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with those of P. grandiflora, the flowers are small, but the 

 sepals and petals are round, white tinged with rose, and the 

 lip is a beautiful bright rose suffused with mauve. Though a 

 small plant, it produces a good spike of flowers. It is not so 

 robust in growth as many species, and requires to be kept 

 near the glass, so that it may get an abundance of light. 



P. Lilddemanniana. — A native of the Philippine Islands. 

 The whole plant is very similar to P. rosea in general appear- 

 ance ; the leaves are eight inches or more in length ; the 

 flower stem several feet long ; sepals and petals white, beauti- 

 fully barred with amethyst, the centre of the lip being richly 

 marked vaih. deep violet. There is no doubt this will prove 

 itself, by cultivation, a very much more ornamental species 

 than we have hitherto supposed. The spikes are sometimes 

 two feet long, and last in bloom for two months. This species 

 produces young plants on the flower spikes more freely than 

 any other kind. 



P. Mannii. — A very pretty novelty, having yellow flowers 

 about two inches in diameter, the sepals and petals being 

 conspicuously blotched and spotted with rich brown. The 

 lip is very singular, the lateral lobes being erect, white, 

 streaked with pui-ple, while the central lobe is lunate and 

 fringed. This species is far prettier than its allies P. fuscata 

 and P. cornucervi. 



P. rosea. — A small- flowering but very pretty species from 

 Manilla. It grows in the same way as P. grandijiora, but is 

 much inferior to it in beauty. The leaves are somewhat oblong, 

 slightly broadest at the apex, bright light green in colour ; 

 sepals and petals white, slightly tinged with pink; the lip 

 deep violet in the centre, the side lobes stained in some 

 varieties with rich orange. It blooms at different times of 

 the year, lasting long in beauty. If the old spikes are left, 

 they will keep blooming for several years, and as the spikes 



