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ORCHIDS 



Golax. 



diameter ; the sepals and petals are creamy white without — the 

 latter, however, are beautifully banded with transverse stripes of 

 rich deep bluish-purple on the inside (Dr. Lindley describes 

 them as speckled with crimson, but this is, at any rate, by no 

 means usual) ; the lip is three-lobed, with fleshy ridges, white, 



and striped and veined with 

 deep velvety-purple. This 

 plant, when healthy, flowers 

 freely during the months of 

 Ajjril and May. (Fig. 38 ; 

 B. M., t. 5661.) 



Fig. .:;8. 



Flower of Colax jugosus 



(nat. size). 



COLLABIUM. 



Blume has given the 

 abo\e name to a small 

 genus (two speciesj of 

 sto\'e, terrestrial Orchids, 

 of the tribe Ep2de7idrecE. 

 They are natives of India, 

 Java, and Borneo. Flowers 

 in a long raceme on a tall 

 scape ; lateral sepals adnate to the trumpet-shaped foot of 

 the long incurved column, to which the short lip is also 

 jointed ; pollinia two. The fact of the lip encircling the 

 column has given rise to the generic name — from collinn, a 

 neck ; and labiiivi, a lip. They require hot-house condi- 

 tions while in an active state of growth, and should be 

 suspended in baskets near the glass. Ample drainage 

 should be afforded, together with a compost consisting of 

 equal portions sphagnum and fibrous peat. C. simplex 

 {Rdib.f.) and C. ncbulosnin (B/iiiiic) are met with in botanic 

 gardens, but other\\-ise they are rarel)- seen in cultivation. 



COMPARETTIA. 



Elegant, but somewhat rare, warm-intermediate, epi- 

 phytal Orchids, of the tribe VaiidecF, with handsome, 

 generally drooping racemes of small but brightly-coloured 

 flowers. Coniparettia (Pccpp.) is a complimentary name to 

 Andrea Comparetti, an Italian botanist. The species, 

 ^\■hich are found in Equatorial America, do best sus- 

 pended in baskets in a compost consisting of two parts 



