SEPTEMBER, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 285; 
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HIS elegant species is widely distributed over north-east India, Assam 
and Upper Burmah. Travellers and collectors have seen it growing 
in the hot plains and valleys generally exposed to the full glare of the sun. 
Dr. Wallich found it in Sylhet early in the nineteenth century, and although. 
living plants were sent to England about the year 1829, no flowers were 
seen until 1836, when it flowered in the gardens of the Duke of Northum- 
berland. The flowers are 3-4 inches across, the sepals and petals pale rose- 
purple, often suffused with white, the three-lobed lip has the side lobes. 
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tawny yellow with bands of red spots on the inner side, the front lobe being 
pale rose-purple. In order to obtain satisfactory results a high temperature 
is needed and a place where little or no shading is used. A good plan is to 
prepare a bed of compost on the staging, or In shallow eceeee and te cover 
the surface with living sphagnum moss, which will assist in marntaining the 
necessary atmospheric moisture. Syringing the plants morning and evening 
is also beneficial. 
