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
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This species is best grown in a pot, with rough fibrous peat as a
compost, and good drainage. It should have the same treatment accorded
to it as that given to _Odontoglossum Alexandræ_ as regards water, and
the temperature of the Odontoglossum house. Dr. Boddaert grew his
specimen with the rest of his Odontoglots, and found it to succeed well
under this _régime_, the plant continuing to increase in size and in
value.
The following New Orchids were exhibited at the meeting of the Royal
Horticultural Society at South Kensington on February 12th, and were
severally awarded First Class Certificates:—
Cattleya Percivaliana alba.—A most chaste and beautiful variety of this
novelty, having pure white sepals and petals, and a white lip marked
with a blotch of yellow in the throat. Exhibited by R. P. Percival,
Esq., Birkdale, Southport.
Lælia anceps Williamsiana.—A new variety of _Lælia anceps_, exhibited by
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans. The sepals and petals are pure
white, of good form, and stout substance; the lip white, having a yellow
patch at the base, and a yellow throat striped with deep crimson-purple.
Odontoglossum Alexandræ (crispum) aureum.—A very striking novelty, with
clear yellow flowers. The sepals and petals are of a deep lemon yellow,
the sepals spotted with brown, and the lip having one or two spots of a
similar colour. Exhibited by F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Bickley.
Odontoglossum Pollettianum.—This plant was much admired on account of
the distinct markings of the flowers. The sepals and petals were white,
tinged with purple, and heavily spotted with reddish brown; the lip
being wedge shaped, as in _O. Andersonianum_. It is, doubtless, one of
the many natural hybrids between _O. Alexandræ_ and _O. gloriosum_.
Exhibited by H. M. Pollett, Esq., Bickley.
Oncidium anthrocene.—In growth this plant somewhat resembles _Miltonia
Warscewiczii_ (_O. Weltoni_), but it is quite distinct in the character
of its flowers, and in its branched inflorescence. The sepals and petals
are much undulated, brown, faintly barred with yellow towards the base;
the lip is yellow, spotted with brown, and very distinct. Exhibited by
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans.
Oncidium Jonesianum.—A new and distinct species, having terete foliage
eight to twelve inches long. The flowers are about two inches across,
greenish yellow, with reddish brown spots, the lip white spotted with
red. Exhibited by A. H. Smee, Esq., Wallington.
The following were also submitted to the meeting:—
Vanda Cathcartii.—There was a well-grown specimen of this fine species
exhibited by Mr. Aldous, gardener to G. Heriot, Esq., Highgate, bearing
three spikes consisting of eleven flowers. It is a pity we so seldom see
this plant, as it is a real beauty. The plant was deservedly awarded a
Cultural Commendation.
Mr. Philbrick exhibited flowers of a fine series of _Cattleya Trianæ_,
among which some very nice varieties both of the light and dark coloured
sections.
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