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not only on account of its size but its singularity, and of which I have given 
rather a lengthened description, on account of its being so similar in its 
growth to E. verrucosum, and for which it is often .mistaken. — Native of 
Jamaica. 
154. Epidendrum Stamfordianum. Plant with bulbous stems, one foot long, a 
little swollen in the middle; leaves in threes, seven inches long, and four 
inches broad; flowers produced on a half pendant raceme, branched, and 
rising from the base of the stem; the sepals and petals are one inch long, 
green, stained with longitudinal reddish spots; the apex of the column is 
purple; labellum pale green, with a darkish red mark in the centre, and 
fringed; its wings are large and white. This species is exceedingly hand¬ 
some, particularly for its large racemes of flowers: it requires pot cultivation 
in a mixture of sphagnum, turfy peat, and rotten wood, wflth a liberal supply 
of water while growing, and rather a long resting season ; temperature, 65°. 
— Native of Guatemala. 
155. Epidendrum alatum. (Derived from ala, a wing, the column being 
winged.) Plant, pseudo-bulbous; bulbs about five inches long, and three 
inches thick ; leaves in threes, two feet long, and a little better than two 
inches broad; flower spike three to four feet long, and branched; the 
flowers are large and handsome; the sepals and petals are yellowish green ; 
column winged; labellum brown and yellow, more so at the apex. This 
species is worthy of cultivation, and requires the usual pot culture : it cannot 
be too often watered during its growth; temperature, 65 0 to 70°.— Native 
of Guatemala. 
156. Epidendrum leopardianum. (Derived from being spotted.) Plant 
pseudo-bulbous; bulbs six inches long, two inches broad, and nearly flat; 
leaves mostly in pairs ; flower spike from six to eight inches long ; sepals and 
petals greenish, spotted with brownish yellow; the labellum is greenish 
white, with a few longitudinal stripes. This species is not very handsome; 
it will succeed either on a lump cf wood or in a pot, with the same treatment 
and temperature as the above. — Native of Brazil, I believe. 
157. Epidendrum verrucosum. (Derived from being warted.) Plant 
pseudo-bulbous ; bulbs about the size of a hen’s egg, of a pale green colour ; 
leaves in threes, eight inches long, and rather better than two inches broad, 
a little crisp, and rather of a lanceolate shape ; flower spike, eighteen inches 
long ; flowers striped. This should be in every collection, as it is a very 
desirable species, requiring pot culture in a mixture of turfy peat, rotten 
wood, and a little sphagnum, also an abundance of water while growing; to 
cause it to flower it should have rather a long resting season ; the temper¬ 
ature while growing, 65° to 70°. This is a very extensive genus, comprising 
upwards of two hundred species, both singular and beautiful in point of 
colouring; some are not handsome, yet they are perfumed with fragrance, 
which renders them worthy a place among the better sorts; some have 
caulescent stems, while others produce pseudo-bulbs of various sizes and 
forms; most of the former require pot culture on account of their up¬ 
right position; the pseudo-bulbous will do either on blocks of wood, with a 
little sphagnum fastened round, or in baskets, which may be made of various 
ornamental forms; water should be given them freely during their growth, 
with a slight syringing in the evening of the hot sumpier months; they 
should also be placed in an airy situation, which will cause them to strengthen 
as they grow, for they seldom flower well when drawn up in too high a tem¬ 
perature, which should never exceed 70°, nor be below 60°, except during the 
resting season, when it may be lowered to 50°; at this period they seldom 
require water, except just sufficient to keep them from shrivelling; nothing 
is more injurious to them than an excess at this time, for they are then 
arrived at their full growth, and consequently require to be kept as sound as 
possible, to cause them to produce their flowers with sufficient strength. 
John Henshall, K—r— y. 
( To be continued.) 
