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Trichopilia. 



import, and easy to establish and l<eep in health in this 

 country. 



T. coccinea (JWirsc). — The description under 7'. n-ispa will 

 suffice for this. 



T. crispa {Li/iJL). — Though this beautiful, free-flowering, 

 variable coloured [ilant is regarded by many as a distinct species, 

 by others it is classed as a variety of t. iVcr/z/ccj, along with 

 /ej<ida and wi-t/jn/d/u. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, flattened. 2in. to 3in. 

 long, dark green, onedeaved. Leaves leathery, 6in. by 2in. 

 keeled, acute-pointed. Flower-spikes basal, drooping, short, three- 

 flowered : flowers with pedicels 2in. long ; sepals and petals 

 spreading, 2^in. long, Mn. wide, wavy-edged, twisted, brownish- 

 yellow : lip folded over the column, spreading in front, Hin. 

 across, coloured dee[i crimson, with a white margin. The 

 flowers are developed in May or June, and sometimes again in 

 the autumn ; they remain fresh about a month. All the varieties 

 in cultivation are handsome, and well worth growing. The best 

 of them is the variety known as iiiar;i;niafa, sometimes considered 

 a distinct species. It has bright carmine sepals and petals, and 

 a large, crimson lip, with a narrow marginal band of white. In 

 other varieties the colour is paler, or the lip is crimson only on 

 the inside of the tube, the spreading portion being white. 

 Costa Rica, 1S49. (b. M., t. 4857.) 



T. fragrans (Lindi. ). — An elegant, large-flowered, very 

 fragrant Orchid, and one of the easiest to cultivate. Its 

 clustered pseudo-bulbs are oblong, 3in. to 5in. bv lin., much 

 flattened, smooth, duil green, one-leaved. Leaves leathery, 9in. 

 long, 2in. wide, acute-pointed. Flower-spikes springing from 

 the base of the matured bulb, gin. to i2in. long, about six- 

 flowered ; flowers nodding, on pedicels 3in. long : sepals narrow, 

 2-|-in. long, wavy and twisted, usually greenish-white ; lip folded 

 at the base, the front spreading, i^in. across, more or less lobed, 

 pure white, with a blotch of yellow in the throat. This plant 

 thrives wdien grown in a cool house. It should be planted in a 

 pot, in peat and s[)hagnum, and be kept moist all the year 

 round. The odour of the flowers is almond-like ; they are 

 developed in summer, and remain fresh about a month. Native 

 of Colombia, 1S56. Syn. Pilumna fragrans. ( B. AL, t. 5035.) 



A'ar. nobilis. — Pseudo-bulbs larger and stouter. Leaves shorter 

 and broader. Sepals and petals white, 2 in. long, scarcely 

 twisted ; lip larger than in the type. This is a much finer 

 Orchid than T. fragra)is. Syn. Pilumna nnbilis. 



T. Qaleottiana (A. Rich.). — Though not one of the best of 

 the cultivated Trichopihas, it is worth growing on account of 



