. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . Vandege, subtrlbe Cyrtopodieas.) This is a small genus of pretty dwarf epiphytes growingabout three inches high. They are pseudobulbous, with ter-minal leaves, and produce their flower-scapes, which aredrooping, from the base of the pseudobulbs, so that they hangover the edge of the pot. The flowers have spreading sepals,and a three-lobed lip crested in the middle. They are notvery showy plants, but very curious, and hence deserve to be inevery collection. Some six or eight species
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . Vandege, subtrlbe Cyrtopodieas.) This is a small genus of pretty dwarf epiphytes growingabout three inches high. They are pseudobulbous, with ter-minal leaves, and produce their flower-scapes, which aredrooping, from the base of the pseudobulbs, so that they hangover the edge of the pot. The flowers have spreading sepals,and a three-lobed lip crested in the middle. They are notvery showy plants, but very curious, and hence deserve to be inevery collection. Some six or eight species, mostly Brazilian,are referred to the group, which is by some authoritiesretained as a section of Zygopetalmn. The column oftenbears on its front a longitudinal elevated line or keel. Culture.—The PromencBas are best grown in pots with peat,the same treatment as that recommended for PajJhinia beingsuitable for them. P. citrina, Don.—A neat and pretty dwarf-growing epiphyte,with clustered small ovate tetragonal diphyllous pseudobulbs,oblong-ligulate pale green leaves, and deflexed scapes two to PKOMEN^ PROMENiEA CITRINA. three inclies long, beaiing each a comparatively showy deeprich yellow flower with a dark crimson blotch at the base ofthe lip, which is obovate in the front part, with two oblongobtuse erect basal lobes whichare spotted with crimson ; theyare produced at the end of thesummer, lasting in beauty forseveral weeks.—Brazil. Fig.—Orchid Album, i. t. —Maxillaria citrina. P. microptera, BcU. /.—A distinct and pretty little speciesintroduced by ourselves, andrelated to P. xcmthina. Thesepals and petals are creamywhite or light ochre-coloured, and the lip, which has thefront lobe elongate and lance-shaped, and the two laterallobes minute, is white, having three transverse bars of dullcrimson on the disk, and small purple spots at the base. Itflowers during the summer months.—Brazil. S YN.— Zygojictalum micropterum, P, Eollissoni, Lindley.—A cu
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