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from Guayana, with beautiful spotted foliage ; flowers large 

 and produced on a stiff spike about a foot or more high 

 sepals and petals bright yellow blotched with crimson ; lip 

 rich violet. Of this plant there are two varieties, one has 

 the lip almost white : it blooms during the summer months, 

 lasting four or five weeks in good condition, if the flowers are 

 kept free from damp. This is best grown on a block or in a 

 basket, with moss or peat, and makes a splendid plant for 

 exhibition. 



0. leucochilum. A desirable and distinct species from 

 Mexico, producing spikes, sometimes as much as ten feet long ; 

 sepals and petals yellowish green, lip a pure white : blooming 

 at different times of the year, and lasting a long time in per- 

 fection : best grown in a pot. 



0. longipes. A beautiful compact small species from 

 Bio Janeiro, growing about six inches high and producing 

 spikes of flowers in great abundance ; lip large and of a 

 bright golden yellow ; petals brown tipped with yellow : in 

 blossom during the summer months, and will do well on a 

 block, a very rare plant. 



0. luridum guttatum. A fine species from Jamaica : it 

 produces long spikes of flowers, which are yellow, brown, and 

 red in colour ; it blooms during the summer months, con- 

 tinues in perfection a long time, and is best grown in a pot 

 with peat. 



0. oblongatum. A handsome free flowering species, 

 from Guatemala : compact in habit with short thick bulbs ; 

 foliage light green, about twelve inches in length ; flowers 

 very showy, of a bright yellow and of good size ; blossoms 

 during the winter months and continues a long time in per- 

 fection ; it succeeds best in a pot. 



0. ornithorynchum. A charming free flowering Orchid 

 from Mexico ; grows ten inches high and produces graceful 

 drooping spikes of flowers during the autumn and winter 

 months ; colour, delicate rose and beautifully scented ; this 



