The Orchid Album, Volume 1 Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants

The treatment which we find to suit the plant, is to grow it in a basket suspended from the roof, as it requires and enjoys all the light that can be given to it; but, of course...

_Cattleya Morganæ_ requires the same treatment as _C. Mendelii_ and _C. Mossiæ_, and will thrive well, grown either in a pot or basket, planted in good fibrous peat and sphagnum...

There can be no doubt that the species of _Phalænopsis_ rank amongst our finest Orchids, on account of the purity and soft tinting of their blossoms and the profusion in which t...

Lælia autumnalis atrorubens.—It is highly gratifying to find that this splendid variety of _Lælia autumnalis_, is becoming more plentiful, and that it keeps up its original char...

These Calanthes are very accommodating, since they will thrive well in baskets suspended from the roof, as well as in pots suspended by wire in the same way as the baskets; they...

Cattleya gigas and C. Dowiana.—These _Cattleyas_ have been considered to be shy-flowering species, and we have sometimes found them to be so in our own experience, but we are be...

Orchids at Arnot Hill.—We append a few notes on the Orchids at Arnot Hill, near Nottingham, the residence of C. G. Hill, Esq., a gentleman who is forming a fine collection of th...

The temperature best suited for this plant is that of the cool Orchid-house. We have found it succeed well in pots in a compost of good fibrous peat, with plenty of drainage. It...

This very distinct variety is one which will become very useful in the decoration of our cool Orchid houses, for as the white-flowered varieties of _Odontoglossum Alexandræ_ and...

Raised Blinds for Orchid Houses.—During the summer months we have found Raised Blinds very beneficial to the growth of Orchids, especially to those requiring cool-house culture....

There is at Downside a grand collection of _Phalænopsids_, which are especially well managed by Mr. Woolford, the gardener. They are great favourites with Mr. Lee, and he has bu...

CONDUCTED BY ROBERT WARNER, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., Author of SELECT ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS, AND BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., Author of the ORCHID-GROWERS’ MANUAL, etc.

The Princess of Wales’ Odontoglossum, one of the most beautiful and one of the most useful of Orchids, was found in the province of Bogota, in New Grenada, at an altitude of fro...