DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 379 



with two kinds of flowers, two at the base of the spike 

 tawny yellow, spotted with crimson ; the others reddish 

 brown, with lines of greenish yellow. This species does 

 not bloom until it becomes large. 



C. Renanthera matutina. Manilla . . B. R., 1843, 41. 



Pes., 12. 

 Flowers small, scarlet, shaded with yellow ; very bright 



and pretty, looking like some gorgeous insect. 



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 These plants are long growing, and should be grown 



on long blocks. 



They should have plenty of light, the stem and leaves 

 be kept almost dry, and the roots moist, and should have 

 plenty of heat. 



They are all somewhat difficult to bloom ; and the 

 secret seems to be to give the plant violent changes in 

 treatment, and thus force it to break into bloom. 



Restrepia. fatnth. Epiphyte. 



Meaning unknown. 

 Restrepia antennifera. Colombia .... I. H., 641. 



A pretty little plant, with curious, many-colored flowers, 

 and well worthy of cultivation. 



Upper sepals white, streaked with purple ; lower, red- 

 dish crimson, dotted with blackish purple ; petals like 

 antennae. 



Restrepia ekgans. Caracas . . . . Fl. des Ser., 743. 



B. M., 5966. 



Another pretty species, with small bright flowers, 

 marked somewhat like the last, but with more yellow. 



