ORCHIDS. 



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A. bambuscefolia. Evergreen, 3 feet high. Flowers large, 

 magenta-rose, with dark-rose lip. India. I. 



A. densa. Flowers rosy-lilac, with crimson-bordered lip. Singa- 

 pore. I. 



Fig. 689.— Bulbophyllum Lobbii. 



Barkeria. — A section of Epidendrum, requiring to be 

 grown on blocks or in baskets suspended in full sunlight 

 in an airy house, and liberally watered when growing. 



B. elegans. Spike five- to seven -flowered. Flowers 1J inch 

 across, lilac and white, lip with dark -crimson blotch at tip. 

 Mexico. I. 



B. Lindleyana. Flowers numerous, rich rose-purple. Autumn. 

 Central America. B. centerce and B. cyclotella are varieties of it. I. 



B. Skinneri. Stems 1 foot, bearing erect racemes of deep-rose 

 flowers. Winter. Mexico and Guatemala ; altitude 3000 feet. I. 



B. spectabilis. Flowers the largest in the genus, rose and white. 

 Mexico and Guatemala. I. 



Batemannia. — A small genus of which B. Colleyi 

 and B. Peruviana are in cultivation. The name is also 

 applied to a section of Zygopetalum (which see). I. 



Bletia. — Terrestrial plants. The flowers are produced 

 on erect spikes. B. hyacinthina, one of the best-known, 

 thrives in a tolerably cool house; the purple B. Shejiherdii, 

 one of the handsomest, is intermediate. 



Bo I lea. — A section of the genus Zygopetalum, with 

 large and handsome flowers. The plants are leafy like 

 Huntleya, and require shade and moisture. 



B.coelestis. Flowers rich-blue. Colombia; altitude 6000 feet. I. 

 B. Lalindei. Rose and white. Colombia. I. 

 B. Lavjrenceana White, tipped with rose. Colombia. I. 

 B. Schroderiana. White, with pink lip. Colombia. I. 



Brassavola. — A genus of dwarf evergreen epiphytes, 

 with white or greenish fragrant flowers. South America. 

 The only large-flowered kinds — Digbycma and glauca — 

 are now placed under Lselia. I. 



Brassia. — Epiphytal Orchids, chiefly of botanical 

 interest, inhabiting South America and the West Indies. 

 The best-known is B. verrucosa, though B. caudata, B. 

 Lawrenceiana, and others are showier. I. 



Broughtonia. — Pretty epiphytes from Jamaica and 

 Cuba. They require to be grown on bare rafts without 

 moss or peat, and in the full sun. Water freely in sum- 

 mer. 



B. lilacina (Lceliopsis Domingensis). Lilac. San Domingo. I. 



B. sanguined. Carmine-crimson. Jamaica. I. 



Bulbophyllum. — Interesting epiphytal Orchids widely 

 distributed in India, Java, Borneo, Africa, and South 

 America, the flowers varying from the tiny B. micro, athurn 

 to the gigantic B. grandiflorum. One of the prettiest is 

 B. Lobbii (fig. 689). Some few require the hothouse, but 

 most thrive in the Cattleya house. 



Calanthe. — This genus may be divided into two dis- 

 tinct sections, viz. the evergreen or C. veratrifolia class, 

 and the deciduous or C. vestita class. The latter require 

 a long dry resting season, during which water should be 

 withheld; the former should be kept moist all the year. 

 The C. vestita class are the chief of those grown largely 

 in gardens, and of which a great number of garden 

 hybrids have been raised. These, from a florist's point 

 of view, are among our best garden Orchids. 



C. curculigoides. Yellow. Java. W. 

 C. Masuca. Purple. India. I. 



C. Natalensis. Purple. South Africa. I. 



Cattleva citrina. 



C. pleiochroma. Eose. Japan. I. 



C. rosea ( Limatodes). Rose-pink. MToulmei 



C. veratrifolia. White. India, Australia. 



