Tas. 6567. 
BOLBOPHYLLUM Beccaartt. 
Native of Borneo. 
Nat. Ord. OxcHIDEZ.—Tribe DenpRoBIER. 
Genus Botpopayiium, Thouars ; (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 47.) 
BoLBopHyLium Beccarii; giganteum, rhizomate crassissimo repente alte scandente, 
pseudobulbis pro planta parvis obovoideo-globosis, foliis pseudobulbo solitariis 
maximis ovato-orbiculatis obtusis v. subacutis basi contractis et eum pseudo- 
bulbo articulatis crasse coriaceis pallide viridibus, pedunculo a basi pseudobulbi 
brevi crasso decurvo vaginis late triangulari-ovatis acutis inflatis imbricatis 
purpureo vittatis vestito, racemo ovoideo-cordiformi dependente incurvo 
densissime multifloro fetidissimo, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis rubro striatis 
flores eequantibus, floribus pro planta parvis, ovario gracili, perianthio ringente, 
sepalis ovatis subacutis revolutis purpureo reticulatis, petalis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis pallide lilacinis vitta media purpurea, labello breviter stipitato ovato- 
lanceolato obtuso recurvo disco 3-costato, columna obtusa antice utrinque minute 
2-aristata. 
B. Beccarii, Rehb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. i. p. 41; 1880, vol. ii. p. 326, 525, 
This is in many respects one of the most gigantic of 
Orchids; I know of none with so stout a rhizome, so large 
a leaf, or such massive inflorescence. On the other hand, 
specimens of various species of Vanilla are far more bulky ; 
and I have been credibly informed of a single plant of Vanda 
teres in Birma being a sufficient load for an elephant! In 
one character B. Beccarii transcends all other Orchids, if not 
all other vegetables, and that is in the foetor of its flowers, 
which is loathsome beyond description ; of the same nature 
as that of Amorphophallus and of other Aroids (that of 
putrid fish), but more widely diffused, penetrating, and 
enduring. Although the drawing here given was executed 
in an airy room, close to a large open window, the artist 
was repeatedly overpowered by it, and finally made for a 
time really ill. 
This most singular plant was discovered, ini 1853, by 
Thomas Lobb, when collecting for Messrs. Veitch, in the 
JULY lst, 1881. 
