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finished, less water is needed; and, finally, when the new 
pseudo-bulbs are plump and ripe, water should be altogether 
withheld, and the temperature maintained as low as that 
out-of-doors in ordinary, weather. Some growers place such 
species as majalis and furfuracea outside and expose them 
to full sunshine during August and September. In fact, 
we have found this the only treatment likely to produce 
flowers in the case of L. majalis. 
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Fig. 64. Flower of Lelia albida 
(nat. size). 
L. albida.—This is a very elegant species, with oblong 
or pear-shaped pseudo-bulbs, bearing usually two strap- 
shaped, coriaceous, dark green leaves, about 6in. long. 
