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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[January, 1915. 



have a pleasant smell of honey combined with 

 musk. Mr. Wallis told me the smell was the 

 most powerful in the blotched varieties, which 

 is a very interesting observation." 



Epidendrum Endresii. 

 {From the "Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



EPIDENDRUM ENDRESII. 



THIS is a small growing species with 

 slender stems 6-9 mches high, having 

 stiff, ovate-cordate leaves about i inch 

 long. It was discovered by Endres while 

 collecting for Messrs. Veitch in Costa Rica, 

 in 1873, but who failed to send home living 

 plants. 



It was re-discovered by F. C. Lehmann, in 

 March, 1878, who was only successful in 

 s'ending to Europe one or two live plants, and 

 ever since it has been a most difficult plant 

 to import. The flowers are of the purest 



white, wax-like in texture, the only colour 

 being some prettily arranged violet spots on 

 the centre of the lip, and its wings enclosing 

 the column, and two raised orange-coloured 

 marks on the middle of the lip. 



Epidendrum elegantulum. 



Hybrids of Wallisii and Endresii. 



Wallisii Endresii 



Wallisii Endresio- Wallisii 



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Wallisii elegantulum 



