. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. thespecies grows, a wood-cut is subjoined. 0. grande is now inseveral collections, butit has not hitherto, webelieve, flowered in morethan two. J. Bateman,Esq., of Knypersly,Clieshire, first succeededin inducinij it to bloomsome time in 1840; and from a specimen whicii that gentleman imported fromGuatemala, and kindly introduced to the gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devon-shire, at Chatsworthj blossoms were obtained in December last. Jlr. Skinner, who found this species in several places, states that it flourishedmost in a tempe
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. thespecies grows, a wood-cut is subjoined. 0. grande is now inseveral collections, butit has not hitherto, webelieve, flowered in morethan two. J. Bateman,Esq., of Knypersly,Clieshire, first succeededin inducinij it to bloomsome time in 1840; and from a specimen whicii that gentleman imported fromGuatemala, and kindly introduced to the gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devon-shire, at Chatsworthj blossoms were obtained in December last. Jlr. Skinner, who found this species in several places, states that it flourishedmost in a temperature of from CO to /O degrees Fahrenheit, in damp shady little experience we have yet had in its culture decidedly confirms In summer it thrives in a cool house, which is kept moist and shaded jand may either bo fastened to a block of wood, or planted in a pot filled withsphagnum moss, in which it roots freely. Dryness and a very moderate tempera-ture are desirable through the winter; and it may be projiagatcd in the usual way-. I
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