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yield a delicious perfume. There are many varieties of this 

 plant. Native of Ecuador. 



0. ornithorhynchum. — A charming free-flowering Orchid 

 from Mexico. It grows ten inches high, and produces graceful 

 drooping spikes of flowers during the autumn and winter 

 months ; colour delicate rose, and beautifully scented. This 

 does best in a basket, in which the flowers are shown off to 

 good advantage ; a general favourite with Orchid growers. 

 There are two varieties of this ; one having darker and larger 

 flowers. 



0. Papilio majus. — A truly magnificent Orchid from 

 Trinidad, with flowers the shape of a butterfly. It continues 

 blooming from the old flower stems for years — as soon as 

 one flower fades, another appears in the same place ; the 

 colour of the flowers is rich dark brown, barred with yellow ; 

 lip very large, with bright yellow in the centre, and edged 

 with dark brown. This will do either in a pot or on a 

 block. There are several varieties of 0. Papilio, but majus 

 is the best. 



0. Phalcenopsis. — This plant is in the way of 0. cuculla- 

 tum, but more robust in growth ; the flowers are also much 

 larger, and the lip is of a very different form. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, about three inches long, and very dark green ; 

 leaves produced in pairs, and also deep green ; spike slender, 

 bearing five or six large flowers ; sepals and petals about the 

 same size, rich cream-colour, barred and spotted with beau- 

 tiful violet and crimson ; lip large, creamy white, spotted the 

 same as the petals, and having in addition a golden yellow 

 crest. It should be grown in the cool-house. Native of 

 Peru. 



O. phymatocJiilum. — A pretty species from Brazil, and 

 very distinct from all others in flower as well as in growth. 

 The pseudobulbs are thick ; the foliage dark green, attaining 



