24 TREATMENT OF EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS, 



stems from five to seven feet in length ; the blossoms are large 

 and bright rosy purple. It succeeds best fastened on a large 

 rugged block hung up in a cool airy part of the house, where it 

 can have plenty of light and little moisture. The fliowers remain 

 a long time in perfection. [A specimen in the Garden of the 

 Society has had seven such spikes open at the same time — a 

 spectacle of unrivalled beauty.] 



16. Lcelia Perrinii. — An elegant plant from Brazil, which 

 flowers in October and November ; the blossoms, three or four 

 together, are produced on short stems, and are light purple witli 

 a crimson lip. It is best grown in a pot, in fibry peat and 

 half-decayed leaves, in a cool part of the house, where there is 

 but little moisture, except in the growing season, at which time 

 it requires a liberal supply of both that and heat. The flowers 

 remain a considerable time in perfection, and are somewhat 

 fragrant. 



17. Lcelia anceps. — A beautiful Mexican species, which 

 flowers in November and December ; the blooms arci produced, 

 two or tliree together, at the end of a slender stem, two or three 

 feet in length ; they are large, rosy lilac, with the lip veined 

 with crimson and yellow. It succeeds best on a rugged block, 

 surrounded with fibry peat and suspended in a cool, airy, light 

 part of the house. Its flowers remain long in perfection; they 

 are but slightly fragrant. 



18. Ccelogyne cristata. — A native of the Khoosea hills of 

 India ; it flowers in April and May ; the blossoms, somewliat 

 large, are white and yellow, stained in some parts with pink. 

 It is best grown upon a block, surrounded with fibry peat and 

 half-decayed leaves, and placed in a cool, airy part of the house. 

 Its flowers remain long in perfection, and are very fragrant. 



19. Cvelogyne Wallickkma. — A charming little Orchid from 

 the same locality as the last ; it flowers in September and 

 October, and is one of the dwarfest, not being more than 

 two or three inches in height ; nevertheless, it has very large 

 solitary, deep rose-coloured flowers. It succeeds best on a 

 block, surrounded with fibry peat and half-decayed leaves, and 

 placed in a cool, airy part of the house, near the light ; it 

 requires much attention, the pseudo-bulbs being so very small, 

 to keep it in good gro^Wng condition. The flowers remain long 

 in perfection ; they are not very fragrant. 



20. Brassia macrostachya comes from Demerara, and pro- 



