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brownish yellow sepals and petals; the outer surface of the lip is greyish, the 
inner surface of the brown lateral lobes being striped with yellow. The subqua- 
drate anterior lobe is yellow with a whitish margin, has a verrucose disc, and is 
sprinkled with brown blotches. The figure in the Botanical Magazine represents 
the inner surface of the lateral lobes as purple red, lined with violet-rose, those 
on the outer surface being blue, but we have never seen a form with these shades. 
Cutturr. — C. Massangeana should be grown in a hanging basket as its 
flowers are borne on slender racemes which hang down vertically. It isa species 
requiring plenty of heat and moisture, and will succeed best in the warm 
house. Nevertheless it may be moved into a somewhat cooler atmosphere when 
flowering is over, that is in the autumn, after which it may enjoy a period of rest 
until March. It is not uncommon for this species to flower twice in one year. 
The compost should consist of two parts of fibrous peat to one of sphagnum, 
and repotting may take place about-every second or third year according ‘as the 
plant becomes too bulky for its receptacle. 
