I, IOSM MR KNOWN ORCHIDS, 



aa bo the accuracy, in 1008 another speoief which I got from Mei i 



Sander flowered, and the flowers considerably puzzled Mr. liolfo, who 



inclined bo consider if bo be D, oymbidioides, but the plants were boo 

 distinct for thin to bo the case. Mr. I r< > I f* ^ visit™! CJlasnovin in I0OJI, 

 and Haw the plants. When at laHt I got them to (lower together the 

 difference waH apparent, and Mr. Itolfo discovered that the plant known 

 as D. cymhidv)i(laH was in reality I*. tri/lnrum, and tbat the true 

 l>. oymbidioidei WW this puzzling plant, which bad (lowered in I90M, 

 and which I do not know in any other collodion. The differences 

 between them are well Hhown in the figure (fig. 51)), but there in only one 



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inflorescence remaining on /A triflorum. Mr. ItoJfo given the history of 

 these plants in the "Orchid Review," March 1004, p. 00. 



Then; is a fine strong growing species of I Inn I/re. ji in, generally known 

 in gardens as It. anUmuifara. It is a free grower in a cool bouse; the 

 flowers are richly spotted, and the plant If very variable M bo s/e of 

 flowers, colouring of flowers, and vigour of growth. It, If not only a 



variable plant, it is also an Impostor, if if not B, wfkUwrw/fwQt % but 



Ii. maculata of Lindloy. r l'he name had not noon questioned until about 

 1000. In 1880 J flowered a little llcstrr/pia with beautifully itriped 

 Sowers, very bright and charming, which KoMe named and described in 

 the " Oardenors' Chronicle," January L891, as /.:. .-.// iata, In 1807 another 



tpecies flowered, also with itriped flowers, but nmeh paler and If 



