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ORCHIDS 



Galeandra. 



to August, and is a native of South Mexico, Guiana, and 

 (luateniala. Syn. G. (rls/a/a. (Fig. So; ]!. R., 1840, t, 49.) 



\'ar. /iifcii has flowers of a deefj yellow colour, the front of 



the lip being marked with Ijlood-coloured lines. (H. M., t. 4701.) 



Q. cristata {LimU.). — A synonym of G. Bauei-i. 



Q. devoniana (Schoiiili.). — (Irowing in iis natural state the 



p-eudo-bulbs of this species reach a height of 5ft. to 6ft. : under 



cultivation, however, they are rarely more than about 2ft. long. 



They are round and 

 erect, jjroducing from 

 the ajjex a pendent 

 flower - scape. The 



beautiful flowers are 

 3in. to 4in. across, 

 having darkish purple 

 sepals and fjetals, tlie 

 edges of which are 

 green. The ground- 

 colour of ihe lip is 

 white, the a])ex being 

 beautifully striped with 

 purple. This species 

 was first discovered l)y 

 .Schomburgk on the 

 banks of the Rio Negro 

 — a tributary of the 

 Amazon — and intro- 

 duced in 1S40. (B. M., 

 t. 4610.) 



Q. nivalis (Hort.). 

 — This scarce and 

 [iretty species produces 

 a pendent raceme of ilowers from the top of the erect, tapering, 

 and greyish-coloured pseudo-bulbs. The leaves are long and 

 narrow, and the llowers measure about 2in. in length. The 

 sepals and fietals are olive-coloured, narrow, and reflexed ; the 

 funnel-shaped lip is white, with a violet blotch in the centre. A 

 nati\-e of tr(jpical America: introduced in 1SS2. (G. C, xvii., 

 n. s., fig. 85.) 



Fig, 80. Fi.i 



w'ern of Gai.e.-vndr.v Baueki 



(5 nat. size). 



QEODORUM. 



Warm intermediate - house 

 Orcliids, of the tribe ]'aiidciC. 



terrestrial, tuberous - rooted 

 Two species are sometimes 



