Granada, Peru, and Equador. The fine specimen here figured 
flowered in the nurseries of Messrs. Backhouse of York, in 
December, 1867. 
Descr. Pseudobulbs two to three inches long, ovate, com- 
pressed, green, smooth. eaves six to eight inches long by 
one to one and a quarter broad, narrow elliptic-oblong, acute, 
keeled, narrowed at the base, bright green. Panicle two to 
three feet long, broad, branched, spreading largely, many- 
flowered. Bracts half an inch long, boat-shaped, acuminate, 
membranous. Flowers two inches in diameter, pale golden 
yellow, with a few orange-red ocellated spots on the petals 
and lip. Sepals spreading, lanceolate, acuminate, slightly 
undulated. Petals rather shorter and broader, incurved, 
ovate at the base, much undulated. Lip shortly clawed, 
oblong panduriform, acute, sides entire. Crest of two lateral 
wings, with an erect spine in point of the distal end of each ; 
intermediate ridges tumid, smooth. Column not winged, 
rather short, smooth.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Front view of lip and column; 2, side view of d’tto :—magnified. 
