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LIST OF ORCHIDE7E. 
leaves placed alternately up them ; the flower-spike rising up 
with the young shoots from the base of the stem six feet long 
and upwards; sepals and petals spotted with brownish red, the 
former more spotted than the latter; the wings of the labellum 
turning up towards the column, spotted in the centre, and 
blotched at the margin; labellum paler than the wings. 
This plant, I believe, in its native country, produces a flower- 
spike fourteen feet long and upwards, with 400 to 500 flowers 
on it. It requires plenty of pot-room, and a mixture of sphag¬ 
num, turfy loam, and a few rotten leaves, with an abundant 
supply of water when growing, and a temperature of 65 to 70°. 
— Native of Brazil. 
63. Cyrtopodium speciosissimum. (Derived from its showy 
flowers.) Stems from two to three feet long, with the leaves 
placed alternately up them. The former are more slender, and 
the latter narrower than the above species ; the flower-spike 
three feet long. Succeeds with the same treatment and tem¬ 
perature, only adding a little more rotten leaves . — I believe, a 
native of Brazil. 
64. Cyrtopodium cupreum. (Derived from the colour of its 
flowers.) Stem bulbous, two feet long, and much swollen; 
leaves alternately up the stem ; flower-spike rising the same 
way as the other ; flowers a copper colour: requiring the same 
treatment and temperature as the others. — Native of Brazil . 
65. Cyrtopodium Andersonii. Stem bulbous, nearly three 
feet long; leaves alternately up the stem; flower-spike rising 
the same way as the others, three to five feet long, much 
branched; flowers a fine yellow. The same treatment as the 
others, and a temperature of 65 to 70°. — Native of West India . 
66. Cirrhcea Loddigesii. Plant pseudo-bulbous ; bulbs two to 
three inches long; leaves single, from one foot to eighteen 
inches long; raceme drooping, and producing a great number 
of curious flowers. It requires a mixture of sphagnum, turfy 
peat, and rotten wood; and a temperature of 70 to 75°.— 
Native of Brazil. 
67. Cirrhcea tristis. Plant pseudo-bulbous ; bulbs broad 
and waved; leaves single, upwards of one foot long, and taper¬ 
ing to an acute point; raceme drooping. This requires a high 
elevation above the pot, and a mixture ot sphagnum, turfy peat, 
and rotten wood; and a temperature ol 75°. — Native oj 
Xalapa. 
68. Cirrhcea pictct. Plant pseudo-bulbous; bulbs better 
than one inch long, and rather broad, grooved or waved ; leaves 
single, nine inches long, and nearly three inches broad raceme 
