34 ON THE CULTURE 0? ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS. 



many flowered panicle of flowers of a greenish yellow colour, 

 spotted and masked with brown and reel. It grows freely; and 

 although the flowers are not so showy as some others of the genus, 

 they are, nevertheless, very handsome. Blooms in May and J une. 



5. 0. bifolium, The two-leaved. The flowers are of a pretty 

 yellow colour, produced upon a panicle, which rises about nine 

 inches high. It is an ornamental species. Blooms in June and 

 July. 



6. 0. Carthaginiensis, The Carthaginian. The flower stem 

 reaches to six feet high, and produces a profusion of flowers. They 

 are not of a very splendid colour, being of a reddish-green, but, 

 nevertheless, are very pretty. Blooms in May and June. 



7. 0. ciliatum, The eye-lash flowered. 



8. 0. crispum, The curled flowered. The flower stem has 

 reached three feet high with me, producing numerous blossoms of 

 a brownish-yellow colour. As the name imports, the flowers are 

 much curled. They are very handsome. Blooms in June. 



9. 0. divariealum, The branching flowered. The flower stem 

 rises two feet high, and produces abundance of blossoms ; they are 

 of a greenish -yellow, with red spots. It is a very pretty flowering 

 kind. Blooms in July and August. 



10. 0. flexuosum. The binding flowered. A very neat and 

 handsome flowering species, the flower stem rising three feet high, 

 and producing numerous bright yellow blossoms, slightly spotted. 

 It is of easy culture. Blooms in July and August. 



11. 0. juncif Qlium, Rush leaved. The flower stem rises near a 

 foot high, and the flowers are a pretty yellow colour, appearing 

 very ornamental. It blooms in June and July. 



12. 0. Harrisonia. This is a very handsome species, which 

 was found by Mr. William Harrison, on the Organ Mountains, 

 in Brazil. The plant is readily distinguished by its fleshy, slightly 

 channeled recurved leaves, each of which is placed upon a little 

 pseudo bulb. The panicle of flowers extends about a foot long 

 and they are arranged in a very graceful manner. The flowers are 

 of a bright yellow, spotted with red-brown. I have grown it very 

 finely in moss and rotten wood, and equally so, in turfy peat mixed 

 with broken potsherds. Blooms in April and May. 



13. 0. Lanceatmm. This is a very showy, flowering species. 

 I have a small plant which has bloomed profusely. The handsome 



