Plate XIII. 



EPIDENDRUM NKMORALE MAJUS. 



A bttniUhl epiphyte, (urniahed with brond m ,„„ I „, U( |„, mllls ...pport^g B liairor „,„„„. , iviviv ,. sl); . f|;(( . ( . () 



»nd terminating in a magnifies, drooping |*wiclo of .large showy II ,-. The-cape, ™di«U and 



J"™! ""• ;'" : "" 1 " , " 1 liul " "■'">• MPOrilira. Thcsepabi and pclali ,uv of a delicate rosy nuumscolour 

 lm«uvla„c«lmped, acuminate, and about acouple of inehc in length, and ,he lip i» thrcc-lobed, the ridofobcs 

 ruv|., ,,-.. „™h, acute, somewhat (U, ate, ami the middle lobe broad e-bovate. with a shot point, clew pole 

 ^.almost white m the centre when- it i, marked by tlurcAort deep red line* The column » cddosed bj 

 tho ascending lobe* of the hp, which are spreading at the tip. 



EnDESDRwi rnntccoscii *u\^ of gardens, and of our ammpangiujiinatt 13. 





The original form of this very handsome plant, whirl, is, without exception, the finest of all tho 

 Spidaidrtim m our gardens, is very commonly hut erroneously named E. terrucosum, an error which by 

 some oversight seems to have been mode when the plant was first figured in the Solameal Beguitr (1 8 1 I . 

 t. 51 1 i subsequently however, in U»»IWh Journal of Botany, ami in Folia OrcWaeea, the name' was changed 

 by Dr. Undley to (hat which stands at the bead of this article. The true E. eemuosm is a West Indian 

 plant, of altogether different habit. In the variety now figured the flowers arc more numerous, as well as 

 pamcled, and the lip is of a paler colour than in the forms which have been prev iously published. 



The magnificent panicle of (lowers represented in the accompanying drawing, was taken from a finely- 

 grown specimen in the collection of J. A. Turner. Esq., Pcndelbury, near Manchester, to whose kindness we 

 thus owe the beautiful plate which our artist has prepared In its entirety this panicle formed one of the 

 noblest bouquets we ever saw; it was three feet long, and had seven branches, on which were distributed 

 not fewer than fifty expanded flowers. The plant at the same time bore two other panicles equally fine. 



There are several varieties of this Epidendrum nmorale, nil worthy a place in any collection; but in 

 their usual state they bear about twenty (lowers on a spike, and we have never seen such noble examples as 

 those produced by Mr. Turner's plant, which baa flowered for two or three season-, and goes on improving. 

 The plant itself is remarkably rigorous, which indicates good cultivation. The species is thought difficult 

 to cultivate by some growers ; but the difficulty ari.es, in some cases at least, from giving it too high a tem- 

 perature. It comes from Mexico and therefore requires but a moderate degree of brat. 



This plant is not readily distinguished by its psciidobulbs, which are so much alike in many of the specie, 

 that it is with difficulty the most practised eye is able to recognize them. Indeed the family of Epidendrum 

 is one of the most deceptive amongst Orchids, on account of this very similarity in the bulbs. We have 

 known large quantities of plants sold for this garden tcrrucosmn, which have produced green flowers,— some 

 of them however so dcliciously fragrant as to |*rftune a whole house. The presence of the small wart-like 

 asperities on the inflorescence affords a belter mark of recognition than is to be found in the bulbs. 



Epidendrum nmorale is a compact evergreen plant, with pscudohulbs four inches high, bearing on the 

 lop two leaves a foot long, and of a light-green colour. The panicles proceed from the top of the bulb after 

 it has completed iU growth, and attain the hcighl of three feet, sometimes hearing hTty flowers, and when 

 these are well expanded, they have a remarkably handsome appearance. The flowers measure four and a half 

 inches across ; the sepals and petals arc of a delicate mauve ; and the lip is of the same colour, striped with 

 violet. They are produced in .lime and July, and continue lor several weeks in perfection, so that the planl 

 makes a fine exhibition subject on account of its unusual colour, and of its being well adapted for travelling. 





