5 
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and some of thorn blossom very freely. The most im¬ 
portant sorts are endemic in the east of the -alay 
Archipelago (karat t Amboen, Hew-Guinea, Australia;. 
Soeoatera only produces little types of Dendrobiufa, 
economically said, of few value. 
Moreover How-Guinea is very rich in Orchid- 
plants, irof. Sehloohter mentions in his standard 
work about Orchids, it is not exaggerated to say 
that it contains 2pCCn kinds. In the former german 
settlement in area hardly a quarter of the island, 
Sehlochter found no loss than 1>oc kinds and 116 
genera, 20 of which are endemic. Dr. J.J, Smith is 
of the same opinion in his contribution f, Die Or- 
ehideen von Hioderl&ndisch Heu-Guinea” i ). 
The genus SarcMoehilus Is not unknown in Soo 
cutus (K.S. £ales) by adoptit as its emblem, 
while the Queejisland Orchid Society a symbolist 
In its emblematic fervency is no less than Be nine- 
blunt phaluanopaiK Fits., & n&tlve specie fr oitk”'* 
the Island Marat, South Hew-Guinea and Queensland 2), 
The Orchid Circle of Ceylon adores its Denarobium 
p&c-earthlao , or n a usak Or <? h id”, i hat spoc io boi mg 
the emblem of the Circle t >). 
Arutidii^ spociosa Bl. and A. bambusifolia 
Lindl. are terrestrial Orchids (Java, Borneo, Ce¬ 
lebes , Malay Peninsula) growing wild in the pla,ins 
and the lower mountainous regions specially on 
little weaterod noils* They are also very frequently 
cultivated In gurdviia. 
Searly all the Calaiith.es v terrestrial or deci- 
) have striking and ultractive rlowers. Their 
long' spikes rise from the bulbs , unci cornu up between 
the leaves. Foreign bulletins often make mention 
of this handsome plant 4). CcOanthe veratrifolia 
K ,Br. with white flowers is’trirsblS' "Or6hTdT'T7sr^2S:, 
Br. It, Bomb ek, Boyne o, Co lebo s, Sola jar, Boeroo, 
Amboen, Ceram, Ana mb as Islands, Ihiiippines, Ma 
*3 • _ T "■» - __ t « * A « 
x' 
nii 
— - — - - y ~ ^ f —- — • • - j — - ***4. X w ^ 
oji:u.si* la, x&xaxnsirim liPLla, Atu:tra 11a;. C, vestita 
iludl. (Borneo, Celebes, Malay leiiinsula, aelsnsse- 
imj. C, 2.oijfl[gv;ri Rchb.f. According to Dr. J.J. 
filth XT appears Impossible to distinguish vuric- 
* * ^ .. j i i * i. , > it. 
ties with respcot to the lo; 
‘C- 
.si. Ui 
the spur. 
t ; Hova Gull 
2 ) 
5) 
» , * ■ 
. Ilrage apart du vol. VIII* Bota- 
nique, hoy&o, 0£u?). 
The Australian Orchid Review, March i040. 
Borne years ago a daily paper mentioned as if 
the emperor of Mansoliukwo wore a seal-ring 
(escutcheon?) with a Orchid (which?) as emblem. 
4J For instance The American Orchid Society Bulle¬ 
tin (September 1 ;-,p9j ajid the Australian Orchid 
Review (September i?40). / 
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