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STANHOPEA Bucephalus. 
Bull-horned Stanhopea. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCcH1DACEX. $ VANDER—MAXILLARIDE. 
STANHOPEA, Supra, fol. 1800. 
S. Bucephalus ; bracteis ovario subæqualibus, hypochilio unguiculato cymbi- 
formi anticè intruso apice carnoso apertè sulcato mutico basi longè 
angustato ecorni intus levi extüs bicarinato, epichilio subrotundo-ovato 
cuspidato integro breviore, cornubus gracilibus teretibus brevioribus, 
columná basi angustissimá sursúm alata. Supra, Jol. 1843. sub t. 44. 
S. Bucephalus, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orch. no. 2. 
Epidendrum grandiflorum, Humb. $: Bonpl. Pl. Æquinoct. p.94. t. 27. 
Anguloa grandiflora, Humb. Bonpl. $ Kunth, Nov. gen. $ sp. 1. 345, 
This is one of the rarest and finest of the Stanhopeas, in 
some measure resembling S. oculata, especially in the long 
narrow hypochil. Its flowers are deliciously scented, and 
their bright golden colour produces a very rich effect. 
At first sight it might be mistaken for a mere variety of 
S. oculata, but Mr. Loddiges long since pointed out the 
shortness of its ovary as a decisive mark of distinction. The 
effect of this shortness is to make the inflorescence of 
S. Bucephalus very narrow, while in S. oculata it is broad 
and straggling. 
The species is a native of the woods of Paccha, a small 
village in the Andes on the ascent from Guayaquil to Loxa, 
at an elevation of 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, where 
it was found by Mr. Hartweg. It first flowered in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society in August, 1843. Its stem is 
spotted as well as its blossoms. 
It may either be potted in turfy heath-mould mixed with 
potsherds, in the usual way, or it may be suspended to a 
rafter, in a wire basket filled with sphagnum. It is a very 
free growing species, which will prosper under ordinary treat- 
May, 1845. L 
