SOPHRONITIS. 



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between C. intermedia and S. grandiflora. 8. eximia resulted from a cross between S. 

 grandifiora and C. Bowringiana. The colour is purplish-rose. (Fig. 84.) 



FtJ. 83. (SOBRALIA LiUCASIANA. 



sophronitis. — Small-growing but very brightly-coloured plants, requiring for their 

 successful culture small pans and very little compost, this consisting of peat fibre and 

 sphagnum in equal proportions. S. violacea grows best on blocks of Tree- Fern stems. 

 No resting or drying-off season is necessary, but atmospheric moisture and a good 

 supply of air are essential. We select for cultivation : S. cernua. — Type species of 

 the genus ; pseudo-bulbs very small : and growing closely together; peduncles 3 or 4 



