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EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM. 
ception of the superb appearance of the plant. One of them now before me, has a 
spike covered with fifteen large orange-coloured blossoms, all expanded at once, over 
a space of more than six inches in length, and forming a most conspicuous object." 
Our drawing was executed at the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, in 
whose extensive collection of Orchidaceas a specimen flowered last September. It 
was received from Oaxaca about four years ago. 
The elevated situation in which it is found in its wild state, points out the pro- 
priety of growing it in a cool house. During the growing season, it delights in a 
humid atmosphere, carefully shaded from the direct rays of the sun by some thin 
slight substance. In the colder months of winter, when the plant is at rest, no 
more water should be administered than just sufficient to preserve the bulbs in a 
plump state. It appears to attain a greater degree of luxuriance when grown in a 
pot, with a compost of heath-soil of a loose texture, having some potsherds mixed 
up with it, than when attached to a block of wood. A few plants, however, 
might be so treated for the sake of variety in a large collection. If grown in a 
pot, the pseudo-bulbs should be raised an inch or two above the rim. 
The specific name vitellinum appears to be given in allusion to the resemblance 
of the flowers in colour to the yolk of an egg. 
