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Stanhopea Wardii 1836 Mexico. 



— tigrina 1836 Do. 



— — — Devonianensis 1835 Do. 



All these are beautiful, I may say splendid. 

 They should be grown in baskets made either with 

 wire or wood : I should recommend square baskets 

 made of oakbatlins, as being much better than wire. 

 They should be grown in sphagnum, with turfy 

 peat, and suspended from the rafters of the house, 

 but not near where the air is allowed to come in. 

 In the resting season they should not have any 

 water, but in the growing season plenty should be 

 given, and it should be of the temperature of the 

 house, or even above it rather than below it. The 

 season of flowering for these plants depends much 

 on that in which they begin to grow, for they 

 flower at various times in the year. 



Gongora atropurpurea 1824 Trinidad. 



■ — maculata 1830 Demerara, 



— ignea 1835 



This genus will do well either in pots or baskets, 

 if the soil used is turfy peat and a little sphagnum. 

 They flower nearly all the year round ; are beautiful, 

 and at the same time curious in their formation. The 

 flowers resemble the giraffe in heraldry. 



Coryanthes maculata 1829 Demerara. 



„ speciosa 1826 Brazil. 



■ macrantha 1826 Caraccas. 



A most beautiful and singular genus; the form 



