Orchids for everyone . reely with blackish purple. , red tube, yellow upper sepal, with whitishlower sepals and green tails; an attractive and free-floweringspecies. M. tovarensis, a little gem, with pure white flowersborne several together on six-inch stems; this does well in thecool house, and when the flowers have faded they should beremoved, but the spike or stem must not be cut, as such spikesfrequently flower a second time. M. Veitchiana, large, vermilion,with tiny purple hairs that give a pretty flush to the flowers; oneof the best for general cultivation. Other Species
Orchids for everyone . reely with blackish purple. , red tube, yellow upper sepal, with whitishlower sepals and green tails; an attractive and free-floweringspecies. M. tovarensis, a little gem, with pure white flowersborne several together on six-inch stems; this does well in thecool house, and when the flowers have faded they should beremoved, but the spike or stem must not be cut, as such spikesfrequently flower a second time. M. Veitchiana, large, vermilion,with tiny purple hairs that give a pretty flush to the flowers; oneof the best for general cultivation. Other Species and Hybrids The following are all interesting and have a peculiar beautyof their own :—M. calura, M. Carderi, M. caudata-Estrad^, M. COURTAULDIANA, M. CUCULLATA, M. DEMISSA, M. EpHIPPIUM, M. Estrada, M. floribunda, M. ionocharis, M. ludibunda,M. MooREANA, M. Measuresiana, M. muscosa, M. Rolfeana,M. rosea, M. Schlimii, M. Schrcederiana, M. triangularis, M. TRIARISTELLA, M. TROGLODYTES, M. WaGENERIANA, andM. MASDEVALLIAS. THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 117 MAXILLARIA Another large genus, containing remarkably few plants ofhorticultural merit, although to lovers of the curious a fairly largenumber of species will appeal. With the exception of one, per-haps two, the members of this family may well be left to thosewho value a large number of distinct species rather than a collec-tion of fewer plants of high decorative value. These two speciesrepresent two distinct groups of the family, Maxiixaria Sande-RiANA has fleshy flowers about six inches across, borne singly ondecumbent stems; the plant grows about a foot high, or rathermore, and has stout leaves. It is best grown in a basket, in peatand sphagnum, placed in the intermediate house. The otherspecies, and one for w^hich the writer has a w^eakness, is , and this has ascending rhizomes, and so is in somesense a climber. All the members of its section should be grownagainst a piece of tree-fern stem, or up a teak r
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