft. in height, bearing about a score of reddishdilac coloured flowers, each upwards of 2in. across The base of the lip is white, as are also the six ridges occurring on the disk. During Y. Fig. 19. PORTKjN OF R.\CF,ME OF BlKTIA (much reduced). Syn. £. Gebiiia. (Fig. 19. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, Willia
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