. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . rojected middle lobe of the lip is of a deeper richerpurple than the rest of the flower. Sir Trevor Lawrence,Bart., , has been most successful in flowering this gorgeousspecies, which is best grown in a basket suspended near theglass.—Burmah. ¥iG.—Warner, Set. Ornh. PL, 3 ser., t. 12 ; Paxt. Fl. Card., reissue, t. 1;Card. Chron., , viii. 492, A, Cjispnin, Lindley.—Averybeautiful free-growing species,of stiff erect habit, sometimesattaining from four to five feetin h
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . rojected middle lobe of the lip is of a deeper richerpurple than the rest of the flower. Sir Trevor Lawrence,Bart., , has been most successful in flowering this gorgeousspecies, which is best grown in a basket suspended near theglass.—Burmah. ¥iG.—Warner, Set. Ornh. PL, 3 ser., t. 12 ; Paxt. Fl. Card., reissue, t. 1;Card. Chron., , viii. 492, A, Cjispnin, Lindley.—Averybeautiful free-growing species,of stiff erect habit, sometimesattaining from four to five feetin height. The stem is stoutand of a purple colour, the darkgreen leaves five to ten incheslong, blunt and obliquely bi-lobed, and the flowers grow inlong drooping racemes largerthan those of any other species,white, tipped with rosy pink,deliciously scented, the lipthree-lobed and upwards of aninch long, the middle lobefringed and almost wholly of a bright rose or sometimes a aerides cRisprji. deep rose purple. The blossoms, which are abundant, areproduced in June or July,_^and last two or three weeks in. 100 OKCHID-growers MANUAL. good condition ; they are very distinct in appearance fromthose of any other kind. This species is best grown in theCattleya house.—India : Bvmhay. YiG—Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 55 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4427 ; Hore de Serves, i. t. 13 ;V. t. 438; m. IIoH., t. 123; Paxt. Mag. Bot., ix. —^. Brookti. A. crispum Lindleyanuin, Hon.—A charming variety alsofrom India, with large branching spikes, bearing handsomeblossoms, of which the sepals and petals are white, and thelip is large of a rich rosy pink ; it flowers in April and growth is similar to that of A. crispum, and it req^uiresthe same kind of treatment.—Coonoor. Fig.—Wight, Icon., t. —A, Lindleyanuin. A, crispum Warneri, Williams.—A splendid free-floweringvarielyfrom India. In its stems and leaves it closely resemblesA. crispum, but the habit of growth is more compac
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