atmosphere even in the middle of Winter. I would, therefore, suggest that in 
North Queensland these orchids could be grown outside all the year round, and 
that, in Brisbane and even in Sydney, suspending them outside in the full glare 
of the sun from the beginning of Summer to the commencement of Autumn and 
then transferring them to a place near the roof of a glasshouse or hothouse, and 
keeping them soaking in the Summer time and damp in the Winter time, should 
be as near an approach to their natural conditions as is possible to give them. 
For compost a mixture of osmunda and polypodium should be suitable. Ample 
drainage (i.e., about two-thirds of the pot) is essential. 
There are about a dozen distinct species, of which the following are the best:— 
SCHOMBURGKIA LYONSIL. Native of Jamaica. 
A handsome species with foot-high, stout, fusiform stems with two or three 
linear-oblong, leathery leaves at the top. The raceme grows uprightly from the 
apex of the last matured pseudobulb and bears from 12 to 25 flowers, each about 
2 inches across. The sepals and petals are lanceolate in shape, white with several 
rows of purple dots and dashes. The lip is smaller than the sepals, recurved at 
the apex, white with a deep yellow margin, the disk having several purple-spotted, 
elevated, longtitudinal lines. Flowers in Autumn and lasts about three weeks. 
SCHOMBURGKIA THOMSONIANA. Native of West Indies. 
A beautiful species with short, tapering pseudobulbs having two or three cddonne 
leathery leaves at the top. The flower spike grows to a height of four feet or 
more, and bears numerous handsome flowers each about 2 inches in diameter. 
Sepals and petals strap-shaped and undulated, the sepals light yellow, the petals 
sulphur-yellow streaked and lined with purple on the outside. Lip three-lobed, the 
side lobes being triangular, the middle lobe strap-shaped, notched at the apex and 
crisped at the margins. The front portion is white, the middle blackish-purple, 
with some yellow on the disk which has a few blackish-purple keels. Flowers in 
Summer and lasts two to three weeks. 
SCHOMBURGKIA TIBICINIS. Native of Honduras. 
The finest species. It has long, stout, tapering, hollow pseudobulbs a foot or 
18 inches tall; after the leaves have fallen they resemble cows’ horns. They have 
two or three oblong, leathery leaves on the upper part. The apical raceme grows 
from 4 to 8 feet in height, its top having numerous flowers each about 2 inches 
in diameter. Sepals and petals oblong, obtuse and undulated, the sepals being 
broader than the petals. They are pale purple on the outside and deep pink inside, 
tinged and spotted with reddish-brown towards the tips. The lip is white with 
erect, rosy-pink side lobes. Flowers in Summer and lasts four to six weeks. 
Var. grandiflora.—Habit as the type. Flowers larger (up to 34 inches across), 
petals and sepals undulated, light purple underneath, crimson-purple tinged with 
reddish-brown near the apex on the inside. Lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes 
being large and a rich orange streaked with purple edged with white; middle lobe 
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