. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 128 ORCHIDS Golax. diameter ; the sepals and petals are creamy white withoutâthe latter, however, are beautifully banded with transverse stripes of rich deep bluish-purple on the inside (Dr. Lindley describes them as speckled with crimson, but this is, at any rate, by no means usual); the lip is three-lobed, with fleshy ridges, white, and striped and veined with deep velvety-purple. This plant, when healthy, flowers freely during the months of Ajjril and May. (Fig. 38 ; B. M., t. 5661.). Fig. .:;8. Flower of Colax jugosus (nat. size). COLLABIUM
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 128 ORCHIDS Golax. diameter ; the sepals and petals are creamy white withoutâthe latter, however, are beautifully banded with transverse stripes of rich deep bluish-purple on the inside (Dr. Lindley describes them as speckled with crimson, but this is, at any rate, by no means usual); the lip is three-lobed, with fleshy ridges, white, and striped and veined with deep velvety-purple. This plant, when healthy, flowers freely during the months of Ajjril and May. (Fig. 38 ; B. M., t. 5661.). Fig. .:;8. Flower of Colax jugosus (nat. size). COLLABIUM. Blume has given the abo\e name to a small genus (two speciesj of sto\'e, terrestrial Orchids, of the tribe Ep2de7idrecE. They are natives of India, Java, and Borneo. Flowers in a long raceme on a tall scape ; lateral sepals adnate to the trumpet-shaped foot of the long incurved column, to which the short lip is also jointed ; pollinia two. The fact of the lip encircling the column has given rise to the generic nameâfrom collinn, a neck ; and labiiivi, a lip. They require hot-house condi- tions while in an active state of growth, and should be suspended in baskets near the glass. Ample drainage should be afforded, together with a compost consisting of equal portions sphagnum and fibrous peat. C. simplex {) and C. ncbulosnin (B/iiiiic) are met with in botanic gardens, but other\\-ise they are rarel)- seen in cultivation. COMPARETTIA. Elegant, but somewhat rare, warm-intermediate, epi- phytal Orchids, of the tribe VaiidecF, with handsome, generally drooping racemes of small but brightly-coloured flowers. Coniparettia (Pccpp.) is a complimentary name to Andrea Comparetti, an Italian botanist. The species, ^\â hich are found in Equatorial America, do best sus- pended in baskets in a compost consisting of two parts. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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