Mr. Bateman, who has given a splendid figure of it, says, 
** this noble plant may well be described by its discoverer 
(Mr. Sxinner) as among the most magnificent ornaments of 
the Orchidaceous Flora of Guatemala: and Mr. BaremMan 
himself observes that, “ in brilliancy of colour if it yield to 
certain species of Lziia and Carrteya, it must confessedly 
be placed at the head of the vast group of South American 
VanveE, curious and beautiful though they all be.” Like 
the two plants that flowered in Mr. Bareman’s collection, 
our’s produced only four blossoms; but that gentleman’s 
had soon after attained to a vigour of growth that left little 
doubt they will eventually produce the full complement of 
flowers, which, in their native specimens, is sometimes not 
less than eight :—and as such, that is, bearing eight flow- 
ers, he has represented it. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, broadly oval, compress- 
ed, nearly smooth, with two large, sheathing, brown, mem- 
branous scales at the base, and terminated by two broadly 
lanceolate, waved, striated eaves, sprinkled on the under- 
side with numerous minute, dark-brown dots. From within 
one of the scales at the base of the pseudo-bulb arises the _ 
scape, about a foot high, bracteated at intervals, and bear- 
ing, in the present instance, four large and very handsome 
Jlowers, each with a lanceolate, membranous bractea at the 
base of the germen. Perianth spreading. Sepals three 
inches long, lanceolate, yellow banded with rich ferrugin- 
ous spots. Petals about equal in length with the sepals, 
but broader, and very obtuse, ferruginous, suddenly be- 
coming yellow below, and to, the apex. Lip much shorter 
than the sepals and petals, broadly obovate, almost round- 
ed, slightly emarginate at the apex, yellow, banded and 
spotted with rust colour, at the base having a large, lobed 
tubercle, semicylindrical, yellow, downy, with two blunt, 
projecting wings, one on each side the stigma. Anther 
hemispherical, yellow. Pollen-masses obovate, with a short 
stalk and an oblong gland at its base. 
Fig. 1. Column and Base of the Lip. 2, Pollen-masses, 3, Anther- 
case :-—magnified. 
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