DESCRIPTIVE LIST 373 



Pilumna. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Name from iri\iov, a cap. 



A. Pilumna fragrans. Popayan . B. M., 5035. 



SYN. Trichopilia fragran s. Bat. 26. Cen., 164. 



F. M., 2, 21. 



Jen. Orch., 38. 



I. H, 3, 94. 



A charming plant, resembling a Trichopilia in general 

 appearance, but with very different flowers. Sepals and 

 petals greenish white ; lip pure white, with rich golden 

 centre ; flowers in spikes of three to five ; deliciously 

 fragrant. 



This plant should be grown in a pot, with peat and 

 moss in the cool house. It is one of the most fragrant 

 of Orchids, flowering freely in winter. Propagated by 

 division. 



Pilumna laxa B. R., 32, 57. 



SYN. of Trichopilia laxa. 



Pleione. Don. Terrestrial and Epiphytal. 



The name of a nymph. 



Pleione humilis. Upper Nepaul . . B. M., 5674. 



Pax. Fl. G., 51. 



Lem. Jard., 158. 



Flowers white ; lip with orange and crimson veins, 

 beautifully fringed. A mountain species found growing 

 on the trunks of trees, at an elevation of eight thousand 

 feet. 



