Argyrorchis
(from argyros, silver, and Orchis; alluding to the silvery network of the leaves). ORD. Orchideae. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, terrestrial Orchid, allied to Anoectochilus (which see, on p. 81, Vol. I., for culture).
A. javanica (Java). fl. pink, small, disposed in loose, sessile spikes; scape 9in. high. l. petiolate, broadly ovate 2in. long, 1 1/2in. broad, dark, velvety olive-green, blotched lighter green, and showing faint golden reticulations, pinkish beneath. Java. (B. H. 1861, 18, under name of Anoectochilus javanicus.)