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ORCHID - GROWER S MANUAL. 



0. Pieicheiiheimii. — This is a strong, free-growing, and 

 handsome species ; it grows a foot or more high, sending up 

 its branched spike some two or three feet in length ; sepals 

 and petals j^ellow, clouded with green, and barred with 

 purplish brown ; the lip varies in colour very much ; in some 



ODO>TOGLOSSUM RADIATCM. 

 [For description see page 241.) 



varieties it is quite dark, in others light purple. This when 

 weU-grown makes a fine specimen. Native of Mexico. 



0, retusiim. — This is not a magnificent large-flowered 

 species, but is well worth a place in a collection on account 

 of the profusion of flowers it produces during winter. It is 

 a dwarf-growing plant, producing a branching spike which 



