Plate 223 . 
BXSA GEANDIFLOEA, var. stjpebba. 
It is now upwards of three years since we figured this beau¬ 
tiful Orchid in its normal condition, when indeed it was not 
known that there was any^ variation in the colouring. At that 
time it was so scarce that not only was it not in any catalogue 
of our leading firms, but none of our amateurs (save one) who 
spare neither trouble nor money in adding to their collections 
had it in their possession. 
Since then, the liberality of the gentleman who first showed 
how this lovely plant might be successfully treated, our friend 
Mr. Charles Leach, of Clapham Park, and the enterprise of one 
of our leading nurserymen, Mr. James Veitch, of Chelsea, have 
combined to make it better known; the former has presented 
it to many of our best Orchid-growers, and also to the Eoyal 
Horticultural Society, through whom it has been distributed 
amongst the Fellows, and the latter has imported a quantity of 
it from the Cape of Good Hope, and has now a good stock of 
it in various-sized plants, ranging in price, according to size, 
from one to three guineas; and in accordance with the wishes 
of many of our friends we have given a figure of the more 
beautiful variety, named superba. 
We had the pleasure the other day of seeing Mr. Leach’s 
stock of this Orchid, comprising upwards of a hundred plants 
in various stages of growth, and on inquiring of him whether 
the past three years had led him to suggest any alteration in his 
method of treatment, he said, “ No; some had spoken of giving 
the plants rest; mine appear to require none; at all events 
they do not get it, if by rest be meant diminution of watering: 
mine are syringed over two or three times a day all the year 
round, young fry being in their several stages always in a grow- 
