80 THE ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL. 



C. Lowii. A fine evergreen species from Borneo : a rather 

 large-growing plant, about two feet high : the flowers are 

 produced on a drooping spike, about a foot long, twelve or 

 more flowers together, which are large, of a pale yellow and 

 chocolate colour. It blooms in June or July ; lasts two 

 weeks in good condition. This requires a large pot to grow 

 it in perfection, being one of the freest of all the Coelogynes. 



C. media. A pretty small growing species, with short 

 round bulbs, and leaves seven inches long ; flowers on spikes, 

 ten inches high ; sepals and petals, creamy white ; lip, yellow 

 and brown ; blooms during winter, and lasts in perfection 

 three or four weeks ; grows well on a block, or in a pot in peat. 



C. pandurata. A curious and distinct flowering Orchid 

 from Borneo ; grows eighteen inches high, and has flat shiny 

 bulbs, from the bottom of which the flower spikes proceed, 

 several together ; upper part of the flower green, lip nearly 

 black. 



C. plantaginia. A desirable Indian species, with greenish 

 yellow flowers, having a white lip streaked with brown ; a 

 distinct kind. 



C. speciosa. A free-flowering plant from Borneo, evergreen, 

 and about eight inches high ; the flowers are creamy white 

 with a dark brown lip, and are produced on a short spike, 

 two or more together, at different times of the year. It 

 lasts long in bloom. 



CORYANTHES. 



These are very large, extraordinary-looking flowers. Before 

 the blossoms open they are in the shape of a Chinese foot ; 

 after opening, they form a sort of a cup, having above it 

 a pair of fleshy horns, from which a sort of liquid exudes 

 and drops into the cup. They produce their flowers from 

 the bottom of the bulbs on a spike, four or five together. 

 The plants are evergreen, with leaves ten inches long, on 

 short bulbs three inches high. The leaves are two or three 



