. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. CYPRIPEDIUM SELLIGERUM MAJUS. and one of chopped moss is suitable, the whole being lightened by the ad- dition of finely broken crocks or char- coal. Some growers use sand and are successful with it, but we have never cared for this material for any or- chids as it silts down through and clogs the drainage as well as fines the soil. If any is used it should be sharp, coarse sand, not the fine washed roadside, river or lake sand used for propagating. When potting is in progress the whole of the old compost should b
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. CYPRIPEDIUM SELLIGERUM MAJUS. and one of chopped moss is suitable, the whole being lightened by the ad- dition of finely broken crocks or char- coal. Some growers use sand and are successful with it, but we have never cared for this material for any or- chids as it silts down through and clogs the drainage as well as fines the soil. If any is used it should be sharp, coarse sand, not the fine washed roadside, river or lake sand used for propagating. When potting is in progress the whole of the old compost should be shaken or washed out from among the roots and all old or decayed ones cut away. Those re- maining should be well spread out when placing the compost so that this runs down between them. The crowns of the plants should be kept a little below the rim of the pot as in ordi- nary potting, not raised as is usual when potting epiphytal and pseudo- bulbous orchids generally. Again, when the potting is finished, the com- post can be watered at once; there is no need of waiting as with orchids generally, as the root spongioles of cypripediums are stronger and not so easily damaged by moisture as those of epiphytal orchids. This ability to take up moisture at once rapidly re- establishes the plants in the new com- post. As to temperature there are a few that require considerable heat to do them well, but as a general rule a shady position in the cattleya house will be the best and most suitable for them. The few kinds named below are among the best for cutting, but, as indicated above, there are great numbers of hybrids and varieties all of more or less value. Cypripedium Argus Is a native of Luzon in the Philippines and has beau- tiful tesselated foliage and flowers nearly three inches between the points of the upper and lower sepal. The •dorsal is white with greenish lines and a purplish stain at the base, the lip brown streaked with greenish and purple. It is a variabe kind with r
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