. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. Cattleya Trianse. Cattleya Trianse, the standard winter cattleya, now has its bulbs pretty well made up. It is sometimes a disappoint- ing orchid, inasmuch as the bulbs may be large and the leaves a beautiful, rich, dark green color, holding out expecta- tions of sheaths carrying at least four or five flowers, but instead a solitary flower often appears, to the disgust of the grower. To remedy such difficulties, it is absolutely necessary to give the plants more light. After this date, no shade whatever is needed for C. Tria
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. Cattleya Trianse. Cattleya Trianse, the standard winter cattleya, now has its bulbs pretty well made up. It is sometimes a disappoint- ing orchid, inasmuch as the bulbs may be large and the leaves a beautiful, rich, dark green color, holding out expecta- tions of sheaths carrying at least four or five flowers, but instead a solitary flower often appears, to the disgust of the grower. To remedy such difficulties, it is absolutely necessary to give the plants more light. After this date, no shade whatever is needed for C. Trianff, Mossiae, Mendellii, Per- civaliana, Schroederse, or any other win- ter or spring-blooming cattleyas. Keep the night temperature for the cat- tleyas 60 degrees on warm nights and 58 degrees on cold nights. Avoid a damp, stagnant atmosphere; this will surely start decay in some of the partly made up growths. Give air on every possible occasion; in fact, the venti- lators should never be tightly closed at this season. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroederi- anum is at its best under warm house culture, and should have a night tem- perature of degrees when develop- ing its flower spikes. This orchid suc- ceeds best in quite small pans or bas- kets which dry up readily, and, if time will permit, the best method of water- ing is dipping in a pail or tub; at this season twice a week will suffice. This is one of the most valuable va- rieties to use in fall groups. Its long spikes, which sometimes carry fifteen to twenty flowers, arch over gracefully. Another fall blooming dendrobe is D. formosum giganteum. The flow- ers of this variety are as large as some cattleyas and command as high a price in the market. Its color is pure white, with a yellow throat. This dendrobe needs rather larger recepta- cles than D. Phalaenopsis, and is more difficult to keep in good condi- tion year after year. It does well in a hot, humid, old-fashioned stove housf, and the fin
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