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cream-yellow, with numerous small spots of cinnamon-red. 
The blossoms appear in autumn, and last over a month 
in perfection. The plants are small, and they grow slowly. 
They thrive best when potted in a mixture of peat and 
sphagnum in equal parts, with a sprinkling of silver sand. 
The pots should be drained with limestone. They should 
be placed near the roof-glass in a tropical house, and 
in a lighter position than is required by the majority of 
species. Native of Cochin China, &c.; introduced in 1864. 
Fig. 42; Botanical Magazine, t. 5373. 
Var. Regniert has longer leaves, paler in colour, and 
scapes bearing three, sometimes five, flowers each. 
Var. sulphurinum.—In this the leaves are green, and the 
flowers pure sulphur-yellow, without spots. 
C. Curtisii—A handsome species, related to C. super- 
biens. The leaves are strap-shaped, about 8in. long, light 
green, with darker mottlings. The scape is about rit. 
high, purplish, hairy; the flowers are large; dorsal sepal 
short, green, with a white margin, and purple and green 
nerves; lower sepals small; petals narrow, pointed, deflexed, 
dull green on the upper half, white below, veined and 
spotted with purple, hairy on the margins; pouch large, 
helmet-shaped, with acute side angles, vinous purple, with 
blackish veins. The blossoms appear in May and June, and 
last a long time. This species should be grown in a hot, 
moist house. Introduced from Sumatra in 1882. 
Williams’ Orchid Album, iii., t. 122. 
C. Dayanum.—One of the prettiest of ornamental-leaved 
Orchids. It is dwarf and compact; the leaves are about 6in. 
long by r4in. wide, and coloured yellowish green, marbled 
with olive-green. Scape stout, 1ft. high, one-flowered; 
flowers 4in. across; dorsal sepal large, white, with green 
veins; lower sepals similar but smaller; petals narrow, 
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