Plate 548. 

 BURLINGTONIA CANDIDA. 



This very lovely Orchid is by no means a new plant, as it has 

 been known for the last forty years, but having been recently 

 lirought forward by the Messrs. Veitch, it has, like a great 

 many other neglected plants, been welcomed as much as if it 

 were a novelty. 



The genus Burlingtonia does not contain, as many of the 

 family of Orchids do, a large number of species, but they are 

 gems of great beauty. We have the pretty Burlingtonia decora, 

 and its still more lovely variety pida, with its pure white 

 ground, and its sepals and j^etals marked with rich deep purple 

 mottliugs. There is little doubt that, like many of the 

 Orchids, such as Lycaste Skinneri and Odontoglosmvi Alexandra, 

 it varies in its natural state, while the snowy whiteness of 

 Candida makes it interesting to all who adm.ire pui'ity as well 

 as brilliancy of colour. 



The Burlingtonias all delight in a high temperature when 

 growing, and succeed best when fastened to blocks of wood 

 with a little moss attached. They equally delight in a cool 

 dry state when at rest. 



