Orchids In Bloom
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This section is from the book "The Gardener V2", by William Thomson. Also available from Amazon: The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener.
Orchids In Bloom
The following Orchids are in bloom in Mr Smith's Collection, at Brentham Park, Stirling, March 14 : -
Ada aurantiaca. Angraecum citratum.
" sesquipedale.
Arpophyllum giganteum. Barkeria Lindleyana. Calanthe vestita nivalis. Cattleya amethystoglossa.
" trianse.
" " atlanta.
" " vestita.
" Warscewiczii alba. Chysis Limminghii Coelogyne cristata.
" Lemoniana.
" Ocellata maxima.
" fuscescens. Colax jugosus. Cymbidium eburneum. " Lowianum.
Cypripedium Drurii. " Lowii.
" hirsutissimum.
Dendrobium Ainsworthii.
" bigibbum.
" crassinode.
" " Barberianum.
" Farmeri aureum.
" fimbriatum oculatum.
" luteolum.
" Findleyanum.
" hedyosmum.
" heterocarpum philippinensis.
" cucullatum giganteum.
" lasioglossum.
" nobile.
" Pierardi.
" Wardianum.
Dendrochilum glumaceum. Epidendrum paniculatum.
" rhizophorum.
Ionopsis paniculatus. Laelia harpophylla. Lycaste Skinueri.
Lyeaste Skinneri alba.
Masdevallia chimmra. " ignea.
" " rubescens.
" Shuttleworthii.
" polysticta.
" Wagneriana.
Miltonia cuneata.
" Warscewiczii. Odontoglossum Alexandra?.
" Bictoniense superba.
" cirrhosum.
" cordatum.
" cristatum.
" Chestertoni.
" Doniaaum.
" gloriosum.
Halli.
Jenningsianum. " maculatum superbum, " membranaceum.
Odontoglossum nrcvium majus. " Pescatorei.
" Roezlii.
" Itossii majus.
" " " roseum.
" Uro-Skinneri.
" triumphans.
Oncidium Cavendishii. " cucullatum.
" concolor.
" macrantbum.
" serratum.
Pbalaenopsis amabilis.
" grandiflora.
,, Schilleriana.
Saccolabium violaceum. Sophronites grandiflora. Vanda suavis (Veitch's var.) " tricolor. ,, " insignis.
" " (Dalkeith var).
Orchids In Bloom #1
At Craigleith Nurseries, Edinburgh.
" boxallii.
Cattleya citrina. Coelogyne cristata. Dendrobium chrysotoxum.
" crepidatum.
" crystalliuum.
" densiflorurn.
" cambridgeanum.
" Bensoniae.
" Jamesianum.
" luteolum.
" nobile.
" Wallichii.
" Pierardi.
" primulinum.
" " giganteum.
" Kingianum.
" tortile.
" Wardianum.
" " (line var).
Epidendrum vitellinum majus.
Lycaste Skinneri, fine variety. Masdevallia Lindeni.
" ignea.
Mesospinidium sanguineum. Odontoglossum Alexandrae (many fine varieties). " cirrhosum.
" naevium.
" Peseatorei, (many fine varieties). " pulchellum majus.
" Roezlii album.
" roseum.
Oncidium concolor. " cucullatum.
" sarcodes.
Phalaenopsis grandiflora. " Schilleriana.
Sophronites grandiflora. Zygopetalum Mackayi.
" intermedium.
April 16.
J. Cole.
Orchids In Bloom #2
At Newbattle Gardens, May 10th, 1SS1.
AErides Fieldingi. Cattleya citrina. " Mossiae. Cypripedium barbatum. Dendrobium Bensoniae.
" chrysotoxura.
" crystallinum.
" Dalhousianum.
" densiflorum.
" Devonianum.
" Falconeri.
" Jamesianum.
" literiflorum.
Epidendrum vitellinum majus. Gongora maculata. Lama purpurata. Lvcaste Skinnerii. Masdevallia amabilis.
Masdevallia bella.
" Harryana.
" iguea.
" Lindenii.
" Veitchiana.
Odontoglossum Alexandrae. " cirrhosum.
" Hallii.
" Pescatorei.
" Roezlii.
Oncidium concolor. " flexuosum.
" Welltonii.
Phajus grandiflolius. Saccolabium ampullaceum. Vanda gigantea. " suavis. " tricolor.
W. Priest.
[One of the varieties of Odontoglossum - Pescatorei - at Newbattle, is the most distinct and beautiful we have ever seen, the peculiarity of its markings being a large purplish blotch, or rather spot, in the centre of each petal, which makes it very effective and distinct. Anent the price of Orchids in those days, a small plant of a new Cattleya was sold a few days ago by Messrs Thomson & Sons, of Tweed Vineyard, for 200 guineas. - Ed].
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