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119. SCHOMBURGKIA tidicinis (Bateman in litt.) ; pseudobulbis conicis 
corniformibus annulatis suleatis 3-phyllis, foliis oblongis coriaceis paten- 
tibus, scapo longissimo tereti distanter squamato apice paniculato, pani- 
culd pyramidali laxiflora, sepalis petalisque undulatis crispis, labello ob- 
longo venis per medium 5 elevatis approximatis: laciniis lateralibus 
apice rotundatis intermedia subrhombea emarginaté, antherA emar- 
ginata. 
This noble plant, the cows-horn orchis of Honduras, has 
been for some years in our gardens, whither it was originally 
sent by Mr. Skinner. It nearly produced its flowers some 
time since with Mr. Bateman, but the gigantic flowering stem 
was accidentally broken before the blossoms expanded. Lady 
Acland has at last been so fortunate as to obtain it at Killerton 
in perfection, by the good management of Mr. Craggs, her 
Ladyship’s gardener, and it was exhibited at the last great 
meeting in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. The flowers 
when fully expanded are about two and half inches wide, a 
deep pink speckled with white on the outside, rich chocolate 
red within. The lip is white in the middle, but deep rose- 
colour at the sides, with a short chocolate red middle lobe. 
Upon the whole perhaps it disappoints the expectation formed 
by its huge pseudobulbs and flowering stem eight or nine 
feet long; but it is a very fine thing. 
120. EPIDENDRUM (Encyclium) pheniceum; pseudobulbis subrotundo- 
ovatis diphyllis, foliis oblongo-linearibus erectis, scapo paniculaque 
scabris, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus coriaceis obovato-lanceolatis, 
labelli laciniis lateralibus oblongis erectis obtusis apice recurvis inter- 
media maxim4 membranacea subrotundé undulata emarginata basi bila- 
mellata, column obovaté marginata utrinque unidentata. 
A noble plant from Cuba, introduced by Messrs. Lod- 
diges. Large pseudobulbs roundish ovate and two-leaved, 
a panicle from two to three feet high, and large scentless 
flowers are its characteristics. The sepals and petals are of 
a leathery texture and deep purple, a little mottled with green 
specks both inside and out. The lip is nearly an inch and 
a half long, of the clear bright violet of Cattleya labiata, 
and with the same deep crimson veins and stains in the 
middle; it is much undulated, and of a thin, not leathery 
texture. This plant is still finer than Epidendrum macro- 
chilum. 
