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the roof of the house, keeping it moist as before. 

 This also requires a season of rest. 

 Grobya Amhersta— Brazil — 1829 — September. 

 Flowers yellow, mottled, and shaded with red. 

 This genus thrives well either on blocks of wood 

 or suspended from the roof of the house. When 

 grown in baskets, use mossy peat and a large por- 

 tion of potsherds : treated thus it will succeed 

 much better than when grown in pots the ordinary 

 way and placed on the stage. 

 Huntleya Meleagra— Brazil— 1839. 



Large yellowish white flowers tinted with pur- 

 ple, streaked with deep rose ; lip same colour, 

 having a broad fringe, &c. 



violacea — Guiana — 1835. 



Flowers a deep rich violet tipped with green- 

 ish yellow melting down into white. A fine 

 species. 



These require a moist stove, suspended from the 

 roof of the house, either in baskets or on blocks of 

 wood. Give them a season of rest. 

 Laelia anceps — Mexico — 1828 — December. 



Flowers large and of a pinkish purple colour \ 



lip crimson purple ; throat yellow and beautifully 



marked with red, 

 ■ anceps var. Barkeriana — Mexico — 1833 — 



December. 



Flowers a delicate black ; lip deeply margined 

 with fine purplish crimson. 



