will be quite sufficient. It will grow very well amongst turfy 

 peat in a pot ; but we prefer suspending it in a forked block 

 of wood, and allowing the long leaves to hang gracefully down, 

 as they do in its native woods. If grown in this way, the 

 cultivator must fix it firmly to the block, and pack the roots 

 all round with turfy peat or sphagnum, and take care that it 

 is freely watered, particularly when it is growing. Plants 

 which are hung up in this manner are not likely to suffer 

 from too much water. 



It is propagated in the usual way, by division. 



The other species of this section are the following j viz. 



O. brachyphyllum ; foliis crassissimis brevibus erectis acutis, panicula laxa 

 pauciflora, sepalis petalisque obovatis acuminatis longe unguiculatis, 

 labelli lobis lateralibus patentibus ovalibus acutis intermedio reniformi 

 emarginato longioribus, tuberculo tricorni subverrucoso, columnse alis 

 sublunatis brevibus rotundatis. 



This is a Mexican species, with very short stiff leaves 



and smaller panicles, not above eighteen inches high 



O ascendens ; foliis erectis junceis, scapo stricto paniculate sequalibus, sepalis 

 petalisque obovatis obtusis concavis, labelli lobis lateralibus nanis erectis 

 intermedio reniformi emarginato, tuberculo ovato 7-dentato, columnse 

 alis linearibus integerrimis incur vis. 



This is from Guatemala, and has much the habit of 

 O. Cebolleta ; but the linear wings of the column, the small 

 erect lateral lobes of the lip, and the many-toothed tubercle 

 distinguish it at once. 



0. Cebolleta. Suprk fol. 1994. 



Of this there are several varieties, one of which has the 



back of the lip covered with crimson spots, and another has 

 no spots at all. 



O. nudum. Supra fol. 1994. 



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