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attains a height of twelve inches ; blossoms rose coloured, 

 and produced at dilSerent times of the year, continuing in 

 beauty for five weeks at a time. A very scarce plant, and 

 best grown on a block suspended from the roof, with a good 

 supply of water at the roots during the growing season ; in 

 gi'owth this plant is much like Broughtonia sanguinea. 



Leptotes. 



This small genus of Orchids deserves to be in every collec- 

 tion ; it consists of small and compact-growing plants, with 

 curious evergreen terete foliage channelled on the upper side, 

 about three inches long, and producing their flowers from the 

 top of the bulb. They are of easy culture, and will do either 

 on blocks, or in pots with peat. These plants are very 

 accommodating, for they will grow in either house, requiring 

 a liberal supply of water in the growing season. They are 

 propagated by dividing the plants. 



L. hicolor. — A pretty Orchid from Brazil ; sepals and petals 

 white, with a blotch of purple on the lip ; it blooms during 

 the winter months, lasting foui* weeks in beauty. 



L. serrulata. — A charming little plant, from the same 

 country as L. hicolor ; the flowers are nearly the same in 

 colour, the only difference being, that they are much larger. 

 It blooms in April and May, and lasts three weeks in 

 perfection, 



LiMATODES. 



L. rosea. — A charming winter-flowering Orchid, and the 

 only species of the genus that I have seen ; there are, how- 

 ever, many varieties of it. I have had five in flower at the 

 same time, all differing more or less from each other in 

 their colour, which varied from white to dark rose and pink, 

 with different shades of rose. Few plants are more interest- 

 ing or decorative during the dull season, and they may be had 



