Identifier: orchidgrowersman00inwill (find matches)
Title: The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Williams, Benjamin Samuel, 1822-1890
Subjects: Orchids
Publisher: London : Victoria and Paradise Nurseries
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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my white ; the petals are larger,suborbicular and undulated, rosy magenta, lighter towardsthe margins ; the lip is large, cucullate, bright rosy magenta,strongly veined, the throat orange striped and spotted withcrimson, with a conical spur at the base, and a rounded,dilated and emarginate apex. The racemes of flowers issuedirectly from the stems at a point opposite the leaves. It israther a shy-flowering species with most people, but we thinkthis may be traced to the plant being too much dried upduring the growing season. We have found that the best wayto cultivate and flower it successfully is to place the pots whichcontain the plants under a covering of damp sphagnum mossin a warm sunny house, as near the glass as possible. Anabundance of water and air should be given to it while it is 609 making its growth ; when at rest less will suffice.—Burmah;Martaban ; Sylhet; Khasya. YlGr.—Bot. Mag., t. 4114; Bot.Reg.,t. 1809; Paxton, Mag. Bot., v. 193,with tab.; Rev. Hurt., 1856, t. 22.
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VANDA TERES. Y. teres Andersoni, Williams.—k very fine variety of thishandsome and distinct species. It has the same habit ofgrowth as the type, but is far more free in blooming, pro-ducing its flowers when quite young. The racemes are teninches in length, and bear from five to six flowers, which arericher and deeper in colour than in the old form. Thisplant is magnificently grown by J. Broome, Esq., WoodLawn, Didsbury, whose specimen, which was trained cylin-drically, produced last year over two hundred and fiftyflowers, and was a grand object.—Sylhet. Fig.—Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, iii. t. 2. c c 3 610 orchid-geowers sianual. T. teres aurora, Rchh. f.—A very pretty variety ; sepalswhite; petals white with a slight rosy tint; throat light ochre-colour with rosy lobes, which are furnished with two rows ofsmall purple dots ; column light rose purple.—Sijlhet. V. teres Candida, Rchb. f.—A distinct and beautiful formwhich was first flowered by Mr. Whittaker, gardener to LordCrew

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