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spring months, seldom lasting more than four days in bloom ; 

 is best grown in a basket, with moss. 



D. fimbriatum oculatum. A beautiful evergreen variety of 

 the preceding, producing flower-spikes on the top of the 

 bulbs, and growing from two to three feet high ; it succeeds 

 best in a pot, in peat ; the flowers are large, of a rich orange 

 yellow, with deep brown spot on the lip j blooms in March 

 and April, if kept dry, and lasts ten days in perfection. 



D. formosum. A remarkably handsome, compact, ever- 

 green Orchid ; grows about a foot high, and blooms from 

 the top of the bulb, three or four together : the blossoms are 

 white, with a bright yellow centre, and frequently three 

 inches across; they last six weeks or more in perfection. 

 This may be grown either in a pot or basket with moss or 

 peat : it makes a splendid plant for exhibition. 



D. formosum giganteum. A magnificent Indian variety 

 of the preceding, much stronger in growth, and evergreen ; 

 the flowers, which are produced on the top of the bulbs, 

 measure from four to five inches across ; colour delicate 

 white, with bright yellow on the centre of the lip j requires 

 the same treatment as formosum, and remains in bloom 

 about the same time. E. M'Morland, Esq., Haverstock 

 Hill, possesses a fine specimen of this, with as many as twenty- 

 one leading growths, which, when in bloom, must make a 

 fine display. 



D. Gibsonii. A very pretty evergreen and upright grow- 

 ing Orchid from India, about two feet high : the blossoms 

 are produced on the ends of the old bulbs ; the sepals and 

 petals are rich orange ; the lip bright yellow, with two dark 

 spots on the upper part : blooms during the autumn 

 months, lasts two weeks in good condition. Same treatment 

 as formosum. 



D. Heyneanum. A charming deciduous species from Bom- 

 bay, which grows eight inches high, and produces spikes of 

 white flowers from the tops of the bulbs at different times of 



