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A.NGULOA KUCKER1. 



A stove epiphyte of bold and striking habit, will, huge oblong ovale pMlldob^ broad phut*. e»ves, , ml flesh) 



irregK gobletshapod flower* growing smgli on mdicd pod les, « inch are furmshed w.th shotting 



inflated I-V..CK The sepals ttCSubrotund ami airic.il.u-, and. with the blunt,*!, petal* arc comment into a 

 halMobntar form. The lip is threo-lobcd in front, its lateral lobes obtuse, and equaling the mtcmicd.au, 

 one, which is hilutriau-lv rnnncl-sbnpcd an.) hairy- one of the labia being cmnrpnale, the- other three-toothed ; 

 tin- column i» entire. 



AnavujA RooKEU, Untiles, Botanical Register, 1846, 1 41. 



jMfuloB B*deri, observes Dr. Lindlcy, is immediately recognized by ila flowm having deep crimson 

 >n a yellow ground, and a deep crimson lip. It is a native of Columbia, and is a v.-ry ornamental 

 ws. There is a variety, -ailed tangnhta, with the flowm of a deep rich blood-colour; and another, 

 railed purpurea, with the flower* purple. They arc all plain.- desirable for the euliiva.or. Our draw- 

 ing gives an excellent representation of the typical plant, which was first Dowered in the fine collection of 

 8. Rocker, fisq., after wham it is named. The plant is rare, there being but few good specimens in culU- 

 raUon,— indeed we have never met with this species amongst recent importations. 



The A*gntou arc mostly alike in their habit of growth. Tiny haw thick bulbs, and flag-flliapod leaves, 

 from eighteen to thirty inches in length, and they generally lose their leaves when they commence growl.,,. 

 The Mowers arc large and very curious; the inner part or lip is moveable, and heme, when required for 

 exhibition, this part should be secured by a piece of wadding or thin paper, placed inside the flower, to pre- 

 vent its moving, in order that it may be carried in safety. They produce their flowers along with the young 

 growth from the side of the bulb. They make fine exhibition plants on acoounl of their large ami showy 

 flowers, ami their distinctness from other Orchids. They resemble Lycmte* more than any other of their 

 allies, in so far as regards the shape of the bulbs; indeed, they have been imported and sold as Locate*. 

 though an i-xi-ericnecd grower would detect the difference. 



Although the leaves of Angdoa J!«ckeri arc from eighteen to thirty inches in length, as described 

 above, yet from their half-drooping habit the plant, seldom stand more than from a foot to Iwcnl] inches 

 in height. The bulbs an- from four to six inches high ; ami the leaves, which an- of a light green colour, 

 are (rem four to six inches in width. The young growths arc produced in Ihe early spring from the side of 

 Ihe bulbs. The flowers proceed from each ride of the young growth j they an- of large sue, and nearly of 

 the Bhapeof a tulip, and the sepals and petals are of a rich brownish-orange colour, BpoUed with dork 

 brown, while the lip is of a greenish-ycUow ; each blossom continues for three or four week- in perfection. 

 It u a capita] exhibition plant, and a good one to carry if well tied, each flower being fastened to a small 

 stick, but the stick must not touch the flower, as, being remarkably fleshy, it will most probably braise it. 



Tin- plants are easy enough to grow, their habit being belter understood than it was a few years 

 back. They were formerly grown in loo much heat, and with too little water. We not) Had the coolest 

 house Ihe mosl Buitablc to perfect their growth; in this they produce their blossoms more freely, the more 

 bo if they gel n good rest from the time their growth is completed, until the time of re-starting them to 

 grow in spring. Never allow them to shrivel: they have, however, thick fleshy bulb., and therefore do 

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