Мо. 1557. 
EPIDENDRUM PATENS. 
Class. Order. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 
........ 
А native of Jamaica and the West India 
Islands, according to Swartz. Ours was 
received of the late Sir R. Woodford from 
Trinidad. It grows upon the trunks of 
trees, and attains the height of from one 
to two feet. | 
With us it flowered in October. It re- 
quires the stove, and should be potted in 
vegetable earth with a little sand. By se- 
parating the roots it may sometimes be 
increased. 
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