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Give plenty of water at the roots during the growing 

 season, and weak liquid manure, but when at rest keep 

 the plants almost dry. 



Re-pot just before they make their growth. Propaga- 

 ted by division. 



Phalsenopsis. Blume. Epiphyte. 



Name from <f>d\aiva, a moth, and fyis, resemblance. 

 A. Phalcenopsis amabilis. Manilla . B. M., 4297. 



SYNS. Angracum album majus B. R., 1838, 34. 

 (Rumphius). Fl. des Ser., 36. 



Epidendrum amabile Pax. Mag., 7, 49. 



(Linn.). M. O. P., i. 



Perianth pure white ; sepals narrower than the petals ; 

 lip white at the tip, the lateral lobes very much enlarged, 

 richly streaked with red and pink. Each flower is about 

 three inches across. 



A. Phalcenopsis amethystina. Sunda Islands. 



A pretty little species, rarely seen in cultivation ; 

 flowers small ; sepals and petals white, spreading ; lip 

 white, tinged with yellow at the base ; centre rich ame- 

 thyst, suffused with purple ; foliage dark green, slightly 

 wavy at edges ; spikes short, branched. 



B. Phalcznopsis Cormi-cervi. Moulmein. 



SYN. Poly chilus Cornu-cerui. B. M., 5570. 



Bat. ad Cen., 178. 



A peculiar species ; the flower-stalk flat and thick, the 

 flowers springing from notches in the margin ; flowers 

 greenish yellow, with transverse spots of cinnamon-red ; 



