EPIDENDRUM FRAGRANS. Native of West Indies. 
A sweet-scented species with flattened fusiform pseudobulbs which carry a solit- 
ary lanceolate, recurved leaf, dark green and persistent. The flower scapes grow 
from the apex, are short and carry a few fair sized flowers, creamy white in colour, 
the lip being streaked with red. This species is particularly strongly scented. 
Flowers in Summer and Autumn and lasts about 7 weeks. Needs a minimum 
temperature of about 54 degrees, with ample moisture in the Summer, and should 
not be allowed to become dried out in the Winter. 
EPIDENDRUM IBAGUENSE. Native of Peru. 
Similar to E. evectwm in manner of growth, but flowers are orange scarlet. 
EPIDENDRUM MEDUSAE. Native of Ecuador. (Illustrated.) 
One of the strangest of orchids. It has clustered, pendent stems, about a foot 
long, completely sheathed with the bases of the leaves. These are arranged in two 
opposite rows and are linear-oblong in shape, fleshy in texture, from 2 to 4 inches 
in length, notched at the tips and a pale, shining green in colour. Flowers (about 
2} to 3 inches across) appear from the axils of the terminal leaves either singly 
or in groups of two or three. They are leathery in texture, the narrow, oblong 
sepals and petals are yellowish-green with a faint border of purplish-brown. The 
lip is very large and striking, spherical in shape, notched at the apex and heart- 
shaped at the base. The margin is divided into numerous long and pointed seg- 
ments which are extended to form a striking looking fringe all round it. In col- 
our it is a rich, maroon purple, the disk having a greenish tint. It requires very 
cool, moist conditions, and should grow well enough in a cool bushhouse, either 
on a tree fern slab or in a shallow basket in a compost of finely chopped osmunda 
fibre and sphagnum moss. The plant should be kept saturated in the Summer 
time and quite moist throughout the Winter. Flowers in late Summer and 
Autumn, the blooms lasting about 6 weeks. 
Syn. Nanodes medusae. 
EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM. Native of Central America, 
A handsome species, with robust, flask-like, wrinkled pseudobulbs up to about a 
foot high, dark green in colour, topped with a pair of strap-shaped, dark green 
leaves 12 inches or more in length. The scape proceeds from the apex and bears 
a raceme of a dozen or more beautiful and fragrant flowers. The lanceolate sepals 
and petals are creamy-yellow, spotted and blotched with dark purple. The lip is 
smallish, and is rose pink with a pale yellow margin. Flowers in Summer and 
lasts for about 5 weeks. This plant grows in the dense jungles about Chiriqui in 
Panama where there is little seasonal variation, and so will require warm, 
moist conditions, and should only be grown by those who can give it conditions 
which do not fall below 55° Fahr. at any time. Heated glasshouse treatment, with 
a moist atmosphere, is necessary. 
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