ENCYCLIA MEMORALIS. Native of Mexico. 
A very fine species, with ovate or conical, stout pseudobulbs about 4 inches high 
and supporting a pair of leathery, strap-shaped, bright green leaves up to a foot 
in length. The drooping panicles grow from the apex between the leaves, and 
reach a length of from 2 to 3 feet. They are covered with wart-like protuber- 
ances and bear numerous large flowers up to 4 inches across. They are delicate 
in texture, the narrow, pointed sepals and petals varying from soft rose pink to 
pale mauve. The trilobed lip has a scalloped margin, and is white, lined with red, 
bordered with dark rose. Cultural treatment as for Cattleyas, but rather less 
warmth is necessary. 
Var. majus. More robust than the type—panicles longer and often branched— 
flowers more delicately coloured. 
Syn. Epidendrum verrucosum. 
EPISTEPHIUM 
A small genus of terrestrial orchids belonging to the sub-tribe Vanilleae; the 
majority of the species being rather of botanical than horticultural interest. One 
species, however, is very beautiful and worthy of being included in any orchid 
collection. 
EPISTEPHIUM WILLIAMSII. Native of Brazil. 
A beautiful species, with erect stems, up to about 18 inches high, sheathed with 
the bases of the shining, dark green, elliptical leaves, those on the upper part of 
the stem being considerably larger than those nearer the base. The flower spike 
grows from the top of the stem and carries a number of large and beautiful flowers 
with mauve coloured sepals and petals, both of which are oval in shape, the petals 
being twice as broad as the sepals. The labellum is large and prominent, the 
front portion being mauve, the base white with a band of deep carmine, while the 
disk has a crest of yellow hairs. 
By reason of its nature this plant is very difficult to import, except in an estab- 
lished condition. It has a tuft of fleshy, underground, fibrous roots from which 
the stem springs. It should be planted in a roomy pot in a compost of loam, 
leaf-mould, sand and well decayed dung. Drainage must be perfect. It requires 
copious water throughout the Summer time, and the compost should not 
be allowed to become dry, even in midwinter. It should do well enough in a 
warm bushhouse in the warmer parts of Brisbane and the North, but in colder 
parts and in the South glasshouse treatment will be desirable—with heat in the 
Winter an advantage, particularly where the temperature falls below a minimum 
of 50-52 degrees. 
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