3/8 ORCHIDS. 



These plants are more curious than showy. They 

 may be grown in pots in peat in either house with the 

 same treatment as Paphinia. 



R. 



Eenanthera. Loureiro. Epiphyte. 



Name from ren, a kidney, and anthera, an anther. 

 C. Renanthera arachnitis. Japan. Lindley. 

 SYNS. Epidendrum Flos aeris (Linn.). 

 Limodorum Flos aeris (Schwartz). 

 Aerides arachnitis (Schwartz). 

 Arachnis moschifera (Blume). 



Flowers creamy white and purple, somewhat resembling 

 a spider. 



This species is more correctly Arachnis moschifera, 

 which see. 



B. Renanthera coccinea. Cochin China. 



Sert. Bot, 7. B. M., 2997, 2998. 



War. Orch., 2, 37. B. R., 1131. 



Pax. Mag., 4, 49. 



Sepals pale scarlet, irregularly marked with deeper 

 scarlet ; petals vivid scarlet, banded with white ; lip yel- 

 low, marked with scarlet. A very showy plant, but very 

 difficult to bloom ; it does not flower until very strong, 

 and seems to require much light and sun. 



B. Renanthera Lowii. Borneo . . Bat. 2d Cen., 161. 



War. Orch., 2, 4. 

 B. M. ? 5475. 



A rare Orchid, with broad, dark green foliage, thick, 

 fleshy roots, and flower-spikes six to twelve feet long, 



