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and it never showed this phenomenon before. 
In due course the flower opened, and proved 
to be all golden! Mr. Sander cut his plant 
in two, sold half for seventy-five pounds to a 
favoured customer, and the other half, publicly, for 
one hundred guineas. One of the purchasers has 
divided his plant now and sold two bits at 100 
guineas. Another piece was bought back by 
Mr. Sander, who wanted it for hybridizing, at 
250 guineas—not a bad profit for the buyer, who 
has still two plants left. Another instance occurs 
to me while I write—such legends of shrewdness 
worthily rewarded fascinate a poor journalist who 
has the audacity to grow orchids. Mr. Harvey, 
solicitor, of Liverpool, strolling through the houses 
at St. Albans on July 24, 1883, remarked a plant 
of Lelia anceps, which had the ring-mark on its 
pseudo-bulb much higher up than is usual. There 
might be some meaning in that eccentricity, he 
thought, paid two guineas for the little thing, and 
on December 1, 1888, sold it back to Mr. Sander 
for 200/. It proved to be L. a. Amesiana, the 
grandest form of L. anceps yet discovered—rosy 
white, with petals deeply splashed; thus named 
after F. L. Ames, an American amateur. Such 
pleasing opportunities might arise for you or me 
any day. 
