74 . OECHtD-GROWEIl'S MANUAL. 



Culture. — As before remarlied, tliey are terrestrial, and require to be 

 well shaded ; pot culture suits them best, but the pots must be well 

 drained. The soil should consist of about equal parts of peat, turfy light 

 loam, and leaf-mould ; press the mould down firmly and do not eleyate 

 the plant above the pot. During the season of growth a liberal supph- 

 of water is necessaiy, both to the roots and in the atmosphere, but during 

 winter it may be entirely withheld. They should be grown in the East 

 Indian house. 



A. BICOLOR, Lindley. — Pseudobulbs small, ovate, bearing leaves a foot or 

 eighteen inches long, and -wliicli taper at both ends. Scape erect, bearing 

 several campanulate flowers, usually from three to four in a cluster. Sepals 

 and petals nearly equal, oblong-lanceolate,, acute, yellow, streaked and spotted 

 with reddish-purple ; lip bluntly tongue-shaped in front, bearing on the disk 

 three fleshy protuberances, lateral lobes incurved, obtuse. Flowers in May and 

 June. — Ceylon. 



Fig.— Maund. Hut., iv. t. 200; But. licfj., sx. t. 1730. 



A. CURTISI, Itclhb. f. — This is a species of recent introduction, which 

 resembles the preceding in most details. The flowers are more or less dotted 

 with purple and rose ; lip yellowish, bearing fine raised lines of a yellowish hue 

 between the white fringes. — Malay Archipelago. 



A. JAVANICUM, Blwme. — This species, although resembling the others in 

 general habit, may be distinguished by its bluntly quadrangular pseudo- 

 bulbs. The scape bears from three to six flowers, which are yellow, streaked 

 and spotted with reddish-purple; petals somewhat spathulate; lip three- 

 lobed, middle lobe slightly contracted, side lobes truncate. Flowers in spring. 

 — Java. 



Fig,.— Bot. Beg., xxxii. t. 47 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4492 ; Blmn. Flora Java, t. 49 ; Lem. 

 Jaiid. Fl., t. 35 ; 3fvon', III. Orch. PI., t. 1. ' 



A. STRIATUM, Lindley. — A slender growing species. The flowers are 

 white, sparingly streaked and flushed with red. Sepals and petals nearly 

 equal, oblong, acute ; the three-lobed lip is small and fleshy, bearing numerous 

 warty protuberances on the disk and centre of the middle lobe, the side lobes 

 oblong-obtuse. Flowers in spring. — l^epaul._- 



Fig.— Bot. Ili-g., 1838, t. 68. 



A. SYLHETENSE, Lindley. — This is also a white flowered species, but it is 

 of a creamy hue, streaked and spotted with purple. Sepals and petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute; lip three-lobed, anterior lobe fleshy in texture, tongue-shaped, 

 the centre bearing three fringed protuberances, lateral lobes small. Spring 

 months. — Sylhct and KJ^asia. 



