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are white and pink, are produced in two rows down the bulb 

 in April and May, and they last in perfection ten days. It is 

 best grown in a basket with sphagnum. A fine plant for 

 exhibition. I have seen as many as sixty flowers on one 

 bulb, when grown in baskets, and the bulbs drooping down. 

 It has a very graceful appearance. 



D. pulchellum purpureum. A pretty, dwarf, deciduous 

 species, from Sylhet ; loses its leaves after it has finished 

 growing, and generally begins to show flower in February all 

 up the bulb : the sepals and petals are white, edged with 

 green ; th^ lip is beautifully fringed ; it has a bright orange 

 blotch in the centre : does well in a basket with moss ; lasts 

 two weeks in bloom. 



D. sanguinolentum. A good species from India, evergreen ; 

 the bulbs and leaves are violet or lilac coloured ; grows three 

 or four feet high ; blooms from the end of the old bulbs, 

 which keep blooming for years ; sepals and petals fawn 

 colour, tipped with spots of deep violet ; the lip the same 

 colour : it blooms during the summer and autumn months, 

 and lasts two weeks in good condition : this will do either in 

 a basket or pot, with peat or moss. 



D. taurinum. A vigorous growing magnificent species 

 from India, often attaining a height of five feet, with upright 

 bulbs. Flowers pure white, with the exception of the lip, 

 which is margined with purplish violet, and the petals, which 

 are reddish brown : it is best grown in a pot in peat. Of 

 this a fine plant may be seen in the collection of S. Rucker, 

 Esq., Wands worth, under the care of Mr. Pilcher, the 

 gardener. 



D. transparent. A beautiful small-flowering Orchid from 

 India ; blooms in the same way as nobile ; the flowers, which 

 grow in pairs along the bulb, are of a pale, transparent, 

 pinkish lilac, stained in the middle of the lip with a 

 blotch of deep crimson : it blooms in May and June, and 

 does well grown in a pot with peat or moss. A rare plant. 



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