154 okchid-gkower's manual. 



B. saEguinea, B- Brown. — A very compact-growmg ever- 

 green epiphyte, with roundish ovate clustered pseudobulbs, 

 bearing one or two linear oblong leaves, from between which 

 springs the peduncle, eight to twelve inches high, supporting 

 a raceme of from six to nine flowers of a very rich 

 crimson, the sepals narrow lanceolate, keeled, the petals 

 broadly ovate, and the lip roundish cordate ; these flowers 

 are produced during the summer months, and last a long 

 time in good condition. This plant ought to be in every 

 collection, on account of the distinct and brilliant colour of 

 its flowers. — Jamaica ; Cuba. 



Fig. — Bot. Mag., t. 3076 ; Id., t. 3536 (as coccinea) ; Loddlges, Bot, Cab., 

 t. 793, 



Syn. — Eindendrum sanguineum. 



BULBOPHYLLTJM, Thoiiars. 



{Tribe Epidendreae, subtribe Dendrobieae.) 



The flowers in this genus are in general more curious than 

 beautiful. The plants mostly have creeping rooting rhizomes, 

 with pseudobulbs in the axils of the scarious sheaths, one or 

 two leaves from the top, and a raceme or umbel of numerous 

 small flowers on a peduncle springing from the base of the 

 bulbs. In a few instances they are larger and solitary. The 

 flowers are in many cases curious, particularly the labellum 

 or Hp, which is articulated and movable, the least breath of air 

 or the slightest cause of motion being sufiicient to set up a 

 tremulous or dancing movement in this organ. Of the 

 numerous species which are widely dispersed in Asia, Africa, 

 America, and Australia, only a few are worth the attention of 

 the amateur cultivator. The name is more commonly written 

 Bolbophi/llum, but the form we have adopted is the original 

 orthography of Du Petit Thouars. 



Culture. — The Bulbophyls are chiefly valued as curiosities ; 

 they require but very little room, and thrive best on small 

 blocks of wood with a little moss, suspended in a warm part 



