102 oechid-gkowee's manual. 



Culture. — These plants are all best grown in pots; with rough fibrous 

 peat, good drainage, and plenty of moisture at the roots in the growing 

 season. The cool-house is the most siiitable place- for them, as they 

 succeed best in. a cool temperature. They ought to have a good season 

 of rest, and during this time they should be kept rather dry, till they 

 begin to show signs of growth. They are propagated by dividing the 

 j)seudobulbs just before they begin to grow. 



A. CLOWES I \lA,ndley. — A 

 charming distinct and free-grow- 

 ing species resembling in the 

 shape of its flower a large Tulip. 

 The sepals and petals are bright 

 yellow, the lip pure white or 

 yellow tipped with orange ; it 

 blooms in May, June, and July, 

 and lasts long in perfection if 

 kept in a cool-house. The lip of 

 this plant is very remarkable, 

 being beautifully balanced on a 

 kind of hinge, so that the flower 

 when shaken produces a rattling 

 .„„„,„ „, .„, sound caused by the lip striking 



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the sepals ; the lip is tnree-lobed, 

 the middle lobe pilose, infundibuliform-labiate, and tridentate. The flowers are 

 fragrant. — Golomhia. 



FjG.—JBnt. Beg., 1844, t. 63 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4813 (orange-lippecT var.) ; Wariier, Sel. 

 Orcli. PI., i. t. 33 ; Peseatorea, t. 17 ; Moore, 111. Orch. PI., Anguloa, t. 2 ; Lindcnia 

 iv. 1. 191 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PL, ix. opposite p. 100. 



A. CLOWESII MACRANTHA, Sort.— A fine variety with larger flowers, 

 growing about the same height as the preceding. The flowers, which are bright 

 yellow spotted with red, are produced in July, and, if kept dry, continue three 

 or four weeks in perfection. A scarce plant. — Colombia. 



A. DUBIA, Bchh.f. — Avery distinct novelty, with flowers resembling those of 

 A. uniflora in shape, but being of the colour of those of A. Clowesii — yellow, the 

 sepals and petals covered inside with small purple spots ; the lip is white, with 

 purple blotches inside at the base. The flowers are produced in May and June. 

 Professor Eeiohenbach says this plant may be a hybrid between A. uniflora and 

 A. Clowesii ; it resembles the latter in growth, and was introduced by us along 

 with it. — Golomhia. 



A. EBURNEA, Williams. — A magnificent species, which will make a valuable 

 addition to our cool-house Orchids. It has large dark-coloured bulbs, with 

 bright green leaves, a foot and a half high, producing flowers as large as those 

 of A. Clowesii, but of the purest white, except the lip, which is spotted with 

 pink. This is a very rare plant. — New Grenada. 



Fig. — Orchid Alhuvi, iii. t. 133 ; Lindenia, vii. t. 348. 



