CYCNOCHES CYMBIDIUM. 



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propagated by dividing the bulbs when they begin to 



gl'OW. 



Cycnoches harhatum, from New Granada. — A dwarf 

 species, sepals and petals greenish white, spotted with 

 pink ; lip the same colour. It blooms in June or July, 

 lasts in flower two or three weeks. A very scarce plant, 



Cyc. chlorocliilion. — A very good species from Deme- 

 rara ; the flowers, which are of a yellowish colour, are pro- 

 duced in June or July, and last three weeks in good condi- 

 tion if kept dry. 



Cyc. Loddigesii. — A very curious Orchid from Surinam. 

 It produces its blossoms on a spike, six or eight together, 

 which are four inches across ; the sepals and petals are of 

 a brownish-green colour, with darker spots, and bearing re- 

 semblance to the expanded wings of a swan. It blooms in 

 July and August, and continues in perfection three weeks. 

 A desirable species, which ought to be in every collection. 



Cyc. pentadactylon. — This is also a very curious species 

 from Brazil ; the flowers are very large, the colour being 

 yellow and brown. It flowers at different times of the 

 year, and lasts long in beauty. 



Cyc. ventricosum. — A free-flowering Orchid from Guate- 

 mala ; the blossoms are greenish-yellow, with a white lip : 

 blooms in June, July, or August, lasting in bloom three 

 weeks. 



CYMBIDIUM. 



There are several species of this genus, but only a few 

 that are good ; some of them are very handsome, and deli- 

 cate in colour. They are all evergreen, with beautiful 

 foliage; some are large-grovdng plants with short bulbs, 

 from which the leaves and flowers proceed. They are 

 generally free-flowering plants, and some of them pro- 

 duce pendulous spikes as much as two feet long. They 



