48 ORCHIDS. 
for re-potting these plants is just when new growth appears. 
The roots should not be much disturbed. The most 
suitable compost is a mixture of turfy loam and peat, with 
a small proportion of fine dry cow-dung mixed with it. 
A. Clowesii.—This is, perhaps, the largest-growing of the 
species with which we are at present acquainted, its broad, 
plaited leaves, and large, tulip-like, fragrant flowers rendering 
it at once a distinct and extremely handsome plant.’ The 
Fig. 10. Flower of Anguloa Clowesii 
(4 nat. size), 
colour of the broad sepals and petals is bright yellow; the 
inclosed lip, which is white, tinged with orange, is re- 
markable in being balanced on a very delicate hinge, so 
that the slightest movement of the flower causes the lip to 
