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C. Dowiana.—A magnificent Orchid, and a free flowerer 
when well managed. It thrives only when treated as a 
stove plant. With us it is grown along with the Vandas, 
and is suspended in baskets near the glass; in growth it is 
robust, and somewhat resembles C. labiata, but even when 
not in bloom it is sufficiently distinct in appearance to be 
recognised from that species. The scape bears from two to 
six flowers of great size ; the sepals and petals are of a deep 
nankeen-yellow colour; the labellum is large and spreading, 
delicately frilled on the margin, and wholly of an intense, rich 
purple, shaded with violet-rose, and beautifully streaked with 
lines of gold. Its flowering season has usually been during 
the late summer and early autumn months. It is a native of 
Costa Rica, whence it was introduced some years ago, but 
in bad condition. On its re-introduction in 1864, it was 
obtained by the Messrs. Veitch, and flowered in the autumn 
of the following year. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5618. 
Var. aurea.—This plant is commonly known as C. aurea, 
but it scarcely differs from C. Dowiana, except in the 
yellow of the lip being more copious, and _ irregularly 
distributed. 
C. Eldorado.—This species is related to C. labiata. It 
has stout, rounded pseudo-bulbs, which support a single 
large, deep green leaf. The flowers are nearly as large 
as in C. labiata; the sepals and petals vary in colour from 
pink to clear rose, and are more or less serrate at the edges ; 
the lip is large and spreading, serrate at the edge, and 
purplish crimson in front, whilst the throat is stained with 
deep orange and bordered with white. It blooms in July 
and August, and has been introduced from the region of 
the Rio Negro. 
Flore des Serres, xviii., t. 1826. 
