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not be kept too wet, but slightly moistened every 

 day as long as they continue to grow, and kept 

 perfectly dry when they have done growing. It is 

 a lovely genus, and will well repay the little trouble 

 that is bestowed upon it, with a brilliant show of 

 rich coloured flowers, not surpassed by any genus 

 of orchidese. 



Broughtonia sanguinea 1793 Jamaica. 



This should be grown on a log of wood, with a 

 little sphagnum, it requires only little water. 



Leptotes bicolor 1830 Brazil. 



A small basket or a log of wood does equally 

 well for this. It is a lovely little plant. 



Mormodes atropurpurea 1834 Spanish Main. 



— — — — pardina 1836 Mexico. 



buccinata 1838 



This species requires nearly the same treatment 

 as that for catasetum. It is a very singular genus, 

 the column is turned awry or twisted, which gave 

 rise to the name mormodes or hobgoblin, from its 

 fanciful resemblance to that. 



Epidendrum Skinner i 1835 Guatemala. 



■ cochleatum 1786 West Indies. 



— cuspidatum 1808 



— tibicinum 1836 Honduras. 



macrochilum") , r . 



f — Mexico, 

 (purple lip) J 



selliserum 1835 Guatemala. 



