TKICHOPILIA. 



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T. Candida. — See Pilumna fbageans. 



T. COCCinea. — See Teichopilia maeginata. 



T. crispa, Lindlerj. — A charming and very rare species, 

 resembling T. vumjinata in its habit and foliage, but more 

 robust, the pseudobulbs being larger. The drooping peduncles 

 are produced from the base of the bulbs, and bear two or 

 three large flowers on each. The sepals and petals are 

 crispato-crenate along the whole margin, light cherry crimson, 

 faintly edged with white ; and the lip is large, white outside, 

 somewhat deeper in colour than the sepals, the margin 



TRICHOPILIA CEISPA. 



irregularly but strongly crisped, and the throat a rich deep 

 crimson. It blooms during April, May, and June, and lasts 

 about two weeks in perfection. The plant requires to be grown 

 in a pot, and should be elevated three inches above the rim, 

 in order to show off the flowers, which are drooping, to the 

 greatest advantage. R. Warner, Esq., of Broomfield, exhi- 

 bited a fine specimen of this plant, with upwards of a hundred 

 flowers, at the St. Petersburg International Exhibition in 



