Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . present subject. The colours are perfectly bright,and, though not easily definable, have a very lively and pleasing , it is one of the finest Epidendra of which we have yet any distinct know-ledge. As will be seen by the figure, it belongs to the pseudo-bulbous division of thegenus. Its pseudo-bulbs are large, nearly round, and have an unusually clear andagreeable aspect. The flower-scape reaches from two to three feet in height, andis proportionably strong; it is covered all over with minute asperities. Theflowers
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . present subject. The colours are perfectly bright,and, though not easily definable, have a very lively and pleasing , it is one of the finest Epidendra of which we have yet any distinct know-ledge. As will be seen by the figure, it belongs to the pseudo-bulbous division of thegenus. Its pseudo-bulbs are large, nearly round, and have an unusually clear andagreeable aspect. The flower-scape reaches from two to three feet in height, andis proportionably strong; it is covered all over with minute asperities. Theflowers, which are scentless, are of a considerable size, and continue opening for VOL. IX.—NO. CI, o 98 EPIDENDRUM PHCENICEUM. two or three months. The sepals and petals are of a light purplish tint, indis-tinctly mottled with pale green, while the lip is of a delicate pinkish or lilac hue,and has crimson veins. Its appearance, altogether, is very imposing when inflower, every part being more or less ornamental, and, at the same time, incharacter with the It is cultivated, like E. oncidioides and its allies, in pots filled with heath-mould and potsherds, the lower half of the pot being appropriated to roughdrainage materials, and the soil being somewhat raised in the centre, immediatelybeneath where the plant is placed. A moderately high temperature, with abund-ance of atmospheric moisture in summer, and both these conditions a little modifiedduring winter, seems to suit it admirably. Propagation is effected by removingone or more of the outer pseudo-bulbs when the plant is in a torpid state. Epidefidrum is derived from epi, upon, and dendron, a tree, in reference to theepiphytal character of the species. Some species of Epidendrum were among thefirst air-plants made known to botanists; and hence the application of a namewhich is now understood to indicate the habits of a very large class of the vegetablekingdom.
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