EPlDENDRUM. 



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First imported by Loddiges, from Mexico, about the year 1843. It 

 grows upon trees near Suite pec, and it also occurs in various 

 localities in the province of Oaxaca. Epidendrum nemorale is one 

 of the most attractive of the section to which it belongs, but it has 

 frequently proved disappointing to the cultivator ; it requires the 



Epidendium nemorale. 



same treatment as the Laelias and other orchids inhabiting the 

 Mexican highlands, the details of which are given in our introductory 

 notes to Laelia, Part II., pp. 53 — 55. 



E. nocturnum. 



EuEPiuEXDRUM. Stems stoutish, 18 — 30 inches high, leafy above. 

 Leaves linear, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 6 — 8 inches long. Peduncles 

 issuing from a long compressed bract, 8 — 10 flowered. Flowers on 



