AAW THEIR JIANAGEMENT. 



41, 



Peristeria. 



green, and 3in. long. Leaves ift. or more long, lanceolate, 

 stout, plaited, and dark green. Flower-sjiike short, stout, always 

 pendulous, as shown in Fig. 143, and bearing from six to a dozen 

 flowers, which are fleshy, somewhat cupped, and coloured yellow, 

 sometimes with the addition of a sprinkling of small, purple 

 dots. A variety called 

 giifti/Iafa is thickly 

 dotted with violet. 

 A plant such as is 

 represented in the 

 illustration is both 

 singular in appear- 

 ance and ornamental. 

 During summer 



this species should 

 be grown in the 

 Cattleya - house. It 

 blossoms in June. 



jNIexico, iSj 



(Fis 



141 ; B. R., t. 1953.) 



P. data (Hook.). 

 — \\'hen well grown 

 this stately species is 

 in every way a \'ery 

 ornamental plant. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are slightly wrinkled, and 

 broadly ovate in i^utline ; they are 

 usually from 4in. to sin. high, 

 and bear at the top three to iive 

 strong-nerved leaves, averaging 

 between 2ft. and 3ft. in length, 

 by 6in. in width, tapering towards 

 both ends. The flower-stems are 

 erect, 3ft. to 5ft. high, the upper 

 third bearing the flowers, which 

 are sweetly scented, wa.x-like, 

 somewhat cupped, and measure 

 2in. across. The sepals are con- <"^'- ='^«'- 



cave, and, like the smaller and 



more delicate petals, are shining white. The most remarkable 

 feature of the flower is the column, which is united to the base 

 of the thick and fleshy lip, and is furnished with two white, 

 spreading, fleshy wings, and a bird's-head-like-top, supposed to 

 bear a resemblance to a dove. The lip and wings are sometimes 



i'l 



G. 142. I'LIAVEKS OF 

 PEKISTERIA ELATA 



