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ORCHIDS 



Cirrhopetalum. 

 C. Rothschildianum {Horf.). — Flowers bright crimson-purple, 

 blotched with yellow on the sepals. The petals and column 

 being covered at the apex with rich purple hairs, which move 



L. 



Fig. 34. Flowers of Cirrhopetalum Rothschildl^num 



(nat, size). 



With the slightest wind, renders the flowers most attractive and 

 quaint. Pseudo-bulbs ovate or pyriform. Darjeeline i8q^ 

 Allied to C. CoUettii. (Fig. 34.) 



