Descriptive Catalogue of Orchids, &c. 9 



Per plant. 

 (C) Oncidium Cavendishii. A magnificent species, with large hroad 

 leave? ; its bright yellow flowers are produced in great 

 abundance from strong branching spikes during the 



winter monihs 2 50 



(C) Divaricatum. Flowers yellow orange and brown, produced 

 on long branching spikes during summer; very hand- 

 some 1 50 



(C) Tncurvum. A pretty species, produces white and brown 



flowers during autumn and winter 2 50 



(T) Kramerianum. A very fine Orchid, somewhat in habit 



like O. Papilio ; pseudo bulbs, dark leaves, brightly 

 spotted, flowers yellow, spotted profusely with rich dark 

 brown spots; it keeps blooming from the top of the spike 



for years, and are often in great beauty 2 50 



(T) Lanceanum. Eemarkably handsome and distinct, with 

 beautifully spotted foliage; flowers large, produced on a 

 stiff spike a foot or more high, sepals and petals greenish 

 yellow, blotched crimson, lip rich purple violet; blooms 

 during summer, and last four or five weeks in good con- 

 dition $8 0(» to 5 00 



(C) Lavenderii 2 ('0 



(C) Multiflorum 1 50 



(C) Ornithorrynchium A charming free flowering Orchid from 



Mexico ; produces graceful, drooping spikes of flowers 

 during the autumn and winter monihs, color delicate 



rose, and beautifully scented 2 00 



(Tj Papilio. A magnificent Orchid ; flowers the shape of a 



butterfly ; it continues in bloom from the old flower 

 stems for years, as soon as one flower fades another 

 appears in its place; color a dark brown, barred with 



yellow 2 00 



(C) Stramineum. Long drooping spikes, of a delicate straw 



color 1 50 



(C) Species from Mexico. Long spikes of yellow flowers 1 50 



(T) Peristeria elata, (Holy Ghost Flower.) A noble Orchid, sends up 

 tall spikes of waxy white flowers. The central parts of each 

 flower presents a very striking resemblance to the figure of a dove ; 



blooms during summer 2 50 



(I) Pescatoria Flora de Espiritu Santo, (O. Pescatorei.) A magnificent 

 plant from Mexico, produces branching spikes, richly ornamented 

 with flowers during April and May, sepals and petals with a shade 



of rose ; lip white, yellow and rose 2 50 



(T) Phajus Albus Superbus, (Thunia.) A stately East Indian plant. 

 The flowers pure white, except the lip, which is pencilled 

 with purple; blooms during summer, and continues in 



bloom five or six weeks $2 50 to 5 00 



(I) Grandifolius, (Bletia Tankervillise. ) This is a superb plant 



for winter blooming, produces flower spikes two to four 

 feet long, color of flowers while and brown, a free bloomer, 50 

 (I) "Wallichii. An East Indian Orchid, and one of the finest, a 



large growing plant, producing long upright spikes of 

 flowers during s[»ring flowers orange yellow, tinged with 



purple " 3 00 



(T) Phalsenopsis Schilleriana. A magnificent species from Manilla. The 

 foliage is beautifully variegated ; the flower spikes are two to 

 three feet long, individual flowers two and one-half inches across ; 

 sepals and petals beautiful light mauve, edged with white, lip the 

 same color with dark spots, upper j)art yellow, spotted with reddish 



brown 



(C) Pleione Maculata. A beautiful Orchid from the East Indies, leaves 

 about six inches long ; sepals and petals delicate white ; 

 lip white, beautifully barred with crim.son. It blooms in 

 October and Is'ovember 2 00 



