34 ORCHIDS 



Acampe. 

 distichous, coriaceous ; stem leafy, not pseudo-bulbous. 

 These plants are of botanical interest onl}', and as the 

 species are not in general cultivation, we refer our readers 

 for a list of species to " The Dictionar)' of Gardening," 

 1900 Supplement, p. 5, Acampes require similar cultural 

 treatment to Acrides, Saccolabiuiii, &c. 



ACANTHOPHIPPIUM. 



These very peculiar terrestrial stove or East Indian- 

 house Orchids, of the tribe Epidendrea;, are natives of 

 India and the Malayan Archipelago. The origin of the 

 generic name, for ^\'hich Blume stands sponsor, is not 

 apparent. The species are of botanical interest chiefly, 

 and are not recommended for general cultivation. Flowers 

 rather large, racemose, ^i^w ; sepals combined in a broad, 

 oblique pitcher, including the petals, which are adnate to 

 the base of the column ; column short, produced into a 

 long foot ; pseudo-bulbs oblong ; leaves few, large, longer 

 than the scapes. The plants thrive well in a compost of 

 sandy peat and sphagnum, with a little lime-rubble or 

 tufa-stone intermixed, to retain a porous condition of the 

 compost : the drainage should be clean and ample. The\- 

 are best grown in pans. Descriptive references to the 

 various species will be found in " The Dictionary of 

 Gardening." 



ACINETA. 



Lindley's name for a genus of Orchids, of the tribe 

 Vaiidccc, allied to Peristcria. There are some half-a- 

 dozen species in culti\-ation, natives of either Tropical 

 America or Mexico. The flowers are sub-globose, fleshy, 

 borne on short, pendulous racemes ; the leaves are 

 lanceolate, membranous, ribbed, and the pseudo-bulbs 

 angular, and about as large as a hen's egg. The o-eneric 

 name is in reference to the jointless lip (from akiueta, 

 immovable). 



Culture. — Acinetas require the temperature of the inter- 

 mediate-house throughout the year. Owing to the plants 

 producing their flower-racemes from the base of the 



