. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . galeand:. NIVALIS GONGOKA. 329 white suffused with pink, and produced into a large extin-guisher-shaped spur behind. In the Bot. Mag. figure referredhere by Reichenbach, the flowers are yellow, with the front partof the funnel-shaped lip for about one-third its length markedby sanguineous lines.—Tropical America : New —Bot. Mag., t. 4701 (as Baueri).—f. Kchb. Gr. Harveyana, —This is a pretty novelty, named inhonour of E. Harvey, Esq., of Riversdale Road, Aigburth
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . galeand:. NIVALIS GONGOKA. 329 white suffused with pink, and produced into a large extin-guisher-shaped spur behind. In the Bot. Mag. figure referredhere by Reichenbach, the flowers are yellow, with the front partof the funnel-shaped lip for about one-third its length markedby sanguineous lines.—Tropical America : New —Bot. Mag., t. 4701 (as Baueri).—f. Kchb. Gr. Harveyana, —This is a pretty novelty, named inhonour of E. Harvey, Esq., of Riversdale Road, Aigburth,Liverpool, a great enthusiast in Orchid culture. In its habitof growth the plant resembles G. Devoniana. The flowersgrow in short racemes, and have cuneate-oblong sepals andpetals of a sepia-brown colour, and a light yellow lip, with atuft of hair on the anterior portion of the disk; the lip isdilated in front, and parted into three obtuse lobes, and atthe base is extended into a slightly curved spur. The columnis bordered on each side with mauve.—Trojjical America. G. nivalis, Hort.—This is a very rare a
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