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0. sessile. — A pretty species, of compact growth, from 

 Santa Martha : it produces its slender spikes of yellow 

 flowers, spotted in the centre with pale cinnamon colour; 

 blooms during the spring months. This fine species was 

 flowered in 1850 by Mr. Iveson, then gardener to the Duke 

 of Northumberland. 



0. sphacelatum majus. — A good free-flowering Orchid, from 

 Honduras, producing its long branching spikes of flowers in 

 April and May, lasting three or four weeks in beauty. The 

 colour of the flower is yellow, barred with dark brown ; it is 

 best grown in a pot with peat or moss. 



0. splendidum, — This is a gi-and and very distinct plant. It 

 has short roundish dark green pseudobulbs, which support a 

 single erect thick and fleshy deep green leaf; the spike is 

 erect, about two feet long, and branching ; flowers large and 

 very showy ; sepals and petals small, greenish yellow, blotched 

 with brown ; Up large and flat, of a uniform rich clear yellow. 

 It should be gi'own in the Cattleya house, in a pot. The 

 flowers are produced during spring and early summer. I saw 

 this superb species blooming beautifully with Mr. Denning, 

 gardener to Lord Londesborough, in 1870, and also again 

 this spring with Mr. Whitehead, gardener to R. B. Dodgson, 

 of Blackburn. 



0. Sprucei. — This species in habit somewhat resembles 

 0. Ceboletta, but its terete leaves are more swollen in the 

 centre ; it produces its bright flowers in great profusion, and 

 from its distinct habit is a good addition to a collection. 

 Native of South America. 



0. trilingue. — A very distinct and peculiar plant, still very 

 rare in collections ; it very much resembles 0. serratum, to 

 which, indeed, it is nearly allied. Sepals and petals rich 

 chocolate brown, edged with Hght yellow, the margins undu- 

 lated ; lip very singular in form, brown with a yellow crest. 



