HELCIA. 841 



H. discolor Ordiana, WUUmns. — A very desirable plant, 

 which in habit, and in the shape of the leaf, closely resembles 

 H. discolor Dawsoniana, but the colour is a vivid green, 

 instead of a deep brown, the leaves being lined out with 

 golden veins. — Malay Islands. 

 Syn. — Goody era Ordiana. 



Helcia, Lindley. 



{Tribe Vandeae, subtribe OncidieEe.) 



A pretty dwarf-growing Orchid, the sole representative of 

 a genus, which some of our great authorities merge in 

 Triclwinlia. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte, with solitary 

 coriaceous leaves, and peduncles springing from the base of 

 the bulbs. It differs from Trichopilia amongst other things 

 in its column standing erect and clear of the lip, instead of 

 being rolled up in the latter ; it has, moreover, a deep fringed 

 border to the anther-bed, and the lip is contracted near the 

 middle, and below that furnished with a pair of thick fleshy 

 erect lobes, hollowed out in the middle, standing up on each 

 side of the column without touching it. It is from Tropical 

 America. 



Culture. — This is a small compact-growing evergreen plant, 

 and succeeds well in the cool house. It is best grown in a 

 pot with peat, moss, and good drainage, keeping it moist in 

 the growing season. 



H. sanguinoleilta, Lindley. — A very pretty dwarf tufted 

 plant, with somewhat the habit of Trichopilia. It has ovate 

 elongate pseudobulbs, undulated leathery petiolate leaves four 

 to six inches long, and numerous radical decurved scapes, 

 each bearing a rather showy flower two and a half inches 

 across ; the sepals and petals are narrow oblong, yellowish 

 olive-colour marked with transverse bands of brownish 

 crimson, or, according to the figure in Illustration Horticole, 

 with beautiful ocellate markings of the same colour ; the lip 



