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three-lobed lip is of a rich crimson, with a lighter margin. 
This charming species blossoms at various seasons. It 
requires tropical treatment and plenty of water whilst 
growing. When in flower it should be removed to an in- 
termediate temperature. Native of Brazil. Syn. £. amadile. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5491. 
E. evectum.—A tall, free-growing plant, with reed-like 
pseudo-bulbs 5ft. or more long, clothed with bright green 
foliage on the upper part. Flowers in globose heads, on 
long peduncles on the ends of the ripened pseudo-bulbs. 
Each head continues to develop fresh whorls of flowers as 
the lower ones fade, so that the plant remains in blossom 
almost all the year round. Each flower is #in. across, 
with a three-lobed lip, the colour being bright purplish 
red. This species is easily cultivated, and from its 
healthy, well-furnished appearance at all times, and _ its 
free-flowering habit, it merits a place in all large warm 
greenhouse collections. It is a native of New Grenada, 
whence it was introduced some years previous to 1871. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5902. 
The following, with several others of similar character, 
are in favour in some collections: 
E Frederict Gulielmit (flowers of a dark purple); Z. 
thaguense (flowers orange-scarlet); £. Schomburgkz (flowers 
vermilion-scarlet); £. syringothyrsus (flowers reddish 
purple). Broadly speaking, they are the same in habit and 
inflorescence as E. evectum, but differ in the form and 
colour of their flowers. 
E. falcatum.—A remarkable plant, having long, creep- 
ing stems, from which spring thick, fleshy, lance-shaped, 
falcate, drooping leaves about rft. long, and glaucous 
green in colour. The flowers, which are usually produced 
in pairs, have spreading, narrow sepals and petals, 2tin. 
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