CHYSIS — CCELOGYNE. 5 1 



its flowers are produced on a short spike, sometimes six 

 together, each flower measuring two or three inches across ; 

 the sepals and petals are white ; the lip has a blotch of 

 yellow in the centre. It blooms in April and May, lasts two 

 or three weeks in perfection : it makes^a good show-plant. 



Chy. IcBvis, from Guatemala. — The blossoms are 

 cream-coloured, with a blotch of yellow on the lip : it 

 flowers in the same way as the two former kinds, but at 

 difl'erent times of the year ; lasts two weeks in good condi- 

 tion. A scarce plant. 



CCELOGYNE. 



There are many species of this class of plants, some of 

 which are very beautiful : the colour of the flowers of some 

 being rich and of a most delicate hue, while others are not 

 worth growing. The following produce the best flowers : 

 some of the species are evergreen ; others are deciduous, 

 and lose their leaves after they have finished their growth, 

 which is generally the time they begin to flower : the blos- 

 soms on the deciduous species thus appear without any 

 leaves. Almost all the Coelogyne have small bulbs, from 

 which the flowers proceed with the young growth: they 

 make their leaves after they have done blooming : the 

 flowers of some are very large, measuring as much as three 

 inches across. 



These plants are all best grown in pots, with peat and 

 moss. Some of them will do on blocks, but the pot-and- 

 peat culture is the best. They require good drainage, and 

 an abundance of water at their roots in their growing sea- 

 son, and are best grown in the East India house ; but 

 after they have finished their growth a cooler house will 

 do. During their period of rest they should have but little 

 water, especially the deciduous kind, which are best placed 



