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CALANTHE VKSTITA. 



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• .-.umucl by the ,,,„„„. of «hc leave* The !.,„,, „,,„,„ 0I1 „, , p^o^b, ;ilT . ( „ M . 



ZE5£ ""' ft™. *•* "*« <**"• *"«•! I* <"'- - w»"te. m >,.,„.. form. pure, i„ other. 



i I ^ , " '"' ' nu ^ l,M '" " *~ *»* Th« «P» h *« .l-i «hc Up, filiform 



XT 4 "" C0,0mn u , "'"" 1 to «'"■ «■> h > '» -"ole length ; and there , i,,,, poUcn . ini J ( „,„. rjll , 



r ™:; ,>im ' ''™; ****? ' 1m - »"»» «•■'"-■■ ' ' Specks o/Ofd.idac P/^ 26 0; ft; Pott, 









Flu, remarkable plant, of which two form, am here rcpreeeatcd, is a native of .he Burma* empire, 

 Moulmciu, Mcrgui, and Tavoy. and according io lteichcnbach also of Java. It was first introduced by Messrs 

 1 citcli and Son. and subcnucnily by Ucssrs. Rolliaon. It i» a very beautiful Orchid, Ibc only defect which 

 c m be charged against ii as a garden plant being it* habit of towering when the leave* are either impcrfecl 

 or wanting, 



H is a beautiful terrestrial species, exceedingly useful for the decoration of our Orchid bouse .hiring ihe 

 dull autumnal months, being a free-blooming plant, and continuing B considerable time in flower When 

 Erst flowered by the Messrs. Vcitch and Bon, and exhibited before the Horticultural Society, the plant caused 

 quite a sensation among*! Orchid gm»er*. who were all anxious to procure it. Then it was urv rare; but 

 n..w it b n plentiful that every cultivator may ixKass it at a small expense. We are confident thai it 

 "ill become most extensively grown, for every one who has a Imuse at all healed may cultivate it, and by 

 having a number of bulbs, an Orchid bouse may be kept gay lor several months by flowering then in 



succession. The figure which forms our present illustration was take., from » well-growi. plant in- the 



collection of Messrs. Low and Co.. of Clapton, who have lately imported a considerable quantity of ibis, 

 together with many other line species. We are not aide to show the graceful habit of the spike, which is 

 too long for our page. The habit is drooping, and though at the flowering period destitute of leaves, yet in- 

 termixed with foliage plants, such as Ferns, Draocnas, etc, or other Orchids with, foliage, the plant'- have 

 a very fine effect. 



Oilanlhe vaiita has a distinct character of it* own. It i* deciduous, losing it- haves about the time 

 it blossoms. There are but few Calanthe* which grow like this ; in fact WC only know of out- other, namely 

 C. IVlc/ni, raised by Mr. Dominy,— a most lovely hybrid, the result of a crass between dlanlhe talita 

 and LimatoiktrtHea. The varieties of Cvcttitu differ but little from cad, other, one being pure white, 

 one bavin- a s lt ot a! the bnsc of the lip forming a yellow oyc, and a third a similar sint of crimson. 



