138 orchid-grower's manual. 



C. BELLA, Rchh. f. — A distinct hybrid, which, as Professor Eeichenbach 

 remarks, deserves an honourable place amongst these useful and ornamental 

 plants which do so much to enliven our dull, short winter days. It was raised 

 in Messrs. Veitch & Sons' nursery, the parents being C. Tumeri and C. Veitchii, 

 the latter species being the father. The pseudobulbs resemble those of C 

 vestita. The flowers are produced in long arching racemes, and are as large as 

 those of C. Tumeri; the sepals white, the petals of a delicate blush, and the 

 broad deeply-cleft four-lobed lip of a delicate blush-pink, with an intense 

 carmine crimson blotch surrounded by a zone of white, the column also being 

 of a deep crimson ; the spur is pale yellow. It received a 1st Class Certificate 

 at South Kensington in December, 1881. — Garden hybrid. 



FlG.—Iieichenhachia, 2nd scv., ii. t. 63, f. 2. 



C. BILOBA, Lindl. — A beautiful species belonging to the evergreen section, 

 and although known as long ago as 1854, when Dr. (now Sir) J. D. Hooker 

 collected it in Sikkim, it is still rare in collections. It has cylindrical pseudo- 

 bulbs, and erect many-flowered spikes ; the sepals and petals are purplish 

 tinged with yellow-brown, while the lip is purple striped with white. — India. 



Flo. — Orchid Album, viii. t. 378. 



C. COLORANS, Mchh.f. — This new and beautiful species first flowered with 

 us, and we have to thank the late Professor Eeichenbach for identifying it. It 

 belongs to the C. verairifolia section, and has large white showy flowers with a 

 double-toothed spur. The leaves are like those of 0. verairifolia in form. It 

 grows in grassy places, which indicates a terrestrial habit. This will make a 

 useful autumn flowering Oalanthe, as it produces its blossoms during August 

 and September. — India. 



Tia.— Orchid Album, v. t. 218. 



C. CURCULICOIDES, lAndley. — This is an extremely rare and beautiful 

 species, which we have not for a longtime seen in flower. The leaves are large, 

 evergreen, and plaited. The flower spike is erect, bearing a head of bloom 

 similar to that of G. verairifolia, but the flowers, instead of being white as in 

 that species, are of a beautiful orange yellow, and are produced in summer and 

 autumn. — Malacca ; Penang ; Singapore ; Java. 



Fia.—Bot. Hog., 1817, t. 8 ; Sot. Mug., t. GlOl ; Breda, Orch.Jac, t. 7 ; Floral Mag., 

 2 ser., t. 319. 



C. DOMINil, Lindley. — A good and distinct hybrid, which grows in the same 

 way as G. Masuca. The sepals and petals are lilac, the lip deep purple. It is 

 the first of the hybrid Orchids raised in this country, and its production is due 

 to the late Mr. Dominy, who obtained it as a cross between G. Masuca and 

 G.furcaia. It is a fine free-blooming plant. The seeds were obtained in 1854, 

 and the young seedlings were in flower two years later. — Garden hybrid. 



Fia.—Jiot. Mag., t. 5012. 



C. DARBLAYANA, Godefroy. — This hybrid is of French origin, and is the 

 result of a cross between C Regnieri and G. vesiita oculata gigantea ,- flowers 

 pale rose colour, reminding one of a pale variety' of C. Veitchii. — Garden hybrid. 



YlG.—L'OrchidopnUe, 1889, p. 178. 



