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at the base, free above, so that they are almost amplexicaul, and equitant. 
They are scale-like at the base, gradually becoming larger, the upper pair 
forming a large cup in which the flowers are. A series of small tanks is 
thus formed, and if the stem be kept upright water lodges in these tanks 
and the leaves damp off, hence the necessity for the pendulous position.” 
Conversely, Mr. Moore mentions Ceelogyne triplicatula as an Orchid 
which will only grow in an upright position. Many Orchids, of course, grow 
naturally in this position, but Mr. Moore remarks that to see this Ceelogyne 
growing upright ‘‘looks almost uncanny. It has been in the Glasnevin 
collection over five years, and the slide shows what stupid mistakes may 
be made. The angle of the imported pseudobulbs towards the stem spoke 
eloquently, but I would not heed, and put the stem flat; it struggled for 
two years, making poor weak growths, and looking thoroughly unhappy, 
the pseudobulbs keeping at a curious angle. Told to put it any way he 
liked, my grower put it upright, and the result was magical. It made 
ina few months a strong growth which flowered, and every year since 
further progress.” 
Among peculiarities of another kind, Mr. Moore mentions species whose 
flowers are self-fertile, as certain varieties of Dendrobium Brymerianum ° 
or that refuse to open, as Cymbidium grandiflorum sometimes does; or 
that have the flower-stalk immersed in the leaf, as Pleurothallis immersa; 
or that have the lip uppermost, as Eria globifera, which Mr. Moore remarks 
is ‘‘ very happily named, as the small pseudobulbs are globose.” 
Among the masqueraders, he mentions Dendrobium cymbidioides, or 
rather a plant which had passed as such for fourteen years, until another 
plant which flowered in the collection was identified as such, and this 
ultimately led to the discovery that the older one was in reality D. triflorum. 
He also mentions the curious case of Restrepia antennifera, the type of the 
genus, which was for so long thought to be the well-known garden plant 
with spotted flowers, but the appearance in cultivation of two species with 
striped flowers led to the discovery that one of them was the original R. 
antennifera, while the spotted one was R. maculata, Lindl. The curious 
thing is that Lindley was right when originally describing the latter as 
distinct, and afterwards wrong when reducing it to a synonym of R. anten- 
nifera. The case of Cymbidium Dayanum is also mentioned, but all have 
been detailed in these pages. 
After mentioning the curious little Dendrobium linguiforme, and other 
Australian species, as requiring quite different treatment from the majority 
of Orchids, the paper concludes with a reference to several other curious 
and interesting Orchids, as Hexisia bidentata and Hexadesmia crurigera, 
and various species of Maxillaria and Masdevallia, the latter genus being one 
of Mr. Moore’s favourites. 
