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fully fragrant. (Fig. 87.) S. Bucephalus. — Spikes 8 inches long; flowers 4 inches across; 

 yellow, marked with bright crimson. Peru, 1852 (//). S. devoniana. — A fine, large- 

 flowering species, bright orange, with reddish-brown spots. Peru, 1837 (//). S. grandi- 

 flora (syn. 8. eburnea). — Lovely sweet-scented pure white blossoms, very freely produced. 

 British Guiana, 1824 (//). S. insignis. — Flowers large, yellow, spotted with purple. 

 Ecuador, 1829 (//). 8. oculata. — Variable but attractive ; yellow, thickly spotted with 

 violet; the lip white, with a crimson blotch. Mexico, 1829 (//). S. platyceras. — Flowers 

 7 inches across; orange yellow, rosy blotches. New Grenada, 1868 (h). S. tigrina. — 

 Variable, with brownish-yellow and purple spotted flowers. Mexico, 1839 (//). And S. 

 "Wardi. — Bright orange, plentifully spotted with crimson. Guatemala, 1836 (//). 



stenoglottis fimbriata. — A pretty orchid, with tall spikes of rosy purple flowers, 

 thriving in rather large well-drained pots, containing a mixture of equal parts of loam, 

 peat, and leaf-mould, with a liberal addition of finely broken charcoal. South Africa, 

 1871 (0- 



thunia. — Beautiful orchids of very easy culture. The growth consists of long 

 deciduous stems, the flower racemes occurring at the apex. The stems should be potted 

 in early spring in equal parts of peat, loam, and chopped sphagnum. After potting give 

 very little water until the young shoots at the base begin to root, then moisten freely. 

 Keep the plants in an unshaded part of the house, and after flowering gradually decrease 

 the water supply as the leaves fall. Keep the roots perfectly dry in winter, and if 

 space is limited they may be turned out of their pots and the soil shaken out, the stems 

 labelled and tied up in bundles. Avoid a low temperature in winter, and while the 

 flowers are open keep the plants in a moderately dry house or they will be spotted. 

 Take every care to ripen the stems thoroughly in autumn or few flowers will be produced. 

 Four kinds are named for cultivation : T. alba. — Stems 3 feet high ; flowers in clusters 

 of 8 or 10 ; sepals and petals white ; lip white, tinted with purple. Nepal, 1841 (h). 

 T. Bensonise. — Similar in habit ; flowers bright rosy-purple, the tints varying in 

 different plants; lip deeper purple than the rest of the flower. Eangoon, 1867 (h). 

 T. Marshalliana. — Eather tall in growth ; flowers pure glistening white, with downy - 

 yellow hairs on the lip. Moulmein (h). And T. Veitchiana. — Hybrid raised from 

 T. Bensonise and T. Marshalliana. 



trichocentrum. — A small genus of beautiful little orchids, not sufficiently popular 

 to need detailed notice here. They thrive in the warm house, in small pans, suspended 



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