Cool Orchids and How to Grow Them (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...form of the above, with delicate rosy-violet flowers. L. albida (Guatemala, 1838).--This is a free-flowering species, similar in habit to the beautiful L. autumnalis. It grows well on a block of "virgin cork" or Acacia. Flowers borne on a slender scape from one to two feet long; individual blooms one and a half to two inches across; greenish when they first expand, afterwards becoming a clear white; lip white, with a streak of lemon-yellow on the disc. Flowers in December or January, lasting a month or five weeks. Like the last, its crystalline flowers are useful for bouquets, as they remain fresh a long time after being removed from the plant. L. anccps (Mexico, 1834).--Pseudo-bulbs from four to six inches long, angular, one leaved; leaves oblong, dark green. Flower-scape from two to four feet long, four or five flowered; flowers from two to four inches across; colour rosy lilac, with a crimson velvet lip, having a golden trilobed crest down its centre; flowers perfumed, lasting for four to six weeks in perfection. Strong plants produce an abundant supply of bloom in December. a. L. anceps Barkeriana is a richer coloured variety but scarce. b. L. anceps Baiosoni.--This is a strikingly beautiful variety of the normal type, from which it differs in having pure white sepals and petals, and a white lip, with a bright purple blotch on its apex. A rare and desirable plant. L. autumnalis (Mexico, 1836).--In habit something like L. anceps, but its bulbs are two-leaved and not so angular, and its leaves are narrower. Scapes from one to two feet long, bearing from two to five flowers of a light but bright rosy lilac colour, with a rich crimson-purple lip. This is one of the best of winter blooming Orchids, and is most deliciously perfumed. Mowers in Novemb...