Tab. 5664 



EPIDEKDBTJM Bbassayoms. 



Brassawla-like Epidendrum. 



A r at. Ord. OscniBEiE. — G-yna^dkia Moxanbkia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 4107 .) 



Epibetwrum Brassavolce ; pseudobulbis semifusiformibus compressis di- 

 phyllis, foliis oblongis acutis racemo multifloro 2-8-plo brevioribus, 

 sepalis petalisque subsequalibus lineari-lanceoiatis acuminatis, labello 

 longe cuneato oblongo acuminato lineis tribus per discum carinato, 

 androclinii dentibus lateralibus triangulo-semilunatis extus medio 

 unidentatis, denti medio spathulato sursum serrulato. Rchb. 



Epibenbbuh Brassavolae. Bclib. in Bot. Zeitung, 1852, p. 738; et in Beitr. 

 Orchid. Flora Cent. Amer. p. 36. Lindl. Folia. Bateman in Card. 

 Chron. (1867), p. 682. 



This very distinct Epidendrum was discovered by the late 

 Mr. Skinner on the mountains of Guatemala, and he it was 

 who gave me (in 1865) the plant from which the accom- 

 panying figure was obtained. Professor Eeichenbach had pre- 

 viously examined wild specimens of the same thing, gathered 

 on the volcano of Chiriqui, and these suggested to him the 

 very appropriate name of Brassavolw, under which he de- 

 scribed it several years ago in a German periodical. But, 

 although long known to botanists, I am not aware of the 

 species having ever flowered in England before the present 

 summer, when a spike made its appearance in the Mexican 

 house at Biddulph Grange, in which the quaint form and 

 singular colour of its blossoms attracted much attention. It 

 grows freely, and will, no doubt, prove to be a popular 

 favourite, especially when it has become strong enough to 

 produce such copious heads of bloom as those that are pre- 

 served in the herbaria. The flowers continue a long time in 

 beauty, and, though scentless by day, are agreeably fragrant 

 by night. It is most nearly allied to E. jrrismafocarpum, but 

 is a far handsomer plant ; nor does it require so much heat 

 as that species. 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1867. 



