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January, 1893, and was awarded a First-class Certificate. The plant bore 
ten racemes, five of which were on one pseudobulb, and the flowers 
numbered in the aggregate 247, the best carrying 37. They measure about 
three inches across, the sepals and petals being light greenish yellow, heavily 
blotched with deep purple brown, and the erect lip is reduced to two narrow 
lobes, in allusion to which the name was given. They are, of course, 
males, the females being considerably larger, and less numerous, also more 
fleshy, with an ovate, entire lip. In 188g flowers of both sexes appeared on 
a plant in the collection of E. Gotto, Esq., of Hampstead. 
Remarkable as the specimen figured is, when compared with those usually 
seen, it does not represent the maximum development of the species, for the late 
Mr. Edward Rand, of Para, Brazil, states that it is without exception, the giant 
of the River Purus, and is the most beautiful and fragrant Amazonian Orchid 
heknows, and that a single flower will fill the air for yards with its delicious, 
vanilla-like fragrance. He has seen the pseudobulbs three feet long and two 
inches in diameter, with flowers of both sexes on the same pseudobulb. 
The males are borne from the top of the pseudobulbs, in drooping racemes 
over two feet in length, and carrying from fifty to seventy flowers. The 
female racemes are borne near the base of the pseudobulb, and carried 
from one to three flowers. What asensation such an individual would cause 
if produced in one of our collections at home. 
The secret of their successful culture is to give them plenty of heat 
and liberal supplies of water during their growing season—a light position 
near the glass in the East Indian house being the most suitable—and after- 
wards a long rest in a cooler temperature, when very little water should be 
given, as they are very impatient of moisture at this season. They may be 
§Town in pots or baskets, with a compost of rough fibrous peat and good 
Sage They also like plenty of light, and should be placed near the 
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ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A MEETING of the Royal Horticultural Society was held at the Drill Hall, 
Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on September 11th, when the Orchids 
exhibited were not very numerous, though they included several specially 
interesting forms. The Members of the Orchid Committee present were :— 
H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and Messrs. H. J. Chapman, W. Cobb, 
De B, Crawshay, J. G. Fowler, J. T. Gabriel, A. Hay, F. J. Thorne, H. A. 
Tracy, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien (Hon. Sec.). oe 
Arthur Hay, Esq., Oakley Park, Eye, Suffolk (gr. Mr. Pratt), exhibited 
splendidly-grown plant of Vanda coerulea, bearing an inflorescence of 
Seventeen flowers, exceptionally large in size and very richly coloured. It 
