. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. ANOECTOCHILUS. 103 A. CONCINNUM, HoH. Bull—A distinct species having its leaves ovate acuminate, rounded at the base, of a dark olive-green colour, netted and striped with shining coppery red.—Assam. A. DAYI.—See Dossinia maemokata Dayi. A. DOMINII, Hort. Veitch.—A hybrid between Oo-jdyera discolor and Anoerto- chilus xanthophyllum {A. Friderici-Augwati) possessing a fine vigorous constitu- tion ; the leaves are of a dark olive green, with a pale yellow cop
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. ANOECTOCHILUS. 103 A. CONCINNUM, HoH. Bull—A distinct species having its leaves ovate acuminate, rounded at the base, of a dark olive-green colour, netted and striped with shining coppery red.—Assam. A. DAYI.—See Dossinia maemokata Dayi. A. DOMINII, Hort. Veitch.—A hybrid between Oo-jdyera discolor and Anoerto- chilus xanthophyllum {A. Friderici-Augwati) possessing a fine vigorous constitu- tion ; the leaves are of a dark olive green, with a pale yellow coppery streak down the centre, the main ribs being marked by pale lines.—Garden hybrid. A. ELDORADO, Hort.—A distinct species, and one which is very difficult to cultivate, requiring a good deal of care to keep it in a, healthy condition. It appears to be of deciduous habit, and is often lost by being thrown away when supposed to be dead, whereas, if left, it would push up again. The foliage is dark green, with a small tracery of a lighter colour: This plant should not be allowed to get too dry at the roots when at rest; if so, it will die.—rCentral Aynerica. A. FRIDERICI-AUGUSTI, Bchb. /.—A splendid and also a free-growing species, very distinct from any other in cultivation. It attains a height of five inches, and has leaves two and a half inches long and an inch and a half broad, the ground colour being a dark velvety green, with broad orange and green stripes down the centre, and covered with a beautiful golden netwovk.—Ceylon. Syn.—A. ^aiitliophylhim. A. HERIOTII, Hort. Williams.—This is a very strong-growing species, with leaves three and a half inches long and two and a half broad, of a dark mahogany colour, having reti- culations of a golden hue and well defined, and with a shadow of network showing through the surface.—India. A. HIEROGLYPHICUlVI,iroW. Bull.—This neat-growing and pretty species has small ovate- elliptic leaves of a dark green col
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