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perfection. They thrive best in small baskets or pans with s2Dhagnum 

 moss and potsherds, and require a good supply of heat and moisture 

 while growing. They need but little rest, and should never be suffered 

 to get too dr_v at the roots. They are propagated by division. 

 B. AMOENA. — See Burlingtonli decora. 



B. BATEMANNI, Hort. — A very pretty species, in general appearance 

 resembling B. Candida. The flowers are white and deliciously scented, but the 

 lip, instead of being tinted with yellow, as is usual in the genus, is of a beauti- 

 ful mauve colour. — South Ainerica. 



B. CALOPLECTRON, Rchl. /.—A very beautiful species introduced by us 

 through Mr. C. Patin. The pseudobulbs are small, oblong-ligulate, two-edged, 

 with solitary, thick, lanceolate leaves ; inflorescence pendulous, few-flowered. 

 Flowers about the size of B.fragraiis, and of a pleasing rose colour. This forms 

 a \ery prett}- object for a basket. — U. S. Colombia. 



B. CANDIDA, Liiidley. — A handsome free-flower- 

 ing compact-growing species, with very small ovate 

 pseudobulbs, oblong leaves, and drooping spikes of 

 flowers, which are large, fragrant, white, except on 

 the upper part of the lip, which is yellow, and has 

 several fleshy lamellae in two series on the disk. It 

 flowers in April aud May, and sometimes at other 

 seasons, lasting about three weeks in perfection. 

 To grow this species in perfection, a good supply of 

 moisture is necessary at the roots ; indeed, it should 

 ncvei- be allowed to get drj'. — Bemerara. 



Fia.—Bot. Beg., tt. 11)27, 1929; Floral .Uag.,t.5iS; 

 Orchid Album, i. t. IS. 



Svx. — Bodriguczia Candida. Bchb.f. bdrlingtosia Candida. 



B. DECORA, Lemaire. — A beautiful free-flowering species of somewhat 

 straggling habit, as it makes long wiry growths between each of the ovate 

 two-edged pseudobulbs from which the roots proceed. The leaves are linear- 

 oblong, leathery ; and the flowers are produced on lax upright spikes, and are 

 of a delicate white, pencilled with light rose, the sepals and petals convergent, 

 and the large white lip roundish and bilobed. It blooms during the winter 

 months, and succeeds best in a basket, or on a block suspended from the 

 roof. — Brazil. 



Tig.— Bat. Mag., t. 4834 ; Batem, 2nd Cent. Orcli. PL, t. 110 ; Lemaire, JarJ. FL, 

 t. 188 ; Fl. dcs Serre.1, t. 716 ; Paxt. Fl. Gard., iii. 99, fig. 278. 



Syn. — B. amoena : B^driguezia decora Bclib. f. 



B. DECORA PICTA, Rooher. — This is a very fine form of the preceding, 

 stronger in growth, with much larger flowers, richer in colour, and altogether 

 a superior variety. It produces its beautiful flowers on branching spikes, some 

 of them bearing as many as cwenty blossoms. — Brazil. 



Fia.—Bot. -Vag., t. 5419. 



