ORCHIS FOLIO'SA. 
LF.AFY-SPIKF.D ORCHIS. 
Class. 
CYNANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONANOR1A. 
Natural Order. 
ORCHIDACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Canary Isles 
1 foot. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1829. 
No. 788. 
Orchis is a name which has been adopted from 
the Greek language, in allusion to the roots. 
For the opportunity of figuring this fine species of 
Orchis, we are indebted to the Messrs. Pope, Nur- 
serymen, of Handsworth. In its general character 
it resembles our British plant, the Orchis latifolia, 
but is much larger; its three-lobed lip also pro- 
duces a marked difference of appearance in their 
flowers when compared together. It is by far a 
more handsome plant than very many of the highly- 
prized tropical species, on which so great an ex- 
penditure is necessarily made to meet their natural 
requirements. 
The culture of hardy and half-hardy Orchida- 
ceous plants has not hitherto met that attention 
which it deserves. A distinction should first be 
drawn between those which are natives of chalk 
hills, and such as are indigenous to moist or peaty 
plains ; with this difference held in mind, no great 
difficulty would present itself. The species before 
us should be potted in turfy peat, be well drained, 
and have frame protection in winter, and shade in 
summer. 
