AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



4-5 



Phalcenopsis. 



leaves do not exceed yn. in length. The flower- 

 in length from 6in. to lift., and bears from six to 



;pike varies 

 a dozen or 



more flowers, each ^in. across ; 

 and coloured light rosy-purple ; 

 yellowish lateral lobes and two 

 slender, narrow appendages near 

 its base. Burma and Cochin 

 China, 1S74. (Fig. 14S.) 



Var. antennifera differs from 

 the type only in having flowers 

 a little darker in colour. 



P. gloriosa (RM. /.).— A 



variety of P. Aphrodite. 



P. grandiflora {Lindl.).—A 



synonym of P. amabilis [Bliime). 



P. Lowii(A7;Z'./.).— Though 

 small as to flowers, this is a 

 species of extreme elegance 

 and beauty. Its leaves are 

 deep green, tinged with 

 purple, and four or five 

 occur in a tuft on each 

 plant ; they are 

 about 4in. long, 

 i|-in. broad, and 

 pointed. The 

 flower-spike is 

 slender, of a 

 purplish tinge, 

 and carries from 

 five to twenty 

 flowers. The 



latter are liin. 

 in diameter, 

 with the ob- 

 long sepals and 

 the broader, 

 rounded petals 

 white, flushed 

 with purple. 



The lip is three-lobed, and of 

 lobes being slightly paler than 

 of the column is pale purple, 

 pared to an elephant's trunk. 



sepals and petals equal in size, 

 ip dee[i purple, with a pair of 



Fig. 148. Phal.k.xoi'Sis Esmeralda 



{I nat, size). 



a rich violet-purple, the 



the central one. The 



and in shape may be 



The flowers expand durin; 



side 

 apex 

 com- 

 ; the 



