AXn THEIR MAX AGE ME XT. 



Bulbophyllum. 



a bulb, and pliylloii, a leaf). The flowers are chiefl>' 

 remarkable in the lip, which is jointed and movable, a 

 very slight touch being sufficient to produce an oscillatory 

 motion. In some instances a dense tuft of hairs occurs 

 at the point of the lip 

 and other segments, and 

 here the movement is 

 started by the slightest 

 breath of air. The 

 genus is also interest- 

 ing as containing, on 

 the one hand, one of 

 the most gigantic of 

 Orchids — B. Beccarii — 

 and, on the other, one 

 of the most minute — 

 B. pvgi/iirinii, a native 

 of New Zealand. 



Culture. — The species 

 enumerated belo^\- are 

 all nati\-es of the 

 tropics, and require a 

 warm, moist atmosphere 

 when growing ; e\-en 

 when at rest it is not 

 advisable to allow them 

 to become quite dry. 

 The dwarf- growing 

 section does best in 

 shallow pans or baskets, 

 suspended near the 

 roof-glass, the compost 

 consisting of ecjual 

 parts fibrous peat and 

 sphagnum, pressed 

 moderately firm. 



A paper read b}- 

 Mr. VV. H. White, at 



one of the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Societ\-, 

 and since published in the "Journal," gives some interest- 

 ing matter in respect of this peculiar and beautiful class 

 of plants. They should be more e.xtensi\el\- cultivated. 



Fig. 22. BuLBf)PHYLH"iM 



BAKBIGERUiM 

 (3 nat. size). 



