It also hybridizes freely with Oncidium to ...

It also hybridizes freely with Oncidium to ...

It also hybridizes freely with Oncidium to form Odontocidium.

(Listing and descriptions of species may be found on pages 117-19.

) Stanhopea is an interesting genus.

It is epiphytic and sympodial, with large, showy, fragrant flowers, and has the habit of throwing the flower spike from the bottom of the plant, so that it requires potting in a basket.

The flowers, not prolific, have a peculiar waxy texture and are disappointingly short-lived.

If cut immediately and placed in water they will last a little longer.

The fleshy prominent lip and organs for reproduction display many surprising shapes in the different species.

The plants are pseudobulbous and have dark green leaves.

Either an intermediate or cooler house will serve.

(Listing and descriptions of species of this genus may be found on page 119.

) The genus Miltonia has very fragile-looking plants, the pseudo-bulbs so pale a green as to appear transparent and the delicate foliage closely adhering to the pseudobulbs at the base and feathering out at the top.

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Stay tuned for more orchid-growing advice tomorrow! :)




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