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u two plants are alike in their niarkings. Some flowers are much blotched with 
“ deep rosy-purple, showing very little white ; others hâve bars of rosy-purple 
“ with some white spaces between. In rare specimens the surface is profusely 
“ covered with délicate streaks of light rose. ” 
This charming Phalaenopsis, a native of the Malay Archipelago, was intro- 
duced by General E. S. Berkeley, who on two occasions was successful in 
getting home some plants alive, by bringing them himself and watering them 
on the journey. On ail occasions on which the plant was sent home before, it 
failed to reach England alive, and except when cared for on the road, it seems 
impossible to get it home successfully. 
The plant we now figure in the Lindenia is from General Berkeley’s 
collection, being one of those he brought home in 1882. This is the type, but 
there are many varieties, the most distinct being the variety Imperatrix , rosy 
purple without any shade of white, and Christiana , which has the sepals rosy 
purple and the petals white. (Sec Gardeners’ Chronicle , Dec. g th 1882.) There 
are many intermediate forms, but these are the most distinct. 
Being found in islands, the plants are exposed to the sea breeze, and a 
rainfall practically continuons the whole year round, they grow with great 
luxuriance, and throw out long branching spikes, some of which General 
Berkeley found to measure six feet. 
