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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



AeridM continued. 



A. dlfforme (deformed), fl. green and brown. India, 1865. 



A. Domlnianum (Dominy's).* This is a garden hybrid between 

 A. Fieliliniiii and A. affine, with the colour of the former, but 

 markings and shape of the latter. Very rare. 



A. falcatum (sickle-leaved).* ft. sepals and petals white, dotted 

 with reddish crimson, and tipped with soft rose ; lip white at the 

 sides, with a rosy-crimson centre ; spur short, parallel with the 

 lip ; racemes pendulous, many flowered. I. closely set upon the 

 stem, peculiar blue-green, coriaceous, obtuse and mucronate. 

 This species is very closely allied to A. crassifolium. Sm A. 

 Larpentte. 



Fio. 35. Amnnra ODORATUM. 



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Aerides continued. 



either side ; on long, dense, cylindrical, pendent spikes. 1. ligulate, 

 obliquely two-lobed at the apex, thick and fleshy in texture, about 



long, and of a light green hue. 

 t plant, of which many distinct v 

 is one of the most delicate of the genus. 



elegant 



, 



Moulmein, 1868. This 

 nt, of which many distinct varieties are in cultivation, 



A. maculosum (spotted). Jl. large, with obtuse pale rose-coloured 

 sepals and petals, which are spotted with purple ; lip flat and 

 undivided, bluntly ovate, and of a deep rosy-purple ; racemes 

 pendulous, proceeding from among the upper leaves, somewhat 

 lax and branching. 1. ligulate, thick, and fleshy, obtuse at the 

 apex, Sin. or 9in. long, dark green. A somewhat slow growing 

 species, with a rather stiff, dwarf habit Bombay, 1840. 



A. m. Schroederi (Schroeder's).* fl. very delicate white, tinged 

 with lilac and spotted with rose ; labellum beautiful rose coloured. 

 I. dark green, lOin. long. h. 18in. East Indies. A very free 

 growing and handsome variety, superior to the species, but rare 

 Si cultivation. 



A. Mendelii (Mendel's). 

 A. mitratttm (mitred). 



Synonymous with A. Houlletianum. 

 fl. waxy-white ; lip violet coloured, on 



erous dense erect racemes. April. 1. cylindrical, attenuated, 

 about 2ft. long, dark green. Moulmein, 1864. A rare but elegant 

 species. 



A. nobile (noble).* fl. sepals and petals white tipped, and spotted 



with bright rose ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes creamy yellow, 



and the middle lobe slightly bifld at the apex, white, dotted with 



rose-purple, very fragrant ; racemes 2ft. to 3ft. long, pendulous, 



much branched, many flowered. /. strap-shaped, obliquely emar- 



ginate at the apex, light green, slightly spotted with brown. Not 



unlike A. tuavissimum, but with larger and better coloured 



flowers, and more robust growth. East Indies. 



A. odontoohlluxn (tooth-lipped), h. 2ft. Sylhet, 1837. 



A. odoratum (fragrant).* fl. sepals and petals creamy and white, 



tipped with pink ; lip cucullate, with even side lobes, the middle 



lobe being ovate and inflexed, the spur conical and incurved, of 



the same colour as the sepals, very fragrant ; racemes longer than 



the leaves, many-flowered, pendulous. I. oblique, obtuse, mucro- 



nate at the apex, and dark green. East Indies, 1800. See Fig. 35. 



A. O. oornutnm (horned). /. pink and white. Distinct. 



A. O. ma jus (greater).* Like A. odoratum in growth, but with 



larger and longer spike of flowers. 



^u ' Pippurascens (purplish).* A very robust variety, with 

 broad dark green leaves and massive spike of large flowers, which 

 are white, tipped with bright pink. 



A. pachyphyllum (thick-leaved), fl. light crimson lake ; spur 

 and column white, the small laciniae of the blade of the lip on 

 front part of spur painted with more or less warm purple (these 

 laciniae are just as insignificant as the spur is preponderant); 

 raceme short, few-flowered, I. fleshy, short ; apex obtuse, and un- 

 equally two-lobed. Burmah, 1880. 



A. quiiiqnovulnorum (five- wounded).* fl. fragrant ; sepals and 

 petek obtuse white, marked with five reddish crimson blotches, 

 and tipped with purple ; lip cucullate and funnel-shaped, the side 

 lobes being erect and the centre lobe oblong, incurved and 

 serrated, of the same colour .as the sepals ; spur conical, green, 

 large ; racemes longer than the leaves, pendulous, and many- 

 flowered. Late summer and early autumn. I ligulate, about 

 12m. long tightly clasping the stem at the base, obliquely mucro- 

 nate at the apex, bright shining green. Philippines, 1838. 

 A. a. , Farmerl (Farmer's).* A very rare variety of the above, 

 uftsimilar habit, but the flowers are pure white throughout! 



~-. (Reichenbach's).* fl., sepals neatly striped 



g. ^OKO" l lp dee P or ange colour ; racemes densely crowded. 



Borneo, 1858. A very rare species. 



A. rosourn (rose-coloured) fl., sepals and petals narrow, acute, 



pale rose colour, with darker spots ; lip flat, entire and acute of 



a bright rose, freckled-like the sepals and petals-w^th spots of a 



darker hue ; raceme pendulous, dense, and many-flowered, upwards 



tl J*J len S tn - * coriaceous, recurved, and channelled above 



with a blunt two-lobed apex. Moulmein, 1840. As this does not 



reely, it requires less moisture than any other species. 



A. r. super-bum (superb).* A fine variety, with stronger growth 

 and larger and ncher-coloured flowers. The spikes of this, as well 

 as the typical species, are apt to die off if much water is given. 



A. rubrum (red). A synonym of Sarcanthus erinaceiu. 



A. suavisslmum (sweetest), fl., sepals and petals obtusely ovate, 

 white, tipped or tinged throughout with d*ep lilac; lip threel 

 lobed, pressed to the column, the side lobes being oblong and 

 denticulate, the middle lobe linear and bifid, the whole lipT>ein" 

 of a Dale lemon i,. d the spur rosy-eyed; the numerou! 

 and branched, bearing a profusion of 



A. testaoeum (testaceous). A synonym of Vanda parviflora 

 A. Thibantlaiium (Thibaut's). A synonym of Saccolabium Huttoni. 

 A. vandanun (Vanda). A synonym of A. cylindricum. 



