148 ORCHIDS. 
fragrant flowers, which have ivory-white sepals and petals, 
and the lip white, stained with pale yellow, their odour 
resembling that of lilac. The blossoms are developed in 
spring, about March, and they last several weeks in perfec- 
tion. A well-grown, well-flowered specimen of this Orchid 
is a beautiful object. The species is a native of Burmah, 
Bengal, China, &c., and was introduced in 1846. 
Fig. 38; Botanical Magazine, t. 5136. 
Fig. 39. Flower of Cymbidium giganteum 
(nat. size). 
C. giganteum.—This is a strong and bold - growing 
species, which, on account of its rather shy-flowering habit, 
has not found so much favour with Orchid-growers as it 
