The Orchid Album, Volume 3: Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous PlantsMoore, Thomas
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The Orchid Album, Volume 3: Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants
Moore, Thomas
Orchids; Orchids -- Pictorial works
_Cœlogyne barbata_ is, as we have just said, an evergreen plant, with
short pseudobulbs and stout foliage, which grows about a foot long, and
is of a lively green colour. The sepals and petals are white; the lip is
sepia-brown, distinctly bearded with long fringes of coloured hairs,
which give it a very distinct and quaint appearance, the fringe and
beard contrasting very strongly with the white sepals and petals. It
blooms during the autumn months, and continues flowering for a long
time, if the flowers are kept free from damp. The plant should,
therefore, be placed at the dry end of the house when in bloom, or be
removed to a drier house than that in which it has been grown. We find
it to grow well in a pot, if allowed perfect drainage, and planted in
rough fibrous peat, allowing it a moderate supply of water during the
growing season, but reducing the quantity when the plant is at rest.
There were three very interesting New Orchids exhibited by Sir T.
Lawrence, Bart, M.P., at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society
on April 22nd last, all being remarkably distinct and pretty:—
Angræcum fastuosum.—The growth of this species is somewhat similar to
that of _A. articulatum_, but the leaves are rounder and broader. The
spikes are short and drooping, the flowers pure white, sweet-scented,
with the lip larger than the petals; very distinct.
Odontoglossum cinnamomeum.—A new species, much resembling the true and
rare _O. odoratum_. The sepals and petals are, however, broader, and the
markings are much denser; the lip is yellow, with a large brownish
crimson blotch in the centre, and the margin faintly spotted with the
same colour, the whole surface being covered with fine downy hairs; very
strongly scented.
Dendrobium Harveyanum.—This is a great surprise, being in the way of
_Dendrobium Brymerianum_, but it has this peculiarity, that the petals
are fringed in the same way as the lip, thus practically giving to the
flower the appearance of three lips instead of one, although somewhat
modified. The flowers are smaller than those of _D. Brymerianum_, but
the plant resembles it in growth; and, indeed, it was imported with that
species, so that possibly it may be a sport from it, which has become
fixed. This plant has been named in honour of E. Harvey, Esq.,
Riversdale Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, in whose collection it first
bloomed.—H. W.
[Illustration: Pl. 144.
CATTLEYA LABIATA PERCIVALIANA.]
CATTLEYA LABIATA PERCIVALIANA.
[Plate 144.]
Native of Brazil.
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