PLEUROTHALLIS ROEZLII. Native of Colombia. 
A handsome species with short stems, sheathed and crowned with a solitary, 
oblong, lanceolate leaf up to 7 or 8 inches in length. Flowers borne on a terminal 
raceme up to 10 inches long and bearing from six to nine good-sized flowers 
which hang like a series of bells. They are deep blood purple in colour and are 
about 14 inches long—the petals shorter than the sepals. Lip spathulate. Flowers 
in Spring and lasts well. 
SrER OST YLES 
A genus of terrestrial orchids (commonly called the “greenhoods”) most of the 
species of which are indigenous to Australia or New Zealand. These pretty little 
orchids grow quite well when planted in a shady part of a garden border in 
ordinary garden soil. Care must be taken in gathering them, for the tiny under- 
ground tubers are easily damaged. They will. grow well enough in shallow pots 
or pans in a compost of loam and leaf-mould, but as most species have the habit 
of dying down after flowering they are apt to be discarded or forgotten and 
so perish. Although the flowers are quite pretty and interesting in their form, 
they are not usually included in horticultural collections, but they are mentioned 
herein for the benefit of those specialising in our native species. 
PTEROSTYLIS ACUMINATA. Native of Queensland, New South Wales, 
Victoria, Tasmania and New Caledonia. 
A slender plant from 6 to 10 inches high, growing in marshes near the coast. 
Height about 15 inches. Leaves in a flat rosette at the base. Solitary flowers pro- 
duced in Winter and Springtime. Green with brown lines and tips. Typical 
greenhood shape. 
PTEROSTYLIS BAPTISTII. Native of Queensland and New South Wales. 
The largest native species. Grows up to a height of 2 feet with a basal rosette 
of oblong, light green leaves. The flowers are solitary, white, banded with green 
and marked with light brown. The hood is up to 3 inches in length. Flowers 
in Spring. 
PTEROSTYLIS COCCINEA. Native of New South Wales. 
A slender growing species with a few small, pointed leaves on the stem. Flower 
solitary. Hood much decurved, the segments being continued into long, hairlike 
tails. Colour red or greenish-red with dark bands. Flowers in Summer. 
PTEROSTYLIS CONCINNA. Native of Queensland, New South Wales, 
Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. 
Generally found in the coastal Melaleuca swamps. Grows from a small rosette of 
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