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and a somewhat rare plant, and, like the type, it flowers in the 

 Autumn. 



O. Kramerianum and O, papilio much resemble each 

 other, and are fairly well known to frequenters of Flower Shows 

 by reason of their large, butterfly-like flowers, borne at the 

 tip of an erect spike. The former has a reddish brown upper 

 sepal and petals, each about two and a half inches long ; large, 

 orange-yellow marked lower sepals, and a broad, yellow lip with 

 red-brown marks along its margin. O. papilio has longer upper 

 sepal and petals, red-crimson, red-brown, yellow-barred lower 

 sepals, and a handsome red-bordered lip. In each of these species, 

 as one flower fades the spike elongates slightly, and another bud is 

 produced, and so the plants are never long out of flower. Both 

 must be grown in a warm house. 



O. LAMELLiGERUM belongs to the 0. macranthum group, and 

 has large, brown flowers margined with yellow and with yellow 

 tipped petals. 



O. MACRANTHUM is a fine species, and its spikes are often seven 

 or eight feet long. The flowers are three or four inches across, 

 and several of them are borne on each of the branches of the 

 flexuous spike. The upper sepal is yellow and greenish brown, 

 the lower sepals deep yellow, petals brighter yellow, and the lip 

 quite small, white, marked with purple-brown. 



O. Marshallianum is a brilliant and splendid species, with 

 flowers of good size, bright yellow, with red-brown bars and spots 

 on the sepals and petals. The spikes are from three to six feet 

 high, and the flowers are numerous. 



O. ornithorhynchum has small rosy lilac flowers, carried in 

 blanching spikes a couple of feet long. It usually flowers in 

 Winter, as also does its white variety, O. o. album. 



O. PUBEs is one of the miniature species, and a pretty plant 



