I'l.ATU XII. 



IJELIA TL'UNKKl, 



A charming epiphyte, mumbling L ttrgans in habit The- Hems arc elongated, terete, nther slender at the base, 

 and thicker toward the top, wherr Uicj bear a pair of oblong, leather] lane*, a fi»>l long, and three inches 

 broad. The flowering scape rise* ncarlj a foot abow tlie leaver and support* from fi\<* t" eight Howcm; 

 ir-. ba#o i* sheathed by an oblong-lanceolate spathe. The flowen an* full) *is inches aero**, ami beautifiilly 

 coloured The sepals are acutely oblong-lanccolatc, with recurred and Gnbuudulatcd edge*, the dorad one 

 three and ;i half inches long by about three-fourths of tin inch wide; the lateral one* tnbfakatc, three inches 

 loijg, and nearly an inch broad ; all, iu well ns the thinner and more undulated petals, entirely and rather 



deeply suffused with .\ parplifth-rosc colour. The petals arc derntely spreading, and meamrc three ond a half 



Inches long, and npwardj of an inch wide. Tlw lip, which i^ two and a half inchc* long, i> Lhrec-lobcd; Ihe 

 lateral lobe* arc huge, elongated and subacute, entire, white, tipped n ith rose ? folded over the broad column ; 

 the middle lobi\ which i* national and &ubuDguiculnte ;ii tho hose, is about an inch ami a quarter long, * s- 

 panded ut tlie apex to a rounded (pcithulatc form, almost entire, scarcely cmarginatc, with a dightly recurved 

 mucro, the surface plain- without prominent raised crests or worts, and entirely of an intense violet-rote. The 

 column is broadly winged* 



1. 1 :.ia Ttrjuecnr, ff, IV 



There is no doubt this superb plant i> closely allied to Latin elegant but it seems sufficiently distinct in 

 iU larger flowers, il> richer colours, and especially in the different form of the lobes* of the lip, the lateral of 

 which arc more lengthened out and acute, and the terminal one more rounded, with a plane surface. It is, 

 without exception, one of the lineal plants known amongst Orchids. Our drawing was made from a 

 beautiful specimen which flowered last August in the rich collection of J- A. Turner, Esq.* of lViulclbury, 

 near Manchester, where it baa bloomed for the past three years, maintaining the same distinctive peculi- 

 arities. We have ourselves imported it from Brazil, and (lowered il for Ihe two last seasons; and have also 

 bloomed several Other fine varieties from the same source. 



IMU '/ wot is quite distinct in colour from all others of the family known in cultivation* and we 

 have no hesitation in designating it one of tbe most beautiful of ita race, nol only on account of the rich 

 colouring, but also of the number of its flowers which arc often produced seven and eight together on a 

 spike* The plant i$ of free habit, has bold, healthy-looking, evergreen foliage, and grows in the tame 

 manner its L&Ua elegam % with this exception, that the bulbs are stronger, and the leaves arc longer. Tin* 

 stems, which are thickest upwards, grow to the height of three feet, and bear at the top two leaves, each 

 about a foot in length, three inches in breadth, and of i\ dark olive-green colour. From between them pro- 

 ceeds the elongated spathc, whence the flower-scape issues, and whence it rises to the height of about ten 

 inches. The individual (lowers are more than six inches across j the sepals and petals are of a deep rose- 

 pink, slightly veined with a richer colour; the lip bright deep magenta in front, its upper parts white, 

 slightly tinged with rose. Owing to the substance of the flowers, they last for a long time in perfection. 

 The usual blooming period is July and August; thus the plant will be found a great acquisition for the 

 late summer months, during which period but few Orchids come into flower. We have little doubt it may 

 be brought in a month earlier, and if so it will make i fine plant for exhibition, on account of its rich and 

 attractive colours, We have only met with three plants in bloom, but it may appear In other collections 

 besides those in which wo have observed it. Its growth resembles bo closely that of Latia ckgam and 

 laiia gigantea, that it is dillicult to distinguish tlicm from each other except they arc in flower. 



This plant being found in ita native country, Brazil, on the branches of ticcs, will of course thrive on 



