Tap, 8312. 
CYMBIDIUM INSIGNE. 
Annam. 
OrcHIDACEAE. Tribe VANDEAR. 
CymBipium, Swartz; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 586, 
Cymbidium insigne, [olfe in Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxv. p. 387; Orch. Rev. 
1904, p. 230 ; 1906, p. 175; Rev. Hort. 1907, pp. 495, 496, fig. 166, et ic. col. ; 
Le Jardin, 1907, p. 309, fig. 170; Rev. Hort. Belge, 1907, p. 58, ic. col.; Dict, 
Ie. Orch, Cymb. t. 10; affine G. grandifloro, Griff., sed floribus minoribus 
dilute roseis et labello suborbiculari distinctum. 
Herba; pseudobulbi ovoidei, 6-7 em. longi. Folia elongata, lineari-oblonga, 
acuta, subcoriacea, 0°5-1 m. longa, 1‘3-1°5 cm. lata, basi latiora, con- 
duplicata. Scapi suberecti, 0°75-1°25 m. longi, vaginis lanceolatis acutis 
obtecti; racemi multiflori. Bracteae ovatae, acutae, 5 mm. longae. Pedi- 
cellt 5-6 em. longi. Fores speciosi. Sepala et petala patentia, subaequalia, 
elliptico-oblonga, subacuta, dilute rosea, 4-5 cm. longa, apice subrecurva. 
Labellum suborbiculare, trilobum, 3-5-4 em. longum, dilute roseum, pur- 
pureo-maculatum, lobis lateralibus erectis subincurvis apice rotundatis, 
lobo intermedio suborbiculari obtuso vel emarginato, disco villoso et callis 
geminis velutinis luteis a basi fere ad apicem instructo. Co/umna clavata, 
incurva, 2°5 em. longa.—Cymbidium Sanderi, Hort. Sander ex Gard. 
Chron. 1905, vol. xxxvii. pp. 108, 115, fig. 49; Garden, 1905, vol. Ixviii. 
p. 1, t. 1277.—R. A. Rourg. 
The handsome Cymbidium here depicted, which is 
perhaps the most beautiful member of the genus, was 
first met with in Annam by Mr. G. Bronckart in February, 
1901, growing along ravines and in sandy soil at elevations 
of from 4,000 to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. Later in the 
year one of Bronckart’s specimens, accompanied by an 
excellent painting of the plant, was presented to Kew by 
Mr. G. Schneider; on these the original description of the 
species was based. According to Bronckart’s field note 
the plant as met with by him is always terrestrial; the 
spikes in wild plants are from 3 to 44 ft. in length and 
bear each from ten to fifteen light-red flowers. Living 
plants were subsequently sent to this country. In 1904 
the species was again met with in Annam by Mr. W. 
Micholitz when exploring on behalf of Messrs. Sander & 
Sons, and again dried specimens, with spikes said by 
May, 1910, 
