. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. AKHIDE8. 83 richer purple than the rest of the flower. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart has been most successful in this -oroeous species, which is hest grown in a basket suspended near the glass.âBanwtli. Fig.â }Vtintrr, ,SV/. (h-cli. PL, ;! ser., t. 12- I' (Viruu., , viii. 4;)2, li^v. .jg â i:Oivhnlnpliilr. , u. vii., opposite 1). (1(>. Fl. (laril., rciss\ic, t. 1 ; (im-i]. :i70 ; YvHrli, Man. Ori-li. I' AKRIUES GRISPUM. V. t. vii.
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. AKHIDE8. 83 richer purple than the rest of the flower. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart has been most successful in this -oroeous species, which is hest grown in a basket suspended near the glass.âBanwtli. Fig.â }Vtintrr, ,SV/. (h-cli. PL, ;! ser., t. 12- I' (Viruu., , viii. 4;)2, li^v. .jg â i:Oivhnlnpliilr. , u. vii., opposite 1). (1(>. Fl. (laril., rciss\ic, t. 1 ; (im-i]. :i70 ; YvHrli, Man. Ori-li. I' AKRIUES GRISPUM. V. t. vii. opposite A. CRISPUM, ]/uâU,y.~A very beautiful free- growius species, of stiff erect hafiit, sometinK's attaining from four to tive feet in lieiglit. Tlie stem is stout and of a iiurjile colour, the dark green leaves fi\-o to ten inches long, blunt and oblicpielj liilobed, and the Howcrs grow in long drooping raconies larger than those of any other species, white, tipped with rosy pink, delicioush- scented, the lip three-lobed and upwards of an inch long, the middle lobe fringeci and almost wholly of a l)right rose or sometimes a deeji rose pur|ile. The Idossoms, which are abundant, are produced in June or .Inly, and last two or thri'c weeks in good condition ; they are very distinct in appe;irance from those of any other kind. This species is best grown in the CkUIiijh house.â India : Bombay. V\G.âB,'t. 1SJ2, t. ."..i ; Hot. Mâ< t. 4427; l-'lor,' iU-k Sri-rri i I 13 4:tS; 111. 12:ii I' Mil,/. J!,il., ix. 145; \'ritrh, Man. Or<-h PI p. i;r. Svx.â.1. Brookci. A. CRISPUM LINDLEYANUM, Horf.âA charming variety also from India, with largo branching spikes, bearing handsome blossoms, of which the sepals and ])etals are white, and the lip is large, of a rich rosy pink; it flowers in April and May. The growth is similar to that of A. crisjmm, and it requires tlie same kind of treatment.â C'oouoor. Fig.âVii/lit, r. 1G77. Syn.â.4. Li
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