Platk 110. 



BURLINGTONIA DECORA 



Neat Burlmgtonia. 



Gen. Char. PeriantUum inembrancaceum, convolutum, obliquum. jS^^^ft^o unguiculata, labclL 

 bre\aora, basi a petalis distincta, lateralia basi concava, connata, labello subposita. Pefnht ungui 

 culata, labello paraUela, sepalis longitudine aequalfa, sed latiora. Lahellum unguicnlatum, bilobtim 

 basi cornutum, vel muticum, cum columna parallelum, apice dilatatum, ungue caualiVulato Ini.ul 

 lato. Columna teres, longe clavata, nunc aplce appendicibus duabns coloratis aucta; dlaamh'h 

 dorsali, stigmate utrinque comuto. AnilicriB nniloculares. Pomnia 2, jx^stico cxcavata, camh'ruf., 

 subalatae elastice adnata.— Herbae cpiphjta, pscudobulbis 1-2-pli/llh, UMfolluiis. TAnrll. 



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JNGTONIA decora; caulibus elongatisliinc Iiido prolifcris, pseudobiil])iB ovatis cnmprcssi.s rao- 

 nopbylHs, sepalis petalisque (albis roseo-matulatis) acutiB, lalnni nngim aopnlis prtnlif^que 



erectia 



8f Hoolc. Bot. May 



Yar.jiicta; pscudobulbis orbicularibus compressis, foliis broviorlbn" acutissimis, fopalis pctnlisqnr 



pulcherrime maculis purpurco-atrosanguincis pictis. Bot. ^f<lf}. t. o 11 9. 



Of this pretty BurUngtonia there are many varieties, but that from ^vhich the fij^ure 

 is taken, and which was introduced from Eiazil by Messrs: II. T.ow and Co., is one of 

 the best. It has somewhat the habit of B. rigida, but the pscudobulbs are not iic.i 

 so far apart, and the flowers much more freely produced. All the Burlingtonias slioi 

 he groAvn in. shallow pots or pans, filled with nothing but -moss and potsbei 

 through which their long roots will freely protrude, andhang do\ni a } ard or more 

 the air. The latter, however, should always be kept moist, etspeciall) during the sc-n; 

 of growth. Treated in this way, they grow and (with the exception oiB. rigida) flov 

 readily. Most of them usually bloom during the summer months, but tliere are no 

 few that do so nearly all the year round. They are best gro^^'^ with the Dt ndrdi 

 that is in a temperature warmer than what Cattleyas require, but not so warm as tl 

 in which the East Indian air-plants and African Arn/rrrca delight. 



Fig. 1. Side view of the column and hp and spur. fi. Front viow of il.o column. 3. Pollfn- 

 maases : — magnified. 



