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sepals and petals is finely contrasted with the deep purple and red 

 of the lip. P. LEUCORRHODA, a supposed natural hybrid between 

 P. Aphrodite and P. Schilleriana ; flowers white, flushed with 

 purple, and with yellow and purple marks on the lip. P. rosea 

 bears a branched spike about eighteen inches high, and has flowers 

 about an inch and a half across, white, flushed with rosy-purple ; 

 lip rosy purple and brown. P. Sanderiana, may possibly be a 

 natural hybrid between P. Aphrodite and P. Schilleriana ; it is 

 from the Philippine Islands, and has large rose-pink, white-marked 

 flowers, on spikes about two feet high ; lip white, rose, purple and 

 yellow. P. Schilleriana is very popular, and lends itself to culti- 

 vation better than most species ; it sometimes bears branched spikes 

 a yard high, and its large rosy purple flowers are of exquisite 

 beauty. P. Stuartiana is a free grower, and has tall branching 

 spikes ; its flowers are about two inches across ; white, dotted with 

 red-purple on the bases of the segments, the spots being thickest on 

 the yellowish bases of the lower sepals. P. Veitchiana is white, 

 lightly flushed with purple, and with crimson marks on the lip. 



There are some very beautiful hybrids, but they are rare 

 plants, in some cases represented by only one specimen, and there- 

 fore not to be found catalogued. These hybrids are essentially 

 plants for the wealthy. The finest are P. Amebic [P. amabilis x 

 P. intermedia^ P. Cassandra [P. rosea x P. Stuartiana), P. 

 Harriets [P. amabilis x P. violacea), P. Rothschildiana 

 {P. amabilis P. Schilleriana), P. Schrceder^ (P. intermedia x 

 P' leucorrhoda), P. Sedeni [P. amabilis x P. Lueddemanniana), 

 and P. Veitch^ {P. Lueddemanniana x P. Sanderiana). 



Other Species 



In addition to the foregoing there are several beautitul 

 species, but they have not the attractiveness or the free-flowering 



