ORCHIDS OF LESSER VALUE i8i 



large, pure white flowers; there are finely coloured varieties of 

 (or hybrids from) it, introduced by M. Linden some years ago, 



t.e., MIRABILE, LiNDENII, and IMPERIALE; C. MACROCARPUM, with 



flowers often nearly four inches across, yellowish, spotted with 

 purple; C. Rodigasianum, green and purple-brown; and 

 C. TABULARE, green or green and white. 



CHONDRORHYNCHA 



This small Colombian genus contains one charming little 

 plant that is but rarely cultivated with success. A stove or inter- 

 mediate temperature appears to suit it best, with peat and sphagnum 

 as a rooting medium. The flowers of Chondrorhyncha Chester- 

 TONii are large for the size of the plant, and remarkable for the 

 beautifully fimbriated margin of the broad lip. The colour is 

 yellow. Two other species are in cultivation, i.e., C. fimbriata, 

 sulphur-yellow with brown spots, and C. Lendyana, pale 

 yellow. 



CIRRHOPETALUM. 



This is a large genus of quaint and interesting Orchids, found 

 widely distributed throughout the Eastern Tropics. Akin to the 

 Bulbophyllums in many ways, they will thrive under the same 

 cultural conditions. Very few of them are of horticultural value, 

 and it is only in the great national collections, like those at Kew 

 and Glasnevin, or a private collection like Sir Trevor Lawrence's, 

 that they are seen in quantity. In most species the two lower 

 sepals are enlarged and extended into slender tails, and form the 

 chief attraction, while the lip is often very small, but so daintily 



