148 oechid-growjie's il^nual. 



of which are oblong and uudulated, are of a rosy-pink, while 

 the two lower sepals are pink along the upper half, and deep 

 rose along the lower side ; the short lip is yellow, as is the 

 frill of about thirteen lamellae on the disk, and has the large 

 convex pink column arching over it. — New Grenada, 

 YiG.— Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 147 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., iii. 8, fig. 1. 



BrasSAVOLA, Bobert Broun. 

 (Tribe Epidendrece, subtribe Lasliese.) 



Epiphytal plants, with somewhat thickened stems, bearing 

 one or two fleshy subterete or thickly linear leaves, and 

 terminal showy flowers, of which the sepals are long and 

 spreading, the lip sessile, its basal lobes folded over the 

 column, and its front lobe abruptly expanded. There are about 

 a dozen species, natives of Brazil, the West Indies, and Mexico, 

 but only a few that are sufficiently showy to be worth growing 

 by the majority of amateurs. 



Culture. — These plants are of easy culture, and grow best 

 in a little moss on blocks of wood suspended from the roof; 

 a liberal quantity of water is necessary during the growing 

 season, but afterwards much less will suffice. They are best 

 grown in the warmest house, and are propagated by dividing 

 the plants. 



B. acaulis, Lindlei). — A very interesting species, with rush- 

 like foliage, and a compact stemless habit of growth, strikingly 

 difi'erent from all others except B. glavca. The flowers are 

 large, with the sepals and petals long, narrow, and greenish 

 or creamy white, the lip being large, heart-shaped and pure 

 white, with the base of the tube spotted with dull rose. 

 They are produced in September, and remain a long time in 

 beauty. — Central America. 



Fig.— Paxt. Fl. Gard., ii. 152, fig. 216. 



Stn. — Bletia acaulis. 



B. Bigbyana, Lindley. — A fine compact evergreen species, 

 about six inches high, with stem-like compressed pseudo- 

 bulbs, bearing a solitary elhptic glaucous fleshy leaf, and 

 jrom its base a peduncle supporting one very large flower 



