Nephelaphyllum
(from nephele, a cloud, and phyllon, a leaf; referring to the marks upon the leaves). ORD. Orchideae. A small genus (four species) of creeping, stove, terrestrial Orchids, natives of the East Indies, Southern China, and the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers loose or densely racemose, on leafless scapes. Leaves stalked, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, usually purplish beneath, spotted or clouded above. The species thrive in a mixture of peat, fibre, and sphagnum, amongst which a few pieces of porous sandstone and charcoal may with advantage be placed. Generally speaking, they require somewhat similar treatment to Anoectochilus. The two species here given are probably the only ones yet introduced.
N. pulchrum (beautiful). fl. green, small, with a white lip. l. beautifully mottled with dark green. h. 3in. Java, 1860. (B. M. 5332.) N. scapigerum (scape-bearing). fl. very pretty; lip white at the base, spotted with purple-brown in the middle and yellow at the tip. l. plain. h. 4in. to 6in. Borneo, 1863. A very desirable plant. (B. M. 5390.)