high temperature, and to be kept rather moist. It thrives 
pretty well when placed on the branch of an old apple tree, 
to which it soon attaches itself by means of its long, clasp- 
ing, round, ash-coloured roots. 
** Descr. Pseudo-bulbs one-leaved, roundish-oblong, alter- 
nate, dark green, nearly concealed by the thin, sheathing, 
brownish covering in which they are enveloped, becoming 
when old flattish, compressed, and wrinkled. Leaves ovate, 
sessile, smooth, thick and leathery, rather more than an inch 
long, and three-fourths of an inch broad, cordate at the 
base, slightly pointed, and of a rich green colour. Scape 
short and round, issuing from the base of the leaves, on our 
plant four-flowered, but on the old specimens they appear- 
ed to have been eight or nine, with a small“acuminate, per- 
sistent bracte at the base of each. Pedicels round, thicken- 
ing outwardly, of a greenish-orange as well as the buds, 
which are triangular and pointed. Sepals spreading, ovate- 
oblong, acute, of a bright reddish-orange. Petals similar 
in form and colour, but rather broader and rounder at the 
point. .When the flower has been some time open, both 
sepals and petals become reflexed. Labelluma little shorter 
than the petals, and of a paler orange, ovate acuminate, 
slightly concave, with the edges turned up so as to embrace 
the column on each side, and having two, somewhat reni- 
form, fleshy protuberances at its base. Colwmn about half 
the length of the labellum, roundish above, with two wings 
beneath tipped with dark pink. Anther-case brownish-red, 
two-celled, containing four pairs of thin, ovate-acuminate, 
yellow, pollen-masses in each.” 
I am indebted to Mr. Boorn, of the Carclew Gardens, 
for the above description and for the drawing from which 
the plate was engraved. - 
