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Grammatophyllum. 



interesting events in the Orchid World. Only on four previous 

 occasions had it flowered in Europe : in Messrs. Loddiges' 

 Nursery, at Hackney, in 1S52; in the collection of Sir G. 

 Taunton, at Leigh Park ; in the collection of Mr. W. G. 

 Farmer, Nonsuch Park, Ewell; and imperfectly in the collection 

 of the late Mr. John Day, of Tottenham. To illustrate the 

 gigantic proportions attained by this species in its native 

 countries, Mr. J- H. A'eitch, in his "A Traveller's Notes," 

 speaks of one in the Botanic (lardens at Penang as being 42Jift. 

 in circumference, its shoots from 6ft. to 7ft. long, and its seed- 

 pods yJjin. long (including their foot-stalks) and 2lin. in 

 diameter. One of last year's racemes, of which there were thirty, 

 was 7] ft. long. Mr. Veitch also adds that the plant was in fine 

 condition, nearly all the shoots being clothed with foliage of a 

 good colour. The same writer also gives particulars of a plant of 

 even more gigantic proportions that was in the Botanic Gardens 

 at Bulenzorg, Java. This had forty-six racemes of flowers,, 

 some with twenty-four open blossoms, and many more buds to 

 e.^pand. The plant was 15ft. through, and had stems 9ft. long. 

 It will be gathered from these particulars that to cultivate this 

 species, a house of considerable proportions will be required. 

 It grows satisfactorily under the same conditions as those 

 afforded to stove plants generally. It should be placed in a 

 position where it can obtain all the available light, only sufficient 

 shading to prevent actual scorching of the leaves being afi"orded. 

 It should have a liberal supply of moisture, both at the roots 

 and in the atmosphere, during the growing season, with drier 

 conditions during the period of rest. It is an interesting and 

 a wonderful plant. G. Sa)iderianuin is really identical with this 

 species. 



QROBYA. 



Lindley's name for a genus containing two .species of 

 greenhouse epiphytal Orchids, of the tribe Vandece, natives 

 of Brazil. It was named in compliment to Lord Grey, of 

 Groby, a munificent patron of Horticulture, who died in 

 1836. Flowers yellow or greenish, tinged and spotted 

 with purple, in short racemes ; petals broader than the 

 sepals, forming a short helmet overhanging the lip ; lip 

 small, five-lobed at the apex. Leaves grass-like, ribbed 

 at the apex. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. The plants require similar 

 cultural conditions to Stanhopea. 



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