Plate 1. 



I'HAL.KXOPSIS SCIIILLERIAXA. 



Aii epiphyte, with radical two-ranked tufts of clongntc-oblong, blunt-ended leave*, purplish beneath, and blotched 

 on tlie upper surface with diver} grey. The flowera arc numerous, on long arching and branching spikes which 

 issue (torn (ho leaf axiU; ihev measure about three inches across, and arc "f n dcliauc lilac-rose or pale- 

 pinkish mauve, the basil lobes of the lip being marked with yellow*, and spotted over with deep red* The 

 dura)] «t*|Mil is obovatc obtuse, the lateral ones orate. The petals are roundish oblate, and much broader, 

 The lip has two lateral oblong ascendent lobe*, and an intermediate one which is oval dilated and bilobodat 

 the apex, the lobes being recurved and falcate^ it hits also u twin two-homed crest toward* die base- 



Poal i scoi m s uiixKm ISA, Ifa'ctttnhtteh ft, Ilamburg, Garten&if, 1880, 111; Id. Xcitia Orek ii. I, l 101 : Undle/f, 

 GartL Ciron, I860- 216- 



This magnificent addition to our collections of Orchidaceous Plants has been introduced to this 

 country l>y ourselves during the past year from Manilla, ami has proved to be one of the finest of the 

 whole race. Several plants have blossomed during the spring of the present year, and diver* of them hare 

 shown considerable difference in the colour as well a* in the size and shape of their flower*, though all have 

 been line and ornamental in character. The plant has indeed already sufficiently shown its free-growing and 

 free-blooming habit, three vigorous specimens having been flowered by J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, and 

 others by E. M-Morland, Esq., of Havcrstock Hill, by J. A. Turner, Esq., of Manchester, by ourselves, and 

 by other growers: all these having been imported since April, 1801. It has, in fact, every good quality 

 which can be desired in such a plant, and we have no hesitation in asserting thai it will prove to be one 

 of the most obarming Orchids in cultivation. Not only arc llic leaves ItantlMunely variegated, but the 

 flowers are large, showy, and fragrant, as well as distinct from all othora, and they continue in beauty for a 

 long period. It is, moreover, a capital exhibition plant, as i^ proved by its having travelled without injury 

 to Belgium, as well as to one of the spring meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kensing- 

 ton, at which latter place we exhibited in bloom the lir>T example which flowered in England. This 

 specimen, though imported so recently, bore sixteen perfect blossoms on the scape at one time, and ihoy 

 all continued in good condition more than eight weeks, a peculiarity which will make it a more useful plant 

 for exhibiting than even the older *]>ecic9- 



Thia Phalampti* is or compact growth, and attaches itself by means of flat root*, which have a white 

 frosted appearance. It bears remarkably handsome variegated foliage, which, as shown by the imported 

 specimens, sometimes reaches from twelve to fifteen inches in length, and three to four inched in breadth. 

 Theae leaves are similar in form and size to those of Phatenopm graudijtora, of a dark-green colour, and 

 marked with irregular transverse bands and blotches of white. The flowCMpikea are produced from the 

 axils of the leaves, and in their native country are over three feet long, and more branched than in 

 the other kinds. Mr* Williams has a dried specimen which has borne more than a hundred blossoms. 

 I i the plant now before us, the flowers are three inches across, and arranged in two rows along the spike; 

 the sepals and petals of a beautiful light pinkish mauve, passing almost to white at the edge, and the Up 

 of the snne colour, with darker purple spots, yellow towards the base, and there spotted with reddish-brown. 



The accompanying illustration was taken from a plant which bloomed with Mr, Williams, at the 

 Paradise Nursery, Holloway. 



The plants require the heat of the " East-India House/' with a good supply of moisture during the 

 growing season. In Manilla they are found growing on the branches of trees, in moist shady pi l.erc 



