It enjoys the hot house with Vandas ...

It enjoys the hot house with Vandas ...

It enjoys the hot house with Vandas and Phalaenopsis.

(Listing and descriptions of species of this genus may be found on page 122.

) Catasetum is a genus that is of special interest not because of its beauty, but because of the weird shape of its flowers and the amazing contrivances used in pollination.

It is seldom seen in collections.

It is definitely epiphytic, producing aerial roots in profusion; it is sympodial and native to Central America.

When the plant was originally found, it was thought that the male flower-producing plant and the female were two separate species.

Green, yellow, and brown predominate in the color scheme of the flowers.

An intermediate house serves.

Trichopelia is another genus, of largely botanical interest.

The plants are dwarf and evergreen.

They have fleshy pseudobulbs and leaves and showy, curiously shaped flowers, usually bearing tubular-shaped lips.

An intermediate or hot house will serve.

/Listing and descriptions of species may be found on page 122.

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