Plate 390. 

 EPIDENDRUM DBAGTJENSE. 



Although not by any means one of the mosi shewy of those 

 ( >rchids which have recently been either introduced or reintro- 

 duced into this country, owing to the impulse that has been 

 given to Orchid-growing by the introduction of the method of 

 cool treatment adopted of late years, yet are there some points 

 in connection with it which will, we think, tend to give it a 

 place amongst those more showy kinds which are such gene- 

 ral favourites. 



The colour of the flowers is not a usual one amongst 

 Orchids; their scarlet-orange tint, contrasted with the deep 

 yellow of the lip, tends to give it a very rich appearance, 

 while the terminal clusters of which they consist add to 

 their appearance. Then, like Epidendrum vitelh'num, it blos- 

 soms early in the year, and indeed in the winter months, when 

 every flower is a valuable addition from the scarcity that prevails 

 at that period; while, from its habitat, it easily adapts itself to 

 the cool treatment under which so many of the Orchids have 

 thriven of late years. All these are qualities which cannot fail 

 to recommend it to that class of Orchid growers whose means 

 are limited, and who cannot therefore indulge in an East Indian 



house. 



We are informed by the Messrs. Backhouse and Sons, of 

 the well-known firm at York, by whose permission we figure it, 

 that "Epidmdrum Ibaguense is from the elevated regions of the 

 Cordilleras of Ecuador ; it grows very freely in our 'Mexican 

 house," where the thermometer falls to 40° or lower in winter. 

 We find it succeed best on branches exposed to rather strong 

 light though shaded in measure from the hot sun. It should 



