received from Mrs. Macdonnell, in 1843. The pseudo-bulbs 
grow in dense clusters a foot and a half long, swollen and annu- 
lated, terete, tapering upwards, terminated by two, rarely three, 
oblong, spreading, coriaceous Jeaves. Peduncle terminal, very 
long, bearing a panicle (of which our figure represents but a 
branch) of large showy bright-coloured flowers. Sepals and 
petals equal, spreading, oblong, waved, obtuse; palish purple 
without, deeper and redder purple within, streaked with darker 
lines, tipped with green. vp large: two side-lobes much the 
largest, pale without, streaked towards the edge with purple; 
within orange (except a pale line down the centre), streaked and 
reticulated with dark purple: middle lobe white stained with 
yellow, having a broad purple border. Column thick, about 
half the length of the lip. Azther-case notched. W. J. H. 
Curr. This is a rather slow-growing epiphyte, requiring the 
temperature of the warm Orchideous house. It may be either 
grown on a block of wood suspended from the roof, or in a 
shallow pot or basket, filled with a thin layer of turfy peat mixed 
with potsherds in sufficient quantity to keep the peat open and 
from becoming retentive of moisture. Shading during summer 
requires to be attended to; and in winter, care must be taken 
that the plant does not suffer from any excess of atmospheric 
moisture. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Column. 2. Pollen-masses :—imagnified. 
