Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . of the species in bloom for several successive months during the VOL. IX.—Ko. CVIII M M 266 CATTLEYA SUPERBA. last autumn. It appears, also, to be very free-flowering; as the above gentlemenhave blossomed it in very various states, and Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting havebloomed a plant that had not been many months imported. In both theseestablishments it is now tolerably abundant. Specimens, planted in the usual mixture of heath-mould and potsherds, seemto succeed well if they are not subjected to too much heat and moisture. Like th
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . of the species in bloom for several successive months during the VOL. IX.—Ko. CVIII M M 266 CATTLEYA SUPERBA. last autumn. It appears, also, to be very free-flowering; as the above gentlemenhave blossomed it in very various states, and Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting havebloomed a plant that had not been many months imported. In both theseestablishments it is now tolerably abundant. Specimens, planted in the usual mixture of heath-mould and potsherds, seemto succeed well if they are not subjected to too much heat and moisture. Like therest of the Cattleyas, they do not flourish in a high temperature where moistureabounds. They will likewise thrive, but not so vigorously, on suspended logs ofwood ; and, in this case, they should have a more than usual quantity of mossplaced about their roots, for, unless these are duly covered, the plants will remainstunted, and comparatively diminutive. We owe our drawing to the kindness of Messrs. Loddiges, from whom it wasobtained in September
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