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are at rest, while at all times they like bright light. The best 

 species are E. guineensis, with large purple, green, and white 

 flowers on a yard-high spike ; E. maculata, that has reddish- 

 brown and white flowers ; and E. Saundersiana, which has green 

 and purple-black flowers, and is a very striking plant. 



EULOPHIELLA 



Two species are occasionally found in collections, and one of 

 these, E. Peetersiana, is probably referable to Eulophia. It is a 

 strong grower, and has large yellowish flowers, carried many 

 together on erect spikes, four feet high, E. Elizabeths, from 

 Madagascar, is a very pretty Orchid, but one that does not take 

 kindly to cultivation. Hundreds of plants were sold ten years or 

 so ago, but very few of these remain alive, and of those that 

 remain few ever flower satisfactorily. This is unfortunate, as 

 the horizontal or semi-drooping spikes, a foot long, carry several 

 white flowers of great beauty ; each bloom is from two to three 

 inches across, and its whiteness is enhanced by the yellow marks 

 on the lip and by the deep, red-purple of the stems and the 

 exterior of the sepals. It appears to do best at the warmest end 

 of the hottest stove, in a well-drained basket, grown in a mixture 

 of peat, broken leaves, sphagnum, and sand. 



GONGORA 



The Gongoras have a quaintness that is attractive, but the 

 species are of little value except as curiosities. They grow very 

 much in the same way as Stanhopeas, and should be similarly 



