. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . ellowishmargin. It flowers during the spring months.—Java. FiG.—Blume, Orch. Arch. Ind., t. 1, et t. 5 D; Be Vriese, III. Orch., , 11 ; Garteiiflnra, t. 464. Syn.—Liinodorum Incarvilhi. P. Blumei Bernaysii, BcM. f.—k very showy variety,closely resembling P. Blumei in habit and general appearance,the pseudobulbs being roundish ovate, the dark green leaveslanceolate and strongly nervose, and the racemes of flowersterminating scapes from two to three feet high. The sepalsand petal
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . ellowishmargin. It flowers during the spring months.—Java. FiG.—Blume, Orch. Arch. Ind., t. 1, et t. 5 D; Be Vriese, III. Orch., , 11 ; Garteiiflnra, t. 464. Syn.—Liinodorum Incarvilhi. P. Blumei Bernaysii, BcM. f.—k very showy variety,closely resembling P. Blumei in habit and general appearance,the pseudobulbs being roundish ovate, the dark green leaveslanceolate and strongly nervose, and the racemes of flowersterminating scapes from two to three feet high. The sepalsand petals are lanceolate acuminate, white outside, softpale yellow within; and the lip is three-lobed, as long asthe petals, the convolute portion sulphur yellow, the laterallobes rounded white, the middle lobe orbicular apiculate,with a white wavy recurved margin, yellow on the disk, anda conical curved greenish spur.—Australia: Queensland. FiQ.—Bot. Mag., —P. Bernaysii. P. grandifolius, Loureiro.—This noble evergreen terrestrialOrchid is an old inhabitant of our gardens, having been 519. PHAJU3 GRAKDIFOLIUS. introduced upwards of a century ago. It has largish ovatepseudobulbs, oblong-lanceolate acute pHcately nervose leaves,and radical scapes three feet or upwards in height, bearinglong erect racemes of showy flowers, of which the oblong-lanceolate sepals and petals are white on the outer surface,and of a chocolate brown within; the oblong cucullatelip, the base of which is folded over the column, is whitestained with yellow on thethroat and disk, and thereveined with crimson, the sidesof the convolute portion beingalso flushed with crimson bothoutside and in. It bloomsduring the winter and springmonths, and lasts long in beautyif kept in a cool house. This isa most useful plant for winterblooming, as it will flower beau-tifully when grown in smallpots, and in this state may beused for the decoration of apartments during the dull months, without sufiering
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