AXD THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



457 



Selenipedium. 



of black dots on the inner mnrgin. Tliis s]iecies might be 

 grown in a. moist greenhouse. Peru, 1S63. ( B. ^l., t. 5466.) 



S. caudatum {Rchli. f ). — One of the most graceful and attrac- 

 tive of Orchids, and one that has ahvavs excited much interest 



Fig. 156. .Selenipedicm c.\UD.nrM AV.M.usii 

 (much reduced). 



when In fiower. It has rather stiff, bright green, strap-shaped, 

 cur\ed leaves, ift. long, and erect scapes about ijft. high, 

 springing from the centre of the growths. Strung plants have 

 producjd four flowers on each scape, but the u,ual number is 



