. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1907- Th E American Florist. 171 live long. Like D. Phala;nopsis it likes a small pot or pan and the growing treatment is identical, except that D. Wardianum grows in early spring and summer, must be thoroughly ripened by exposure to sun in autumn and needs a thorougn rest during the winter. These are perhaps the three best dendrobes for cutting, though the old D. nobile and its varieties, D. Dearei, D. Devonianum and D. Bensonia; are good. The ever-green D. thyrsiflorum and its allies are beau- tiful plants but o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1907- Th E American Florist. 171 live long. Like D. Phala;nopsis it likes a small pot or pan and the growing treatment is identical, except that D. Wardianum grows in early spring and summer, must be thoroughly ripened by exposure to sun in autumn and needs a thorougn rest during the winter. These are perhaps the three best dendrobes for cutting, though the old D. nobile and its varieties, D. Dearei, D. Devonianum and D. Bensonia; are good. The ever-green D. thyrsiflorum and its allies are beau- tiful plants but of little use for cutting. Odontosflossum Grande. This is one of the finest of the odon- toglossums, one of the most easily grown and a splendid garden orchid in every respect. The accompanying illus- tration, from a photograph taken in the greenhouses at Lincoln park, Chicago, shows what a fine subject it is for grouping with ferns and foliage plants and the large handsome flowers, so free- ly produced, are excellent for cutting. From the color of these, yellow, striped with rich chestnut, the plant takes its name of tiger orchid. With most odontoglossums the worst trouble in tliis countrv is keeping the houses sufficiently cool in summer and this accounts for the often unsatisfac- tory state of such fine species as O. Pescatorei and O. crispum. Although doubtless O. grande would be equally happv in a lower temperature than it is sometimes treated to, yet the heat does not affect it to the same degree as it does the species mentioned above and other Colombian kinds. Coming from dense forests in Guatemala, O. grande likes a fairly heavy shade in summer, but in winter the plants must be kept well up to the light. As to tem- perature, the nearer it is kept to 60° by day the better all the year round, for in its native haunts the temperature does not vary so much day and night or win- ter and summer as in more northern climes. O. grande usually commences to grow- in late summer an
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