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TliK VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



FLOWERING TIMES OF ORCHIDS. 



By C. M. Maplestone. 



In a recent paper on the above subject by Mr. C. French, jun., the 

 hope was expressed that other members of our Club would publish 

 their observations on the flowering times of the Victorian orchids. 

 This order of plants has been a favourite study of mine for many 

 years past, during which I have accumulated a quantity of 

 notes respecting their flowering times, and have thus been 

 enabled to draw up an " Orchid Calendar." My notes having 

 been made in various parts of the colony consequently give a 

 greater range of flowering times than those recorded by Mr. 

 C. French, whose observations were chiefly confined to the 

 Melbourne district. As these additional records might be some- 

 what misleading by themselves, in the table herewith is given 

 the whole of the Victorian orchids, with their flowering times, 

 principally from my own observations, but including also all 

 records of such in the Victorian Naturalist to date. It will be 

 seen from the list that there are still several species whose 

 flowering times have not yet been recorded in the Naturalist, 

 and the attention of the student is thus directed to its 

 deficiencies. 



Orchid Calendar. 



