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ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. 



0. Wallisii. — A plant belonging to the 0. Lindleyanuni 

 section, but superior to that species ; the spike is many- 

 flowered ; sepals and petals soft yellow, streaked with reddish 

 brown ; Hp white, purplish-violet in front, and streaked with 

 the same colour at the base. It blooms during winter. 

 Native of New Grenada. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM WARXERIAXUM. 



0, Warnerianum. — This very handsome species is sup- 

 posed to be a native of Mexico. It flowered first in the fine 

 collection of R. Warner, Esq., of Broomfield. The plant is 

 dwarf in habit, and the scape, which is longer than the leaves, 

 bears four or five flowers ; sepals and petals pure white, with 

 a few brown spots ; lip white, shaded with rose, vy-ith a yellow 

 blotch at the base. A very rare species ; beautifully figared in 

 the Second Series of Warner's " Select Orchidaceous Plants,'' 



