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Nanodes. 



N. MeduscB. — This is a very rare, most extraordinary, and 

 beautiful plant, very distinct in habit from any other Orchid 

 I have seen. There is no bulb to support it, only a woody 

 stem with light green leaves on both sides, which are about 

 three inches long ; flowers large terminal, produced two or 

 more together ; sepals and petals light green, tinged with 

 brown ; lip large and spreading, deeply fringed round the 

 margin, rich maroon in colour, except towards the base, where 

 it is green. It is a plant well worth growing, and will require 

 to be grown on a block, or in a basket with moss and peat, 

 and kept very cool, as it is a native of the higher Andes of 

 Western S. America. 



Odoxtoglossum. 



To this magnificent genus of Orchids so many fine additions- 

 have of late years been made, that it now contains some of 

 the showiest species in cultivation. It is a large genus, many 

 of the species producing flowers of inferior merit ; but those- 

 here described are worthy of a place in every collection. All 

 of them are evergreen ; some have stout, thick pseudobulbs, 

 very compact in growth, while others have small bulbs, with 

 small narrow leaves. All produce their flower spikes from the 

 base of the pseudobulbs, and require an intermediate or cool- 

 house to grow them luxuriantly. With the exception of 0. cit- 

 rosmum and 0. PhalcEnopsis, 0. Pioezlii, 0. Texillarium ^ 

 which thrive best with the Cattleijas, I find them succeed best 

 in a cool-house, the temperature of which ranges from 45° to 

 55°. Some are best grown on blocks, while others do best in 

 pots, in peat and moss mixed together, with good drainage, a 

 liberal supply of water at the roots being required during the 



