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of their flowers. The one now depicted, was flowered in the excellent collection 
of Mrs. Wray, of Oakfield, Cheltenham, and is among the best we have seen. 
That lady has likewise most kindly favoured us with a sketch of the plant, which 
is given in the woodcut subjoined. An excellent variety bloomed, moreover, about 
three months back, with F. Cox, Esq., of Stockwell, whose Orchidaceee are of the 
very highest order. Mrs. Wray’s plant flowered in November last. 
The species has been brought to this country in great numbers by G. U. 
Skinner, Esq., after whom Mr. Bateman has named it. Its native place is 
Guatemala; and Mr. Brewster, the gardener to Mrs. Wray, informs us that 
Mr. Skinner found it growing on rocky and mossy banks, in very moist places. 
Mr. Brewster, who has been particularly successful in cultivating it, grows it in an 
open basket, filled with moss and leaf-mould, in a temperature ranging from 50° to 
70°. No doubt much of its luxuriance is due to the use of leaf-mould ; which, as 
we have before suggested in this Magazine, is likely to prove a valuable medium 
for many Orchidaceous plants. It should be kept freely moistened in summer, on 
account of its vigorous habits ; but a cool, dryish atmosphere is indispensable 
during winter. 
