CYMBIDIUM PENDULUM ATROPURPUREUM. Native of Borneo, etc., and 
Northern India. 
A striking orchid. Growth similar to the type form (supra), but leaves rather 
thicker and slightly more erect. Racemes very long and pendulous. Flowers very 
numerous and heavier in substance than those of most Cymbidiums. Sepals and 
petals yellowish green on the outside, and a deep rich purple on the inside. Lip 
white, blotched with crimson. Flowers in early Summer or late Spring. Flowers 
last for two months, 
This orchid requires rather warmer treatment than most of the species, and should 
be grown under glass in Sydney and the colder parts of Brisbane—in fact, it will 
be well to move it in to the glasshouse with the first cold nights of Autumn, for it 
should not be subjected to a minimum temperature of less than about 46 to 48”. 
Give ample water right through the warm months, and do not let the plant be- 
come dry, even during the Winter. 
CYMBIDIUM SUAVE. Native of Australia. 
A dainty little Cymbidium, particularly the bright green variety. Unlike most of 
the other Cymbidiums, this species does not form swollen pseudobulbs, the stem 
being slender and about a foot high. The leaves, produced in parallel rows, are 
narrow, somewhat grass-like, and dark green. The racemes are long, and carry a 
large number of smallish flowers. The sepals and petals vary from an old-gold 
shade through a brownish green to a delicate bright green. This latter type is 
found on the iron-barks of south-eastern Queensland, particularly along the 
ridges of Lamington National Park. The brown and yellowish varieties are most 
often met with on the lower forest stretches right down to Sydney in New South 
Wales. All varieties have an aromatic fragrance somewhat reminiscent of pimento. 
By reason of its lacking swollen pseudobulbs, and, therefore, being without re- 
serves of nourishment, it is rather a difficult plant to establish unless it is obtained 
growing in part of its host tree, with its roots uninjured. It has a habit of select- 
ing a branch with a knot-hole or other opening through which it sends a number 
of roots. If these roots are damaged the plant invariably dies. Unless it can be 
removed without injury, therefore, it is better to leave it to grow in its natural 
surroundings, 
General treatment as recommended for iridifolium. 
CYMBIDIUM TIGRINUM. Native of Tenasserim. 
A small-growing species having small pseudobulbs about the size of and some- 
thing of the shape of walnuts, much furrowed and wrinkled. These each have 
four strap-shaped, leathery, somewhat twisted leaves from four to six inches in 
length. Two of these appear from the base of the pseudobulbs, and two from the 
top. The flower scape is erect and comes from the bottom of the matured bulbs. 
It carries two or three flowers, each being about 3 inches across. The sepals and 
petals are green with a brownish or yellowish tinge and spotted with brown. The 
lip is large and three-lobed, the side lobes being erect and the front spreading— 
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