FLOWER OF 



CCELOGYNE 



PANDURATA 



DAYS IN MY GARDEN 



with amazing beauty. What texture can surpass the 

 velvet bloom- washed folds of the black pansy? while 

 the black arum attracts by its weird uncanniness. 



It is said that the blackest spot among 

 i flowers is the blotch on the wings of the 

 common field bean, a strange mark 

 and certainly dense black and very 

 beautiful. 



Whenever I gaze in dumb 

 wonder at the superb collections 

 of orchids often seen at our large 

 flower shows, exhibiting the most ex- 

 quisite colours in brilliant and deli- 

 cate shades, in refined combination 

 with the highest development the 

 aristocracy of flower-land my eye 

 never rests till it has sought out one 

 variety which fascinates me. Ccdogyne pandurata is 

 a perfect gem with a wondrous blending of con- 

 trasts. The petals, which have a fine crystalline dust 

 appearance, are pale green, the green of unfolding 

 beech leaves, w r hile the exquisitely frilled green lip 

 is spotted, laced and netted with intense black; it 



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