OXCIDU'M. 



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in the East India house on a block or in a basket, with moss or peat, and makes 

 a splendid plant for exhibition; but we seldom see it in t^ood condition.— 

 Guiana; Surinam.. 



ONClDIUSt LAXCEANUSt. 



VlG.—T/;/!!.-.: Ifort. Sor. Lund.. 2nd scr.. ii. t. 5 ; Bi>f. llrg.. t. 1S87 : A'. .)'■ W. Floral 

 <''ili., t. 79; Pd.rtDii. Mai]. But., ir. p. lljl), with tab.; Florr A-.v ,s'c/-/v.v, tt. 18-1:2— 3 ; 

 Ptiydt.Lr.s Orrh.. t. 32 : JIart. P,n;i,l .. i. t. 12 {.^-yperhiniiy, Guril. Chron.. S.S., -xxi. 

 p. 0U9, f. lis : Tim ('t'«;v/'('«, 18S6. xxix. p. 328. t. 539 ; Lindniia.i. t. ID (var. .-oqicrhv iii) ; 

 Rcirlii-iiharliia. ii. t. 73 : VcHcV.t Mn n . Orcli. PI., viii. p. oO. 



O. LANCEANUM LOUVREXIANUM, ]!r],b. /.—A most chaste and beautiful 

 vai-iet)^ of this grand old species, from which it differs in that the lip, instead 

 of being- wholh' mauve-coloured, has the expanded apical lobe of a pure white, 

 which forms a fine contrast to the deep violet of the basal portion. It is named 

 in honour of M. D. Massange de Louvrex, Marche. Belgium. The jilant flowers 

 during the summer months. — Guioiui. 



Via.— Orchid Alhiiiii, iii. t. 129. 



O. LARKINIANUM, Ciov-er. — Of this handsome Oncldinm oulj- one specimen 

 is known to exist in cultivation, of which J. Larkin, Esq., of Delrow, Watford, is 

 the happy possessor. We believe it is a natural h3d)rid, perhaps between 

 0. Gardnerianum and 0. Marshallia)Hnii. The pseudobulbs are oblong-obtuse 

 ribbed, bearing two lanceolate acute leaves from 6 to 9 inches long ; scape 

 radical, niany-tiowercd, flowers large and showy, measuring 2 inches across or 

 more; sepals yellow, transversely streaked with bright chestnut-brown; petals 

 roundish in outline, chestnut-brown, with a marginal border of rich yellow. 



