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the outside. It should be grown in peat and sphagnum, and 

 kept in the cool-house. The flowers are produced during 

 the latter part of summer and beginning of autumn. Native 

 of Ecuador. 



0. incurvum. — A pretty distinct dwarf Orchid, producing 

 white and brown flowers during autumn and winter ; it lasts 

 long in beauty, and is best grown in a pot with peat. This 

 is a very fine species when well grown. I have seen it 

 growing in a cool-house, and bearing twenty-five spikes, two 

 feet high, and a charming plant it was. Native of Mexico. 



0. Kramerianum. — A very fine Orchid, somewhat in habit 

 like 0. Papilio ; the pseudobulbs are very dark, the leaves 

 brightly spotted. It makes a long, knotty-jointed flower 

 spike, with flowers the same shape and colour as the before- 

 mentioned species, but instead of being banded with the rich 

 dark brown on the yellow, the darker colour is distributed 

 over the flower in a profusion of spots. The margin of the 

 lip is beautifully undulate. It keeps blooming from the top 

 of the spike for years, and it is often in beauty. Native of 

 Central America. 



0. Lanceanum. — A remarkably handsome and distinct 

 plant, with beautifully spotted foliage ; flowers large, and 

 produced on a stifi" spike about a foot or more high ; sepals 

 and petals bright yellow, blotched with crimson ; lip rich 

 violet. Of this plant there are two varieties, one having the 

 lip almost white. It blooms during the summer months, 

 lasting four or five weeks in good condition, if the flowers 

 are kept free from damp. This is best grown on a block or 

 in a basket, with moss or peat, and makes a splendid plant 

 for exhibition ; but we seldom see it in good condition. 

 Native of Guiana. 



0. leopardinum. — A very free-flowering and pretty Orchid. 

 It is a compact-growing species, and produces flower spikes 



