. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. AXD THEIR MAXAGEMENT. 459 Selenipedium. in floral colour. There seems to lie very little di it and 6'. J\\>c:.//i. Native of Central America 1S70. (B. M., t. 5970.) A'ar. Hincksiaiiuiii has larger and brighter-coloured flowers than in the type. erence between introduced ni 5. reticulatum {Rchl>. f).—A synonym of J5'. Boissierianuni. 5 . 5 c h 1 i m i i (Rchb. /). —This dis- tinct and pretty species is suitable for culti- vation in a greenhouse. The leaves are 6in. to Sin. long, thin and narrow, and light green. The scape is erect and bran
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. AXD THEIR MAXAGEMENT. 459 Selenipedium. in floral colour. There seems to lie very little di it and 6'. J\\>c:.//i. Native of Central America 1S70. (B. M., t. 5970.) A'ar. Hincksiaiiuiii has larger and brighter-coloured flowers than in the type. erence between introduced ni 5. reticulatum {Rchl>. f).—A synonym of J5'. Boissierianuni. 5 . 5 c h 1 i m i i (Rchb. /). —This dis- tinct and pretty species is suitable for culti- vation in a greenhouse. The leaves are 6in. to Sin. long, thin and narrow, and light green. The scape is erect and branched, bearing six or more flowers, which are 2in. across ; the sepals and petals are snow-white, tinged with green towards the ends, and mottled with pur- jilish-rose ; the pouch is round, very much contracted at the mouth, white, with a blotch of deep rose in front. This plant should be grown in a mixture of peat, sphag- num, and sand, and be well drained ; it should be kept moderately cool, and at all sea- sons of the year freely supplied "with water, but during the grow- ing season a copious supply must be given. It blossoms at various times of the year. It is interesting as being hybrids represented by. Fig. I one of the 5. Sedeni. 7. Inflorescence ^d Le.^f of Selenipedium .Schlimii (much reduced). progenitors of the many fine It inhabits swampy places in Colombia, at an elevation of 4ooort. above the sea, where it was. 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, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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