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duces its very showy flowers, generally twice a year, in spring 

 and in autumn ; the blossoms grow in long spikes, and are of a 

 yellowish green colour, dotted all over with dark brown. It is 

 best grown in a pot in fibry peat and half-decayed leaves, and 

 placed in a dry, warm part of the house. The flowers (scent- 

 less) remain long iu perfection. 



21. Vunda teres. — This beautiful Vanda comes from the 

 hotter parts of India, and flowers from June to August ; the 

 flowers are tolerably large, variously coloured with red, yellow, 

 and white. It does best fastened to a long, rugged branch, 

 surrounded with very fibry peat, and suspended in the hottest 

 and dampest part of the house during the growing season ; 

 afterwards it should be kept less moist, but equally warm, as it 

 needs but little repose. The flowers remain long in perfection, 

 and are very fragrant. 



22. Softicaria (Maxillaria) Steelii. — A Demerara plant, 

 which produces large solitary flowers from June to September ; 

 they are dull reddish yellow, blotched or marbled with deep 

 purple. It delights in a block, surrounded with veiy fibry peat, 

 and should be suspended from the roof, where there is plenty 

 of heat and moisture, during tlie growing season. Its flowers 

 are very fragrant. 



23. Stanhopea tigrina. — This extraordinary looking thing 

 and its varieties come from Guatemala and Mexico ; it flowers 

 from June to August ; the blossoms are pendulous, very large, 

 pale yellow, banded and blotched all over with dull, purplish 

 brown, which is more intense in some varieties than in others. 

 It succeeds best on a forked block in fibry peat and half-decayed 

 leaves, and it should be suspended from the roof in the coolest 

 and driest part of the house ; in the growing season, however, 

 it should have a liberal supply of moisture and plenty of heat. 

 Its flowers only remain in perfection two or three days ; they 

 smell strongly. 



24. Stanhopea grandiflora is a Demerara species, and flowers 

 in July and August ; the blossoms are white, very large and 

 pendulous. Like the preceding, it should be grown on a block 

 and in a similar situation. Its flowers remain but two or three 

 days in perfection ; it is very fragrant. 



25. Itenanthcra coccinea. — A handsome Chinese Orchid, 

 which flowers in June and July, and even later ; the flowers, 

 orange scarlet, are produced in large panicles. It does best 



