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ORCHIDS 



Epidenclnim. 



on the ends of the ripened pseudo-bulbs. Each head continues 

 to develop fresli whorls of flowers as the lower ones fade, so that 

 the plant remains in blossom almost all the year round. Each 

 flower is \m. across, with a three-lobed lip, the colour being 

 bright purplish-red. It is a native of Colombia, w^hence it was 

 introduced some years previous to 187 1. (B. ^L, t. 5902.) 



The following, with several others similar to E. evecluiii, are 

 in favour in some collections : 



E. Friderici-Gulieliui (Rclih. f.) (flowers of a dark purple) ; 

 E. i/n-ii^-ueiise (H. Jk A") (flowers orange-scarletj ; and E. 

 Schoinbiirgkii {Li/uil.) (flowers vermilion-scarlet), are, broadly 

 speaking, the same in habit and inflorescence as E. eTcctuin, but 

 they differ in the form and colour of their flowers. 



E. falcatum {fJudl.). — Long creeping stems, from which 

 spring thick, fleshy, lance-shaped, falcate, drooping lea\es about 

 I ft. long, and glaucous green in colour, characterise this species. 

 The flowers, which are usually produced in pairs, have spreading 



narrow sepals and 

 petals, 2-iin. long, and 

 brownish - green in 



colour ; the lip is dark 

 yellow, three-lobed ; the 

 two side lolies are 

 rounded, the middle 

 one is narrow and 

 spear-like. The flowers 

 are usually developed 

 in summer, and remain 

 fresh for several weeks. 

 This species may he 

 planted in a basket, in 

 jjeat and sphagnum, or 

 fastened to a block and 

 hung near the glass 

 in an intermediate- 

 house. Mexico to 

 Guatemala ; introduced 

 in 183S. 



E. Lindleyanum 



(Rtlib. /).— Pseudo- 

 bulbs ill. long, as thick 

 as a goose-quill. Ra- 

 ong, erect, bearing numerous large delicate flowers, similar 

 to those of E. e/i\i;ai/s, but rosy-purple in colour, the lip 



Fig. 



Flowkk I if EpIDE^'DKl■.^I 



Ll.XDI.ICV.^NU.M 

 (nut. size). 



cemes 

 in fori 



