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peat, or in moss well drained ; but it is grown by many persons in a basket. See 
Vol. I, page 15. S. rostratus has flowers of an orange colour, marked with red ; 
and is easily cultivated in turfy peat and potsherds, or moss, and must be shaded 
from the rays of the sun. S. teretifolius is a native of China ; the sepals and 
petals are greenish-yellow, marked with red, and the labellum is nearly white ; 
the flower-stem is about six inches, somewhat drooping, and contains ten or twelve 
flowers. It will grow very well fastened to a piece of wood covered with moss, 
and hung from the rafter of a damp stove. 
Saccolobium guttatum is a beautiful species. The racemes spring from the 
axils of the leaves, and are from eight to twelve inches long, and contain many 
flowers : sepals white, spotted with dark red-rose colour ; labellum rosy purple. 
We cultivate our plant in a pot of moss, in a very hot part of a damp stove. 
S. papillosum. The flowers are small, orange-coloured, spotted with red. It is 
found upon trees in various parts of India, and may be easily cultivated in turfy 
peat and potsherds, or in a pot of moss, and suspended from the rafter of a damp 
stove. S. ruhrum. This species we are not acquainted with, but we understand 
it is a very fine one, having rose-coloured flowers. Its manner of cultivation we 
presume is the same as the others, 
Stanhopea insignis is a splendid species ; a native of Trinidad, whence it was 
introduced in 1826. The flower-stem proceeds from the roots, grows upwards of 
six inches long, and produces three or four flowers of a large size, delightfully 
fragrant, and of splendid appearance, which hang down over the sides of the pot. 
Both the sepals and petals are pale yellow, spotted with purple red ; labellum 
nearly white, spotted and blotched with dark purple red. S. grandijiora is nearly 
as splendid as the last ; the flowers, however, are a delicate white, but very 
fragrant. It is a native of Trinidad like the last. S. ehurnea. The flowers are 
slightly fragrant, and bear some resemblance to the S. grandi flora, but are not so 
large ; the labellum also is spotted and blotched with purple. The plant is a 
native of Rio J aneiro, S. oculata. The flowers of this species are fragrant, and 
resemble in colour those of the S. insignis, but are not so large. It is a native of 
Brazil, whence it was introduced a few years ago. From the circumstance of the 
stem on which the flowers are produced growing from the base of the roots, and 
having an inclination to descend instead of rising ; it not unfrequently happens 
that the flowers are forced against the inside of the pot beneath the surface of the 
soil ; and if a way be not opened for them to protrude, they are speedily broken. 
This is remedied by the following system of potting : the pieces of turfy peat in 
which the plant is potted, should be piled six inches above the rim of the pot, and 
the plant placed on the top of the pile. To prevent this pile falling down, small 
pegs are run through each square piece of peat which constitutes the walls ; and 
when nicely finished the appearance is very neat. The flower-stem generally 
makes its appearance through this pile of soil, above the rim of the pot, and meeting 
with no obstruction, the flowers expand freely. 
Vanilla planifolia. This species emits a lovely fragrance at night : it is a 
climbing plant ; and in its native country runs very high in the trees. It will 
thrive well potted in moss, and trained to a back wall or trellis ; and syringed 
