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remedied by grouping them wiih Ferns, or other graceful 

 green-leaved plants. They give little trouble, if properly 

 managed, but their wants must be supplied at the right time, 

 which is the great secret in the treatment of most deciduous 

 plants. In consequence of their deciduous habit they get 

 neglected, and just at the time when they should receive 

 most attention, and their beauties should be seen, they are 

 found in a shrivelled condition. They require a good season 

 of growth, and after that, one of rest. The way in which we 

 treat them is to pot them in a mixture of loam, peat, moss, 

 and sand, giving them good drainage and plenty of water 

 while growing ; the potting should be performed immediately 

 the flowers fade. After the pseudobulbs are fully formed, 

 give only enough water to keep them from shrivelling ; but, 

 as before stated, when they begin to show flower, water 

 freely, which will induce their blossoms to come finer. The 

 Cattleya house is the most suitable place for them. 



P. birmanica, Rckb. f. — A charming dwarf Orchid, allied 

 to P. prcccox, but according to present experience a later- 

 blooming plant. Its pseudobulbs have the peculiar raised 

 shoulder and depressed conical apex frequent in this genus, 

 and are of a fine bluish purple marked with numerous white 

 circles, the raised edge being much more prominent than in 

 P. precox. The leaves are of the usual character, and decay 

 before the flowers are produced ; these latter are of a light 

 purple, the disk bearing three toothed keels, along which on a 

 white ground are several small fine brown oblong or roundish 

 spots or blotches. The anterior edge of the lip, instead of 

 being fringed, has very short teeth ; it is said to produce 

 usually two flowered peduncles. — Burmah. 



Syn. — Ccelogyne birmanica, 



P. COncolor, Hort. — A very pretty and distinct plant, with 

 the pseudobulbs and foliage similar to those of P. j^f'^Bcox. 

 The sepals and petals are of a dark rose-colour, and the 

 elegantly fringed lip is of the same colour with yellow 

 blotches in which are several brownish crimson spots ; the 

 crests are pale yellow. — India. 



