PHAJCS. 651 



PHAJUS, Loureiro. 



iTi-ihe Epidendreae, suUrihe Bletieae.) 

 A fine genus of tall-growing terrestrial Orchids, which produce their 

 well-furnished racemes of beautiful flowers very freely, and which when 

 well grown are noble objects. The name is sometimes written Fhaius. 

 The stems are in some of the species pseudobulbous ; the leaves are large 

 and plicate ; the flower scape in the genuine species is erect and leafless, 

 and the flowers, which grow in racemes, are large and showj-. The 

 sepals are free, and the lip gibbose or spurred at the base, its lateral 

 lobes broad and rolled over the elongated footless column. There are 

 upwards of a dozen species, which are found in Tropical Asia, India, 

 Ceylon, the Malay and Philippine Islands, Madagascar, Australia, and 

 China. A few leafy-stemmed species with nodding racemes are now 

 referred to the genus Thunia. 



Culture. — These plants are of easy culture, but they will amply repay 

 any amount of attention and care. They are of large growth, and even 

 when not in bloom their noble foliage is extremely ornamental. If fine 

 specimens are wanted, they should be grown in pots of large size, with 

 loam, leaf mould, and rotten cow-dung, as directed in the remarks on 

 Terrestrial Orchids. They require plenty of heat and moisture at their 

 roots in the growing season, but the water should not touch the young 

 growth. During their period of rest they may be placed in a cooler 

 house, and should then be supplied with very little water. Propagation 

 is eSected by dividing the bulbs after the blooming season is past. 



P. ALBUS.-See Thu.xia alba. 



P. AMABILIS, O'Brien. — A hybrid raised in the nurseries of Messrs. J. 

 Veitch & Sons, between P. grandifolius and P. tuberculosus. The growth is 

 intermediate between the two parents ; the flowers measure about 3 inches in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals white tinged with rose ; " lip claret colour, with 

 darker purplish lines, and whitish ground at the base inside ; the base of the 

 labellum being yellow on the outside, the edges being beautifully crimped." — 

 Garden hybrid. 



'FlG.—Gard. Chron., 3rd ser., 1893, xiii. p. 229, f. 32 ; Journ. of Jlort., 1S93, xs.Yi. 

 p. 453, f. '82. 



P. BERNAYSII.— See P. Blumei Bernatsii. 



P. BICOLOR, Lindl. — This old species was, according to Luidley in his 

 Sertum Orcliidaceum, received by him from Mr. James MacEae, and was found 



