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ORCHIDS. 



ajnahilis. The only difference between the two is, that 

 gramlifiora has much larger flowers, with yellow in the 

 centre of the lip, instead of pink ; and the leaves are longer, 

 and of a lighter green. This makes a fine plant for exhi- 

 bition. We showed a plant at the Chiswick and Regent's 

 Park Exhibitions, in 1851, with seventy flowers on one 

 single plant. 



PhalcB. rosea, from Manilla. — A small-flowering species, 

 but very pretty : grows in the same way as the two for- 

 mer, but very inferior in beauty ; the colour being white, 

 slightly tinged with pink : the lip deep violet. It blooms 

 at different times of the year, lasting long in beauty. A 

 scai^ce Orchid. 



PROMEN^AS. 



This is a small genus of pretty, little, dwarf-growing 

 Orchids, about three inches high : they produce their 

 flowers from the side of theii' bulbs, and hang over the edge 

 of the pot. They are not very showy plants, but curious, 

 and ought to be in every collection, and are best grown in 

 pots Avith peat, in either house, with the same treatment as 

 Faphinia cristata, 



Promencpa Hollissonii, from Brazil : it produces its 

 pale yellow flowers during the autumn, lasting thi'ee weeks 

 or more in beauty. 



Fro. stapelioides, from Brazil. — The colours of the 

 flowers are green and yellow : it blooms in July, August, 

 and September, and lasts long in perfection. 



SACCOLABIUMS. 



Some of the finest Orchids in cultivation belong to this 

 class. They are very compact in their growth, with beauti- 

 ful, long, and pendant evergreen foliage. Their habit of 



