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0. leve.—This is interesting chiefly on account of the 
fragrance of its flowers. It is a robust grower, producing 
stout scapes often 3ft. long. The flowers are 2din. across, 
cinnamon-brown, barred with dull yellow; lip broad, with 
a tail-like tip, lilac, and white or pale rose. It flowers 
in spring. Introduced from Mexico in 1841. It thrives 
under the same treatment as O. crispum. 
Plate ; Bateman’s Monograph, t. 15. 
0. Lindleyanum.—A very variable species, supposed 
to be one of the parents of some of the so-called natural 
hybrids. It resembles O. crispum very closely in every 
character except the flowers, which are somewhat thin, 
2in. to 3in. across; the sepals and petals are yellow, 
with a few reddish blotches; the lip is three-lobed, the 
two lateral lobes being small, white, with purple spots, 
and the middle lobe red-brown, tipped with yellow. A 
native of New Granada. It thrives if grown with, and 
treated the same as, O. crispum, flowering in spring. 
Bateman’s Monograph, t. 11. 
0. Londesboroughianum.—A distinct plant, handsome 
when well grown, but, as a rule, unsatisfactory under culti- 
vation. Its stout, creeping rhizome bears ovoid pseudo- 
bulbs 3in. apart, and two-leaved. The spike. is 3ft. 
long, branching, and bears, in the autumn, numerous 
bright yellow flowers in. across, full, and sometimes 
marked with concentric lines at the base. . Although 
introduced in 1876, and frequently since then,: this plant 
has not been a success under cultivation. It is\ said to 
require exposure to full sunshine, a high temperature 
in summer, plenty of water whilst growing, and’ drought 
when at rest. It should be planted on a raftor in a 
shallow basket. When at rest it loses its leaves) 
Williams’ Orchid Album, t. 82. 
