CasLOGYNIs PANDURATA. 
[PiaTe 63. ] 
Native of Borneo. 
large, four inches across when fully expanded, fragrant, each one issuing from the axil 
of a brown cucullate deciduous bract as long as the pedicel; sepals and petals linear- 
oblong, acute, pale green; lip concave at the base, cordate-oblong, appearing to be 
panduriform from the inflection at the sidés, retuse, setaceo-acuminate, the edges 
erisped, green marked with blackish veins and stains, the disk with three keels and 
two deep double-warted crests on each side, the- crests converging towards the middle 
of the lip, where they are lost amongst a series of irregular rugged often two-lobed 
warts. Column green, with the edges thin and rounded. 
- CaLocyne paANpURATA. Lindley, Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1853, 791; Id. Folia 
Orchidacea, art. Coelogyne, No. 7; Hooker, Botanical Magazine, t. 5084; Bateman, 
Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants, t. 160; Van Houtte, Flore des Serres, t. 
2139; Reichenbach fil., Xenia Orchidacea, t. 121; Id. Walpers’ Annales Botanices 
Systematice, vi., 224. 
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As a curiously beautiful plant this Orchid is perhaps unequalled. It is very 
rarely met with in a flowering state in collections, which is the more to be 
wondered at, as though the flowers are not bright in colour, yet on account of the 
peculiar association of tints—light green and black—and their large size, it makes a 
very attractive object. The flowers are produced upon drooping spikes from the 
young growths during the summer, and continue for some time in perfection. 
Celogyne pandurata is a native of Borneo, where, according to Mr. Low, it is 
common on trees, in shady places overhanging water. It thrives best in the 
temperature of the Cattleya house, and during the period of growth requires a good 
supply of water. After the growth is complete, less water must be given, until it 
begins again to show signs of starting into fresh growth, when the supply should 
be gradually augmented. 
The specimen here figured was flowered in the fine collection of Baron J. H. 
Schroeder, The Dell, Staines, under the care of Mr. Ballantyne, the gardener, who 
seems to be very successful in the cultivation of this interesting plant. 
The root material in which we find it to succeed best, is a compost of peat, 
with a little moss and charcoal added. It does well either in a pot or in a basket, 
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suspended from the roof, but should be well shaded from the sun, as too much 
