ORCHIDS 



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VIEW IX THE ORCHID HOUSE. PERADENIYA GARDENS. 



The following are among the most shoxvy and successfully 

 grown orchids at Peradeniya, Ceylon, (elevation 1,540 ft., rainfall 

 about 80 inches): 



[Ep.=epiphyte ; Terr.=terrestrial.] 



Name and Native Country. 



Class. 



Descriptive Notes. 



Aerides odoratum. India and China Ep. 

 Angraecum sesquipedale. Madagascar 



Cattleya Eldorado. 

 C. Gaskeliiana. 



C.-Gigas. 



Rio-negro 

 Yene/uela 



Colombia 



Fl's scented, white, blotched with 

 magenta. 



Fl's very large, ivory-white, long 

 spur. 



Fl's bluish-whi.e and magenta. 



Fl's scented, white and amethyst- 

 purple. 



Fl's very large, rose, crimson- 

 purple and yellow. 



