specimens in my collection, which place the question beyond 

 all doubt. There was no sign of the yellow colour, which is 

 so conspicuous a mark of the labellum in the Indian draw- 

 ing, the pink veins were much deeper, and the flowers were 

 arranged in a dense, imbricated, nodding, many-flowered 

 raceme. 



In a young state the plant is very remarkable for the 

 light blue appearance of all its parts, and for the broad, 

 round, amplexicaul, scale-like leaves which appear upon the 

 stem when it first begins to lengthen. 



The accompanying drawing was made at Messrs. Lod- 

 diges in July 1837. 



It requires to be grown in a moist stove, or orchidaceous 

 house, which is always shaded during bright sunshine in 

 summer, otherwise the leaves will become yellow and have a 

 sickly appearance. 



The pots into which it is put must be well drained, in 

 order to carry off superfluous moisture. The best soil is a 

 rich brown peat, well chopped up and mixed with some sub- 

 stance which will keep it open, and allow the water to pass 

 freely through ; clean cinders or broken pots answer the pur- 

 pose very well. It will bear a free supply of water during 

 the growing season, and may then be syringed once or twice 

 every day ; but late in autumn, or during the dull weather 

 in winter, very little water is required, the object at that 

 season being to keep the plant as torpid as possible. 



The best season for dividing it for purposes of propaga- 

 tion is in spring, just before it begins to grow. 



