DO orchid-grower's manual. 



(|uautities, so that cultivators will now have an opportunity of testing tbe 

 beauty of this distinct Aerides. — Philippine Isla,nds : Manilla. 



VlG.—Lindl. SeH. Ofcli., t. 30 : Pan't. Mag. But., vii. 241 ; Jennhigg, Oi-cli., t. 30 ; 

 Ltndenia, iv. t. 150. 



A. QUINQUEVULNERUM FARMERI, Williams, is a, variety of the preceding, 

 producing long spikes of white flowers ; it grows like A. quinquevulnerum, and 

 blooms about the same time. This plaiat flr.st came under our notice at 

 Nonsuch Park, Cheam, the seat of W. F. G. Karmc-r, Esq. ; it is extremely 

 rare. — Manilla. 



A. REICHENBACHII, Linden. — A beautiful species allied to A. virenn and 

 A. quinquevulnerum, the latter of which it resembles in habit and foliage. It 

 has long dense drooping racemes of flowers, of which the sepals are white 

 blotched with purple, the dorsal one cuneate-ovate, with a large spot near the 

 apex, and the lateral ones bluntly triangular ; the linear falcate petals are also 

 white with small dots of purple, and having a large purple spot near the apex ; 

 the lip is trifid, white dotted with purple, with the yellow side lobes erect' and 

 dolabriform, and the middle one cuneate-ligulate. The disk of the lip runs out 

 behind into a conical incurved spur, which is white below, green at the tip. — 

 Borneo. 



Fig.— Xenia Orchid, ii. t. 104 ; Liiidcnia, \. (". 1. 



A. REICHENBACHII COCHINCHINENSE, Hori.~A variety which has the 

 inflorescence more dense ; and the sepals are not blotched, but neatly striped 

 at the apex, and the yellow of the lip is much deeper. It has been flowered bj' 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., and proves to bo a very grand thing. — Cochin 

 China. 



A. ROEBELINII, Bchh. f. — According to Prof. Reichenbach, this is a fine 

 Aerides presenting some new features. It has the habit of A. guinqtiet-uhierum, 

 and produces erect racemes a foot in length bearing as many as twenty-five 

 very fragrant flowers as large as those of the species just named, the sepals and 

 petals greenish white with white tips, the petals often toothletted, the lip rosy, 

 with yellow oblong side lobes lacerated on the upper edge, as is the much 

 longer oblong curved middle lobe. The flowers have a short conical spur. — 

 Philippine Islands. 



A. ROHANIANUM, Rc/tfc. /. — This is Jiear to A. suacisoimum, its racemes 

 being longer and denser. The sepals arc white, rose, or mauve rose, always 

 edged with white ; the segments of the lip are narrow, white, and having two 

 purple lines running through the centre, accompanied by two purple blotches ; 

 the spur, which is projected in front, is orange-coloured with numerous small 

 purple spots. — Easiem Asia. 



A. ROSCUM, Loddtges. — A handsome profuse-flowering species of slow 

 growth, but reaching two or three feet high, with light green foliage a foot 

 long, truncate and toothed at the apex, and long branching spikes of white 

 flowers tinted with rosy magenta, the rhomboid lip deeper in the centre, and 

 twice as long as the ovary. \Vc havfe seen the flower spikes two feet long, with 



