BULBOPHYLLUM

(from bulbos, a bulb, and phyllon, a leaf; referring to the leaves i uing from the apex of the pseudo-bulbs). S YNS. An i so pet alum, Bolbophyllum, Tri-brachium. O RD. Orchideæ. Of this rather large genus of orchids but few are worth cultivating except as curiosities. Racemes long or spike-like, very rarely one-flowered or sub-umbellate; sepals usually nearly equal and free; lip jointed to the foot of the column. They are of easy culture when grown on small blocks of wood with a little mo , and suspended in a warm part of the house; the roots require a good supply of water. Propagated by dividing the pseudo-bulbs. The following comparative few of the aggregate number of species already introduced are really all that are worth the cultivator's attention; what the botanist often regards as being very pretty, ., does not always appear such in the eyes of the grower.