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0. Forbesii. Yellow and brown. Organ Mountains. C. 



O. Gardneri. Yellow and brown. Organ Mountains. C. 



O. incurvum. Rose and white. Mexico. C. 



0. Jonesianum. White and brown. Paraguay. I. 



0. Kramerianum. Yellow and chestnut-red. Ecuador. W. 



Fig. 707.— Oncidium Pa] 



0. Lanceanum. Rose-purple and brown. Surinam. W. 



0. leucochilum. White and brown. Guatemala. C. 



0. Loxense. Orange, green, and brown. Loxa. C. 



0. macrantlitnit. fellow and purple. Ecuador. C. 



0. Marshallianum. Bright-yellow. Organ Mountains. C. 



0. omithorhynchum. Rose-purple. Mexico. C. 



0. omithorhynchum album. White. C. 



0. Papilio (fig. 707). Yellow and red-brown. Trinidad. W. 



0. Phalosnopsis. White and purple. Ecuador. C. 



0. Barcodes. Yellow and brown. Organ Mountains. C. 



(). serratum. Brown. Ecuador. 0. 



0. splendidum. Yellow and brown. Guatemala. C. 



0. superbiens. White, brown, and purple. Colombia. C. 



O. tigrmum. Yellow and brown. Mexico. C. 



0. varicosum. Yellow, red-brown spots; very fragrant. Brazil. C. 



0. Wentworthianum. Yellow and brown. Guatemala. C. 



Peristeria. — A small genus rendered familiar in 

 gardens through P. elata, the Dove Plant. They require 

 the same treatment as Lycaste and Phaius. The stronger 

 growers should have fibi-ous loam, peat, and sphagnum. 



P. aspersa. Yellow and chocolate. Venezuela. I. 



P. cerina. Yellow. Central America. I. 



P. elata. White. Panama. I. 



P. pendula. French-white and purple. Demerara. I. 



Pescatorea. — A sub-genus of leafy evergreen Orchids 

 producing showy flowers. They require to be grown in 

 a moist shady house. Pescatorea is botanically placed 

 under Zygopetalum. 



P. cerina. Yellow. Yeragua. W. 



P. Dai/ana. Cream-white. Colombia. W. 



P. Elabocltorttm. White and crimson. Ecuador. W. 



P. Lehmannii. White and violet. Colombia. W. 



Phaius. — A variable genus related to Calanthe, the 

 two having been hybridized successfully. 



P. grandifolius. Buff and purple. India and China. I. 

 P. Humblotii. White and rose. Madagascar. W. 

 P. maculatus. Yellow. India. C. 



P. tuberculosus (fig. 708). White, yellow, and purple. Mada- 

 gascar. W. 

 P. Wallichii. White, buff, and purple. India. I. 



Hybrids of garden origin : — 



P. amabilis. Grandifolius x tuberculosus. 1893. 



P. Cooksoni. Tuberculosus x Wallichii. 1890. 



P. maculato-grandifolius. Maculatus x grandifolius. 1890. 



P. Marthai. Blumei x tuberculosus. 1893. 



P. Norman. Sanderianus x tuberculosus. 1898. 



P. Oakwoodiensis. Humblotii x Cooksoni. 1900. 



Phalaenopsis. — A noble genus with short stems fur- 

 nished with fleshy sheathing leaves, which in the case of 

 P. Schilleriana are prettily marbled with gray. They are 

 known as Moth Orchids, and are among the showiest 

 Orchids in cultivation. 



Java. 

 W. 



W. 



w. 



P. amabilis (grandijfora) (fig. 709). White. 

 P. Aphrodite (amabilis). White. Manila. 

 P. Loivii. Rose and purple. Burma. W. 

 P. Luddemanniana. White and purple. Philippines. 

 P. rosea. Rose. Manila. W. 

 P. Sander iana. White and rose. Philippines. 

 P. Schilleriana. Rose. Manila. W. 

 P. speciosa. White and crimson. Malaya. W. 

 P. Stuartiana. White and brown. Mindanao. 

 P. tetraspis. White. Andaman Isles. W. 

 P. violacea. White and violet. Sumatra. W. 

 ,, var. Schroderiana. Rose. W. 



There are also several beautiful hybrids. 



Platyclinis. — A small genus of which the pretty and 

 elegant yellow P. filiformis and the white P. glumacca 



W. 



W. 



Fig. 708.— Phaius tuberculosus. 



are best known. They were formerly called Dendro- 

 chilum. I. 



Restrepia. — Dwarf evergreen Orchids of similar 



