ORCHIDS. 



These plants are easily grown if kept from frost. The 

 foliage, which is long and narrow, proceeding from round 

 flat bulbs, is deciduous. They should be grown in loam 

 and leaf-mould, with good drainage. They need plenty 

 of water when growing, and not much heat, and during 

 the resting season very little moisture. Give a long rest. 



In potting, it is best to plant several tubers in a pot, as 

 thus they make more show when in bloom. 



Bolbophyllum. Du Petit Thotiars. Epiphyte. 



Name from /3oA;8os, a bulb, and <j>v\\ov, a leaf. 



C. Bolbophyllum barbigerum. Sierra Leone. B. M., 5288. 



A dwarf species, with greenish brown flowers, the lip 



covered with dark hair, so loosely attached at base as to 



move by the slightest breath ; remains long in perfection. 



B. Bolbophyllum Henshallii. Java . Card. Mag., 269. 

 Flowers large, solitary, deep yellow, marked with purple 

 and spotted. Bloom in summer, lasting long in beauty. 

 Known also as Bolbophyllum Lobbii and Sarcopodium 

 Lobbii. 



B. Bolbophyllum maculatum. East Indies. 



A pretty species, of easy culture, with spotted flowers. 



Bolbophyllum reticulatum. Borneo. . Bat. 2d Cen., 190. 



B. M., 5605. 



Flowers in pairs, white, with purple stripes ; lip spotted 

 with purple. A pretty plant, and the best of the genus. 



C. Bolbophyllum saltatorium. Africa . . B. R., 1970. 

 Flowers greenish brown, produced at different seasons. 



Bolbophyllum Siamense. Siam. 



Flowers pale yellow, striped with purple. 



