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pouch at the hase of the Lahellum, short and inflated,
2-lohed, of a transparent flesh-colour. Anther joined
to the point of the stigma ; lohes diverging, and opening
in front for the exclusion of the Pollen masses, which
are pedicled and attached at the hase.
This curious plant was imported from North America
last Winter, and was procured for Mr. Colvill,
with several other Orchideoiis plants from the same
country, by Mr. George Charlwood. It thrives well
with us at present in a pot of red sandy loam, and we
are in hopes that it will ripen its seeds. The seeds of
the different species of Orchideæ have heen generally
supposed to be very difficult to make grow, but we
have succeeded well in raising some of them, and have
no doubt but the whole might be raised in the same
way ; we have now a pot of seedlings of Cymbidium
ensifolium thriving very well, and we managed them
in the following manner : in October last, we filled a
pot with peat earth, within half an inch of the brim,
we then planted it all over with small turfs of very
short moss, on the moss we scattered our seeds, and
washed them in between the blades with watering
them ; we then placed them in the hothouse, and
managed them in the same manner as any other common
seeds, watering them occasionally when dry ; the
moss continued to grow, and the latter end of April
the young plants began to make their appearance, and
others still continue to show themselves. If sown in
any other way, we think them not so likely to succeed,
the seed being so very small, that they will soon lose
their vegetating quality.
1. Germen. 2. The 5 leaflets of the Perianthium. 3. Labellum, showing
its 3 short blunt teeth. 4. Spur or Pouch. S. Anther, showing its diverging
lohes, each burst, showing the pedicled Pollen masses attached to the base, and
freed from the Anther, all magnified.
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