Orchids, natives of tropical America, growing in hot, dry places, 
and producing their showy flowers on the apex of eee reed- 
like stems, which rise from fascicles of thick, fleshy, interlacing 
roots. It requires to be kept in the warm division of the 
Orchid-house, and grows freely in a mixture of light loam and 
sandy peat. On account of its roots not going deep, it should 
be grown in a wide shallow pot, which must be well drained, so 
as to allow water to be given freely in summer without risk of © 
the soil becoming saturated. It is increased by division of the 
roots ; but, in doing this, great caution is necessary, for, on 
account of their compact interlacing,.they are not easily separated 
without injury. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. The lip. 2. The column :—magnified. 
