Var. illustre (Native of Cochin China).—A superior type of more robust growth 
with longer racemes and larger flowers, which are more richly spotted and 
coloured. Flowers in midwinter. 
ANOTA VIOLACEA. Native of Philippine Islands. 
A very fine species with erect, stout stems clothed and sheathed with recurved, 
deep green leaves a foot or more in length and two inches in width, and striped 
with darker green lines. Racemes grow from the axils of the leaves, and reach a 
length of 15 inches, carrying numerous flowers of a diameter of about an inch. 
Sepals and petals white spotted with pale mauve. Lip dark mauve with about 
half-a-dozen lines of a darker shade. Flowers in late Winter and lasts five to 
six weeks. 
(Syn. Vanda violacea, Rhynchostylis violacea, Saccolabium violaceum.) 
Var. Harrisonianum. (Native of Pulo Copang).—Slightly stouter in habit, the 
leaves being a little broader than Anota violaceum, and keeled underneath, and a 
lighter green in colour. Flowers ivory-white and fragrant. 
ASCOCENTRUM AMPULLACEUM. Native of Northern India. 
A rather dwarfed species with erect stems from 6 to 10 inches high, thickly 
clothed with two opposite rows of short, strap-shaped, channelled, deep green 
leaves, from 3 to 4 inches long, truncate and toothed at the end. Racemes are 
axillary, and are erect, about 6 inches long and densely clothed’ with 23-inch flowers, 
deep magenta-rose in colour, the lip having a cylindrical spur. Flowers in Summer 
and lasts three weeks. This species requires warmth and heat, and should be grown 
close to the glass. 
Var. Moulmeinense.—Leaves spotted with purplish-brown. Flower spike longer, 
flower larger. 
ASCOCENTRUM MINIATUM. Native of Borneo. 
A dwarf species with stems about 4 to 6 inches tall with strap-shaped, channelled, 
stiff, fleshy leaves 3 to 4 inches in length and obliquely notched at the apex. The 
racemes are erect or spreading and are crowded with small, bright, orange-red 
flowers. These appear in early Summer and last two to three weeks. 
Var. citrinum (Native of Philippine Islands).—Flowers lemon-yellow, darkening 
almost to orange in the centre. 
GASTROCHILUS BELLINUS. Native of Burma. 
A pretty, large-flowered but dwarf growing plant with short, erect stems fur- 
nished with pale green, notched leaves 6 to 8 inches long, and 1 inch wide. Racemes 
carry from three to seven flowers, each 14 inches across. These are variable in 
colour, the type variety having sepals and petals of olive green blotched plenti- 
fully with rich brown. The lip is cup-shaped at the base, with a horizontal 
ledge-like margin prettily fringed and pure white with a patch of yellow in the 
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