ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE EPIDENDRUM. 
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required, unless in very hot weather.—I shall now enumerate 
some of the principal species. 
Epidendrum cochleatum is an old inhabitant of our stoves; 
but it is a singular and beautiful species. The sepals and petals 
are linear, and thrown back so as to leave the lip quite fiee, so 
that it has the appearance of a small shell, which its name implies. 
The sepals and petals are greenish yellow, with a few spots ; and 
the lip is dark purple, with a little yellow. It is a native of 
various parts of the tropics ; was introduced in 1786 ; flowers the 
* whole year round. It is of easy culture ; there are a great many 
varieties. 
Epidendrum fragrans is a very pretty species, and also veiy 
fragrant. It is somewhat, in the form of the flowers, like the last, 
the sepals and petals spread out, but are not thrown back aS' in chat. 
They are of a greenish white, with a few brown spots. The lip 
is white, with purple stripes. The flower-spike rises from the 
centre of the pseudo-bulb, which is somewhat club-shapea, with 
two lanceolate leaves. A native of the same regions as the last; 
introduced into Britain in 1778. 
Epidendrum cuspidatum is a very fine species. The pseudo¬ 
bulbs are elongated and club-shaped, with tw r o to three ovate 
lanceolate coriaceous leaves at the top. The flower-stems proceed 
out from the centre of the pseudo-bulbs. The stem produces 
from five to ten flowers, which are white ; the sepals and petals 
are greenish yellow, linear, lanceolate and spreading. The lip is 
white and ciliated, or beautifully fringed, which gives the plant a 
lovely appearance; and is also a very free fiowerer. Before 
the flowers go off, they change from a white to a brownish yellow. 
A native of the West Indies ; introduced in 1808. 
Epidendrum ciliare. —This species has somewhat the appear¬ 
ance of the last named ; but it is much smaller in all its parts. It 
is a very handsome species, and a free fiowerer. The pseudo-bulb 
is elongated and club-shaped ; and there are two ovate leaves at the 
apex of the pseudo-bulb, but much shorter than in that of cuspi¬ 
datum. It is a native of the West Indies ; introduced in 1790. 
Epidendrum bicornutum , (two horned).—This is a very singular 
and beautiful species. The flowers are white, like ivory, and 
somewhat spotted ; the pseudo-bulbs are hollow, and thickened 
towards the base ; and each pseudo-bulb has three to four ovate 
lanceolate leaves near the top. The flower-stem rises from the 
