. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 654 ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. portion being also flushed with crimson both outside and in. It blooms during the winter and spring months, and lasts long in beauty if kept in a cool house. This is a most useful plant for winter blooming, as it will flower beautifully when grown in small pots, and in this state may be used for the decoration of apartments during the dull months, without suffering the least injury. It also makes a noble plant for exhibition when
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 654 ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. portion being also flushed with crimson both outside and in. It blooms during the winter and spring months, and lasts long in beauty if kept in a cool house. This is a most useful plant for winter blooming, as it will flower beautifully when grown in small pots, and in this state may be used for the decoration of apartments during the dull months, without suffering the least injury. It also makes a noble plant for exhibition when grown into a large specimen, but to retard it for this purpose it requires to be kept very cool during autumn and winter. The variety SUPERBUS figured by Van Houtte has the inside of the sepals and petals of a brilliant chamois, and the lip bright amaranth margined with rose.—China; Australia. Fm.—Sot Magi., t. 1924 ; Zodd. Sot. Cah.,t. 20 ; Flore des Serves, t. 738 (m^erhis) ; Alton, Hort. Kew, iii. ; Andr. Sot. S^p., t. 426 ; Schneevogt Icon. PI., t. 5; Medoute, Lil., t. 43 ; Gard. Chron., 1872, p. 733, f. 176 (specimen plant) ; Id., , 565,f. 99 ; Kerner,Sort. Semp., t. 49 ; L'Her. SeH. Aug., t. 28. Stn.—Pliajns TanJiervillei; Sletia Tanhervilliae; Limodorum TanJiervilUac ; Pachi/ne PHAjnS GKASfDIFOLItrS. p. GRAVESII.—See P. hybuidus Gkavesii. P. HUMBLOTII, Bichh. f.—A remarkable and beautiful new species, which bears its large showy blossoms in few-flowered racemes. The sepals are oblong acute, the petals twice as broad, and the large spurless lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes roundish and brought forward, the middle lobe transversely emarginate, and the disk bearing a fleshy saddle-shaped bi-lamellate callus running out in front into a little keel; the flowers are rose-coloured with blotches of white and red. A variety was exhibited by Sir T. Lawrence, Bart., in 1886, at South Kensington, being wholly rose-coloured, with a deep ros
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