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feet long, and the variety good. This species produces young 

 plants on the flower spikes more freely than any other kind. 



P. rosea. — A small-flowering but very pretty species from 

 Manilla. It grows in the same way as the former, but is much 

 inferior to it in beauty. The leaves are somewhat oblong, 

 slightly broadest at the apex, bright light green in colour ; sepals 

 and petals white, slightly tinged with pink ; the lip deep violet in 

 the centre, the side lobes stained in some varieties with rich 

 orange. It blooms at different times of the year, lasting long 

 in beauty. If the old spikes are left, they will keep blooming 

 for several years, and as the spikes elongate the flowers come 

 larger ; it sometimes produces from twelve to fourteen spikes 

 of bloom, and then makes a very showy specimen. 



P. Schilleriana. — ^A magnificent species from Manilla, and 

 which is undoubtedly the finest in cultivation, which I had 

 the good fortune to be the first to introduce to the notice of 

 English Orchid growers. It has beautifully variegated foHage, 

 and is quite distinct from all other kinds. The leaves are 

 similar in form and equal in size to those of P. grandiflora, 

 of a dark green colour, mottled with irregular bands of white ; 

 the flower spikes are produced from the axils of the leaves, 

 and in their native country are more than three feet long, and 

 more branched than those of the other kinds. I have a dried 

 spike, on which there has been developed more than one hun- 

 dred blossoms. The individual blossoms measure more than 

 two and a half inches across, and they are arranged in two rows 

 along the spike ; sepals and petals beautiful light mauve edged 

 with white ; lip of the same colour, with darker spots, the 

 upper part being yellow, spotted with reddish brown ; the in- 

 side is handsomely spotted — indeed, the whole aspect of the 

 plant is very attractive. The roots of this plant are very- 

 distinct fi-om those of the other species of this genus, being 

 flat, and having a rough appearance ; they are, moreover, very 



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