482 ORCHIDS: 
Rica, and was introduced in 1849. Syns. TZ. coccinea, 
T. marginata. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4857; Paxton’s Flower Garden, 
£- 163: 
T. fragrans.—An elegant, large-flowered, very fragrant 
Orchid, and one of the easiest to cultivate. Its clustered 
pseudo-bulbs are oblong, 3in. to 5in. by rin., much flattened, 
smooth, dull green, one-leaved. Leaves leathery, gin. long, 
2in. wide, acute-pointed. Flower-spikes springing from 
the base of the matured bulb, gin. to 12in. long, about six- 
flowered; flowers nodding, on pedicels 3in. long; sepals 
narrow, 24in. long, wavy and twisted, usually greenish 
white; lip folded at the base, the front spreading, rin. 
across, more or less lobed, pure white, with a blotch of 
yellow in the throat. This plant thrives when grown in a 
cool house. It should be planted in a pot, in peat and 
sphagnum, and be kept moist all the year round. The 
odour of the flowers is almond-like; they are developed 
in summer, and they remain fresh about a month. Native 
of New Granada; introduced in 1856. Syns. 7. Lehmannz, 
Pilumna fragrans. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5035. 
Var. nobilis.—Pseudo-bulbs larger and stouter. Leaves 
shorter and broader. Sepals and petals white, 2in. long, 
scarcely twisted; lip larger than in the type. This is a 
much finer Orchid than the ordinary T. fragrans. Syn. 
Pilumna nobilis. 
T. Galeottiana.—This is not one of the best of the 
cultivated Trichopilias, but it 1s worth growing on account 
of the distinct colour, size, and number of its flowers. The 
pseudo-bulbs are about sin. long by rin. wide, flattened, 
smooth, one-leaved. Leaves leathery, tapering at both 
ends, with a prominent keel, the largest being 6in. long 
