The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



Megans. Dark rose, lip flat and spoon-shaped, 

 white freckled with purple, towards the end a great 

 square blotch of crimson. Spring. Mexico. 5s. 



Lindleyana (Dr. Lindley, the great botanist). A 

 much taller plant, with a general resemblance to 

 the above ; but the colour is purplish, and the 

 crimson blotch upon the lip has a white centre. 

 Autumn. Mexico and Costa Kica. 5^. 



Melanocaulon (black stem). Kosy lilac, the lip 

 reddish purple, with a patch of green in the middle. 

 Summer. Costa Eica. 



Skinneri (Mr. Ure-Skinner, who discovered it). 

 The showiest of the genus. Its spikes may be two 

 feet long, bearing twenty or thirty rose-coloured 

 flowers of good size. The lip is paler rose. Winter. 

 Mexico and Central America. 



Spectdbilis (handsome). The plant is small, but 

 its flowers the largest of any, eight to ten on a 

 spike ; rosy lilac, lip white at the throat and down 

 the centre, with red dots, margined and tipped 

 with rose. Summer. Mexico and Central America. 



BIFRENAKIA. (Double band.) 



Bifrenaria Harrisonice. This is the correct name 

 of the familiar Lycaste Harrisonice. I mention it 

 under that title. 



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