but are rather more drooping in appearance, and not quite so large. Sepals and 
petals white, lip white with a formed yellow band in the centre, and two 
orange striped crests in the disk. 
This plant comes from the same district as cristata, and the cultural suggestions 
given for that orchid apply to elata. 
COELOGYNE FLACCIDA. Native of Nepal. 
A well known and easily cultivated species with oblong light green and somewhat 
corrugated pseudobulbs five to six inches tall, topped with a pair of stiffish, dark 
green leaves. It flowers in late Winter or early Spring on long pendulous racemes 
carrying up to twelve blooms with pointed petals, white or cream in colour, the 
lip being stained with yellow in front, and with three crimson streaks in the 
throat. 
This plant is found on the trees in the forests of the lower Alpine slopes at an 
elevation of from 3000 feet to about 4700 feet. It grows quite easily in an ordin- 
ary bushhouse from Sydney northwards. Staghorn peat is as good a compost as 
any for it. Plenty of water should be given it right through the summer months, 
and the compost should be kept slightly damp even in the Winter. Care must be 
taken to avoid water entering the new growths, as they have a tendency to dam- 
pen off. Like most of the Coelogynes, it is rather slow at starting to flower, but 
once it commences to do so it blooms regularly every year under appropriate con- 
ditions. It is subject to mildew, and should, therefore, be placed in a light and 
airy position. Flowers last from four to five weeks. 
COELOGYNE FUSCESCENS. Native of Burma. 
Originally found on the Dawna Range on the western border of Moulmein 
(lower Burma), it has since been reported from Kachins (upper Burma), and 
also from the lower Himalayan slopes in Northern India. It is a fine, strong grow- 
ing species with tapering pseudobulbs 4 to 5 inches high with two broad plaited 
leaves about nine inches long. Racemes grow from the bottoms of matured pseudo- 
bulbs and, slightly arched, carry about half-a-dozen blooms roughly three inches 
across. The colour of the flowers varies somewhat, the Moulmein variety having 
sepals and petals of brownish green, the lip being marked with four cinnamon 
spots with three brownish yellow lines running back to the throat. In the north- 
ern variety the sepals and petals are yellowish red with a touch of white on the 
tips, the lip being edged with white and having two cinnamon spots and three 
orange lines. The Moulmein variety flowers in the late Autumn and the northern 
one in the Winter months. The flowers remain beautiful for five to six weeks. 
This species will grow well under bushhouse treatment in Brisbane, but in Sydney 
should be moved under glass during the Winter months—and probably this would 
be advisable in the colder parts of Brisbane. In places from Rockhampton north, 
a cool part of the bushhouse is desirable. Copious watering is necessary in the 
Summer months, slackening off when growth is completed until practically all 
watering is eliminated in the Winter. 
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