380 ORCHIDS. 



Restrepia punctata. SYN. of Restrepia elegans. 



These plants are of easy culture in the cool house ; 

 they should be potted in peat and moss, and kept moist. 

 All bloom in summer very freely. 



Rodriguezia. Ruiz and Pavon. Epiphyte. 



Dedicated to the botanist Rodrigues. 



C. Rodriguezia planif olia. Brazil . . . B. M., 3504. 

 Flowers yellow, shaded with green ; very fragrant. 



B. Rodriguezia secunda. Trinidad . . . B. M., 3524. 

 SYNS. Rodriguezia lanceolata. B. R., 930. 



Pleurothallis cocdnea (Hooker). Lodd. Cab., 



676. 



Flowers on a slender stalk ; color beautiful scarlet red. 



Rodriguezia secunda carnea has less brilliant flowers. 



The following are species : 



Rodriguezia Barkerii. B. M., 3497. 



R. crispa. B. R., 26, 54. 



R. lanceolata. Ruiz and Pavon. Lodd. Cab., 676. 



R. laxiflora. 



R. maculata. 



R. recurva. SYN. Gomezia recurva. Lodd. Cab., 660. 



These plants should be grown in well-drained pots, ex- 

 cept secunda, which does better on a block with moss. 

 They require a moist, hot temperature. 



