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The flowers of this species, like those of nil the others belonging to tiro genus, arc thick and firm in 

 IcxturCj and waxy in appearance, \A< those of Chym bractetcens and Chi/m Limminghii % they could be 

 easily pocked to travels and na the} 1 are wry handsome, distinct, and showy, the plnnl would prove an 

 excellent one for exhibition purposes. 



This species succeed* best when grown in baskets and suspended from the root aad should be planted 

 in :i mixture of good fibroid peat and pieces of charcoal, with a little live apluignum moss On the surface. 

 It is a native of Guatemala and Mexico, and should be grown cither in the East Indian or Oatticyn house, 

 when the bloom i* past* ami while the young stems are swelling lo maturity ; but after this, U should Ik* 

 placed in a cooler house, and the copious supply of water requisite for it during the season of growth nuixt 

 be diminished to just Hifficient to keep the pscudobulb* from Celling. 



The plant is easily propagated bv division, separating the old stems as toon as they have fin; 

 flowering. The only insect* by which the plants of this genus an* liable to be infested arc, Ihc rod spider, 



nietiincs the thrips, but these are easily destroyed if ordinary care mul vigilance are bestowed upon Lho 

 iw of tin* will-known remedies* 





