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ACROPERA. 
A GENUS of epiphytes, with the habit of Stanhopea, but 
smaller, and bearing loose, pendent racemes of singularly- 
formed flowers. Except in collections which aim at being 
representative, none of the species are worth having. 
Culture-—The plants should be treated as advised for 
Acineta, except that the Cattleya, or intermediate, house is 
the best position for them all the year round. 
A. armeniaca.—Leaves lance-shaped, light green; spikes 
ft. long, pendent, bearing about a dozen orange-yellow 
flowers in the summer. Native of Nicaragua. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5501. 
A. aurantiaca, — A compact plant, with green, lance- 
shaped leaves, spikes 1ft. long, and pendent. Flowers almost 
closed, bright apricot, developed in spring. New Grenada. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5435. 
A. Loddigesiii—Habit as in the last-mentioned. Flowers 
curved inwards, very fragrant, tawny yellow, with a reddish 
lip. Flowering season, summer. Native of Mexico. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3563. 
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