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require so much water as some others. Temperature 65°. — 
Native of Mexico , I believe. 
127. Epidendrum Skinnerii. Stem upright, growing from 
eight to ten inches high; leaves alternate; flower spike rising 
from the summit of the stem from one foot to eighteen inches 
high, and producing twenty or more flowers of a fine rosy 
crimson, with a stripe of orange-yellow in the labellum. I his 
is a beautiful species, and should be cultivated by every lover 
of Orchideae: it requires pot cultivation, with rotten wood, 
and very little sphagnum added to it; and water cannot be too 
often given to it, providing there is a good drainage, which I 
particularly recommend. The temperature for it should never 
be above 65°. — Native of Guatemala . 
128. Epidendrum Skinnerii minor. This is a dwarfer variety 
than the other, but not so good; neither are the flowers so 
bright a crimson colour as the former: requires the same treat¬ 
ment and temperature. — Native of Honduras. 
129. Epidendrum macrochilum. (Derived from the labellum 
being large.) Plant pseudo-bulbous ; leaves in threes; scape 
rising a foot high from the summit of the bulb, and producing 
from five to six flowers; of which the sepals and petals are of a 
greenish brown ; labellum creamy white, with a large stain of 
purple at the apex. This is a beautiful species, and requires 
hanging up in a pot in a mixture of sphagnum, turfy peat, and 
rotten wood, with a temperature of 65°.— Native of Mexico. 
130. Epidendrum macrochilum roseum. Plant pseudo-bulbous, 
and much similar to the above, except that the sepals and petals 
are of a brownish purple, and the labellum of a fine rosy purple. 
It requires the same treatment and temperature as the other. — 
Native of Mexico. 
131. Epidendrum clavatum. (Derived from being club-shaped.) 
Plant pseudo-bulbous; bulbs two inches long; leaves single, 
five inches long, and nearly one inch broad; the flowers rise up 
with the young shoots ; sepals and petals of a greenish white, 
the former rather tinted with rose; labellum white and narrow. 
This is a tender species in its growth, and should be potted in 
sphagnum, rotten wood, and a little turfy peat, with a slight 
elevation on the pot. It seldom requires much water; but a 
temperature of 70°. — Native of Demerara. 
132. Epidendrum primulinum. Plant pseudo-bulbous; bulbs 
four inches long, round, and tapering to the apex ; leaves in 
threes, one foot long, and better than one inch broad; flower- 
spike, rising from the summit of the bulb, eighteen inches long ; 
flowers of a greenish brown. This species will do exceedingly 
well in a mixture of rotten wood, sphagnum, and turfy peat, pro- 
