AND- THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



12X 



Gcslogyne. 



Var. Chatswo)-thi has large pseudo-bulbs and fine flowers of 

 unusual substance. 



Var. Lemoniana flowers about a month later than the type, 

 and has the blotch on the lip pale citron-yellow. 



Var. maxima has larger flowers than the type. 



C. Dayana {RcJih. /.). — A most beautiful plant when in 

 flower. The pseudo-bulbs are long, pear-shaped, with stalked, 

 ovate, pointed leaves, and pendulous spikes, 2ft. or more in 

 length, bearing numerous flowers, which are pale ochre-yellow, 

 with broad stripes of dark brown on the side lobes of the lip, 

 and a crescent-shaped band of brown on the front. Each flower 

 is nearly 2in. across ; sepals and petals ligulate-acute ; lip broad, 

 three-lobed, and wavy ; a spike often bears two dozen or more 

 flowers. This species requires stove treatment, and should be 

 planted in well-drained peat and sphagnum, in a basket. It 

 blossoms in summer. Borneo, 1884. (\V. O- A., t. 247.) 



C. data {Lindl.). — This species has tall, oblong, angled 

 pseudo-bulbs. The flowers are medium-sized ; sepals and petals 

 white^ narrowish ; lip white, with a forked yellow band in the 

 centre, and two orange-striped crests on the disk ; racemes erect, 

 springing with the leaves from the ape.x of the pseudo-bulbs. 

 Leaves sword-shaped, striated. Northern India (8000ft. to 9000ft), 

 1837. (B. M., t. sooi.) 



C. flaccida (Liiidl.). — An erect-growing species, with oblong 

 pseudo-bulbs, each bearing a pair of leathery, dark green leaves. 

 The racemes are long, pendulous, and many-flowered ; the sepals 

 and petals are white, as is also the ground-colour of the lip, 

 which is stained with pale yellow in front, and streaked with 

 crimson towards its base. The flowers are produced during 

 winter and spring, and continue in full beauty a long time. 

 The scales at the base of the raceme are remarkable for their 

 scorched appearance. This species should be grown in the 

 intermediate-house. Nepal, 1829. (B. M., t. 3318.) 



C. fuscescens {Lindl.). — A fine, bold-growing species, pro- 

 ducing terete pseudo-bulbs 4in. to sin. high. The leaves are 

 broad and plaited, and about 9in. long. The raceme is few- 

 flowered, and slightly pendulous; the flowers are large, having 

 sepals and petals of a pale yellowish-red, tipped with white, a 

 lip edged with white and streaked with orange-yellow, and two 

 spots of cinnamon-brown at the base. It blossoms during the 

 winter months, continuing in beauty for several weeks. It grows 

 freely under ordinary Cattleya treatment. Moulmein, 1848. 

 (B. M., t. 5494, var. brunnea.) 



