126 ORCHIDS 



Ocelogyne. 



colour, with the addition of several deep velvety black, raised 

 ridges, or crests, running parallel upon its surface ; in shape it 

 is oblong, warty on the front, and curiously bent down at the 

 sides, assuming somewhat the form of a violin, from which the 

 plant takes its specific name. This species is a native of Malaya, 

 where it grows on trees overhanging water in shady places, 

 and blossoms during June and July. It requires tropical treat- 

 ment all the year round, and thrives best when grown in a long 

 basket, so that the rhizomes have room to develop. It first 

 flowered in England in 1S53. (Ij. M., t. 5084.) 



C. Parishii (llnok). — A small species, with four-angled, 

 narrow pseudo-bulhs, 4111. long, each bearing a pair of broad, 

 stout leave', and a six-flowered raceme. The flowers are like 

 those of C. pandttrata, but smaller ; they are produced in April 

 and May, on plants grown in an intermediate-house and kept 

 saturated in the growing season. A native of Moulmein ; intro- 

 duced in 1S61. (B. M., t. 5323.) 



C. Sanderiana {Rchb. /.). — Of comparatively recent intro- 

 duction, and a most beautiful species. It is not unlike C. cristata 

 in its flowers, but is quite different from that species in other 

 respects, and especially in the treatment it requires. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are ovate, 2in. long, wrinkled, and bear each a pair of 

 leaves. These are ift. long, 2in. wide, ribbed, stalked, and 

 dark green. The flowers are produced in loose racemes on the 

 young growths, each raceme bearing about six snow-white flowers, 

 which are gin. across, the sepals being narrow, pointed, and 

 keeled, the petals broader, and the lip three-lobed, the side 

 lobes being striped with brown and the front lobe blotched with 

 yellow. It requires tropical treatment, and plenty of water 

 always. Introduced from the Sunda Isles in 1887 by Messrs. 

 Sander and Co. 



C. speciosa {Liiidl.). — The pseudo-bulbs in this are large 

 and oblong, each bearing a thin, dark green leaf about gin. long. 

 The flowers are produced singly or in pairs at the end of a 

 slender peduncle, each flower measuring upwards of gin. in 

 diameter. The sepals and petals are brownish or olive-green, 

 the latter being longer and narrower than the sepals. The lip 

 is beautiful in both colour and marking, as well as in the ex- 

 quisite fringe of the crests and margin ; it is yellow, veined 

 with dark red ; at the base it is dark brown, and at the apex 

 pure white. It is three-lobed, the lateral lobes being small 

 and resembling ears. Two long crests run nearly the whole 

 length of the lip, and are copiously fringed with hairs. A 

 native of Malaya, 1845. It is a free-growing and free-flowering 



