188 HOT-HOUSE AIR PLANTS. [December. 



liarly beautiful and interesting plants. Annexed are the 

 names of a few that are of the easiest culture and most 

 profuse of flower : 



Brassia maculdta, greenish yellow, spotted with purple. 



Catasetum trifidum, greenish yellow, spotted with dark 

 brown. 



Cdttleya crispa, white and purple, and is considered a su- 

 perb plant. 



Cdttleya labidta, rose and rich purple, striped and spotted 

 with carmine. 



Cdttleya Forbesii, yellow, white, green and rose-coloured, 

 fine. 



Dendrobium cvculldtum, rose and pale yellow. 



Dendrobium speciosum, pale yellow flowers, in great pro- 

 fusion. 



Epide'ndrum cuculldtum, dark brown, with yellow, is a 

 very constant bloomer. 



Gongora atropurpiirea, dark purple ; the plant must be 

 suspended in a pot or small box. 



Gongora speciosa, yellow, with black spots. 



Maxillaria Loddgesii, orange flowers in long racemes. 



Maxillaria picta, yellow, beautifully spotted with red and 

 crimson; it is in the mornings only delightfully 

 fragrant. 



Oncldiym crispum, brownish copper colour, and profuse 

 flowering. 



Oncidiitm papilio, bright yellow, spotted with rich brown. 



Oncldium luridum, flowers of a brownish-green. 



Rendnthera coccinea, a very superb scarlet flowering plant, 

 but does not bloom very freely ; it grows in moss, 

 and must be suspended in a pot or tied to a piece of 

 stick. 



Stanhbpia grandiflora has delicate, white, sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



Slankbpia insignis, yellow and white, spotted with purple, 

 and delightfully fragrant. 



Vdnda Roxburghii, flowers pale yellow. 



Zygopelalums, all very beautiful flowering, generally of a 

 yellowish green colour, spotted with brown. They 

 require to be kept in a hot dry atmosphere. 



