CVA ur Rh. ia 
ACINETA. 
A GENUS of stout-growing epiphytes with the habit of 
Peristeria or Stanhopea. They have egg-shaped, furrowed 
pseudo-bulbs, large, plaited leaves, and pendent racemes 
of large, handsome flowers. The sepals are broad and 
spreading, the lip is clawed, and the column long. All 
the known kinds are natives of tropical America and 
Mexico. 
Culture.—As the flower-spikes are pushed in a down- 
ward direction from the base of- the pseudo-bulbs, it is 
most convenient to grow the plants in baskets suspended 
near the roof. They should be planted in a mixture of 
peat fibre and sphagnum, with a few pieces of charcoal 
scattered through it. Not more than 3in. depth of soil is 
necessary for large specimens. They must be well watered 
in the growing season, and kept almost dry when at rest. A 
tropical temperature is best for them whilst growing, that 
of an intermediate, or Cattleya, house answering during the 
resting season. The flower-spikes are several months in 
developing from their first appearance, and the flowers last 
about a fortnight after expansion. 
A. Barkeri.—Flowers in stout, pendent spikes, rft. long, 
numerous, large, fleshy, the petals and sepals incurved in 
