. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 688 ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. P. PROLIFERA, Herbert.—Stems short, slender, two-edged, bearing an ovate, cupped leaf, thick and fleshy in texture, deep green, becoming red when unduly exposed to the sun; scape short, about half as long as the leaf, sometimes bearing young plants instead of flowers; flowers small of a rich deep reddish- purple. Flowers during the summer months.—Brazil. Fia.—Bot. Reg., t. 1298 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1908 ; Lodd. But. Cai., t. 190S. P.
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 688 ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. P. PROLIFERA, Herbert.—Stems short, slender, two-edged, bearing an ovate, cupped leaf, thick and fleshy in texture, deep green, becoming red when unduly exposed to the sun; scape short, about half as long as the leaf, sometimes bearing young plants instead of flowers; flowers small of a rich deep reddish- purple. Flowers during the summer months.—Brazil. Fia.—Bot. Reg., t. 1298 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1908 ; Lodd. But. Cai., t. 190S. P. PUNCTULATA, jRolfe.—A distinct species, with light yellow flowers about an inch long, profusely spotted with brownish-purple, somewhat similar to a Mestrepia.—New Grenada. P. RACEMIFLORA,—See P. lon& P. REYMONDM, —This is a very singular species; having a creeping rhizome, and stout terete stems, about a foot in height, these are clothed with very pale sheaths, which are densely covered with short and stiff black hairs; leaves lanceolate acuminate, carinate behind, the edges reflexed, from 6 to 9 inches long, thick and fleshy in tex- ture, deep green, and persis- tent ; flowers solitary, small, green without, deep purple within. A superb flower for the microscope. Blooms dur- ing the spring months. — Garaccas. 'Fig.—Bot. Mag., t. 5385. P. ROEZLII, Bchh. /.—This is one of the handsomest and largest flowered species of the genus. It is a dwarf-growing plant, producing erect racemes about 10 inches long of largo flowers of a deep vinous pur- ple ; sepals oblong-ovate con- cave, keeled at the back, the lateral ones connate; petals smaller than the sepals. This beautiful species was discovered by Eoezl, near Sonson.—New Grenada. Fm.—L''OrcMdophile, 1888, p. 80 ; OrcJdd Alhum, x. t. 476. P. P. picta. POLYCHILOS.—See Phalaenopsis PLEtJHOTHALIilS ROEZLII. POLYCYCNIS, Eeichenbach fX. (Trile Vandeao, suUrihe S
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