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season. I have several times seen it blooming very freely 

 with Mr. Speed, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, at Chatsworth. Native of Cochin China. 



B. Lomi. — This most remarkable and exceedingly rare 

 Orchid is a native of Borneo, where it grows on high trees, 

 in very humid forests. It is very distinct in growth from 

 any other species, and is easily distinguished by its broad, 

 straight dark green foliage, thick fleshy roots, and remarkably 

 long drooping flower spikes, which attain from six to twelve 

 feet in length. The most remarkable feature of the plant is 

 the production of two kinds of flowers on the same spike. 

 The flowers are reddish brown, intersected by irregular lines 

 of greenish yellow, while the two at the base of the spike are 

 of a tawny yellow, spotted with crimson. It blooms during 

 July, August, and September, and continues fresh for several 

 weeks. The plant succeeds well along with Vandas and 

 Aerides, but it is a shy bloomer, and generally grows four or 

 five feet in height before commencing to flower. I once, 

 however, saw a fine plant exhibited, about three feet high, 

 with three spikes of bloom, by Mr. MitcbeU, gardener to R. F. 

 Ainsworth, M.D., Lower Broughton, Manchester. The plant 

 is evergreen, and grows several feet high ; it throws out thick 

 fleshy roots, and bears dark green alternate leaves eighteen 

 inches in length. It is beautifully figured in Warner's " Select 

 Orchidaceous Plants," from a remarkably fine specimen in the 

 possession of J. H. Femley, Esq., Didsbury, Manchester. 

 This plant was formerly included in the genus Vanda, and, 

 indeed, is to be found in many collections under the name 

 of F. Lowii, but it is undoubtedly more correctly placed in 



Henanthera. 



Eesteepia. 



A small genus of epiphytal Orchids, somewhat resembling 

 PUurothaUis, and consisting of small-growing plants with 



