46 ORCHIDS. 
PHALAZNOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. 
Tuis variety — represented by Plate No. XII.—received its 
name from Consul Schiller, of Hamburgh, a celebrated florist, and 
is a native of the Philippine Islands. 
It is not possible to put upon a single sheet the whole of a 
thrifty specimen and its blossoms; and if this were done, it would 
be difficult to find language that would justly describe their varied 
beauties. Our drawing was made from a plant in Major Davis's 
greenhouse. 
The roots, so far as seen, resemble a bunch of twisting earth- 
worms. Upon these rest broad, singularly mottled leaves; the 
stalk, often parting into several branches, and sometimes two feet 
long, bears a profusion of blossoms, unique in shape, and of 
mellow richness in colors. The plant is slow of growth, but, 
when well matured, has been known to bear more than a hundred 
flowers. 
Some orchids continue to blossom for months after the first 
flowers are faded; but such blossoms are always smaller than the 
first, and this prolongation of the flowering season tends to exhaust 
the vitality of the plant; it should, therefore, be checked by giv- 
ing the plant rest. The Phaleenopsids are apt to over-flower and 
become exhausted. 
Many plants have only two and three leaves, yet throw out a 
great profusion of fine blossoms. Some of the leaves are hand- 
somely marked, and would render the species desirable even with- 
out a blossom. 
