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
Renanthera Lowii.—This noble plant, also known as _Vanda Lowii_, has
bloomed very finely in the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild,
at Ferrières, near Paris, this being the finest and best grown specimen
we have seen. The main stem is about six feet high, with four growths
from it, and every leaf is perfect, which is rarely the case. It bore
eleven of its charming pendulous spikes or racemes of flowers, each
spike extended to the length of nine feet; it had a noble appearance.
with its reddish brown flowers, marked by irregular lines of greenish
yellow; but the most curious part connected with the inflorescence of
this plant is, that at the base it produces two blossoms of a tawny
yellow, spotted with crimson, quite dissimilar from the others. The
plant in question is a most remarkable one, and we may say that it is
the finest specimen we have had the good fortune to behold. Great credit
is due to Mr. Bergman for the production of such a specimen. The eleven
spikes were, we understand, cut and sent to the Baroness in London.
Gardening is well carried on at Ferrières; every department is well
kept. There are many thousands of plants grown for purposes of
decoration, which is kept up through the whole year. The mansion is a
splendid structure, and the grounds are beautifully laid out, abounding
with fine trees, and provided with lakes. In fact, it is one of the
finest and best kept garden establishments we have seen, and great
praise is due to those who have the management of it.—B. S. W.
[Illustration: PL. 107.
SACCOLABIUM CURVIFOLIUM.]
SACCOLABIUM CURVIFOLIUM.
[Plate 107.]
Native of India (Nepal and Birmah) and Ceylon.
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