Tab. 5530. 

 PHAL.ENOPSIS Schilleriana, 



Schiller 's Pkalanopsis. 



Xat. Ord. Orchide.e. — Gynaxdria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5351.) 



Phal.f,xopsis Schilleriana ; foliis zebrinis oblongis obtnsis panicnla multiflora 

 nutante brevioribus, sepalo dorsali obovato obtuse acuto, laterahbus ovatis 

 acutioribus, petalis rhombeis multo latioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus oblongis 

 ascendentibus, intermedio ovali apice utrinque bifalci, callo qiiadncorm m 

 basi. 



Thal^nopsis Schilleriana. Rchb.fil. « Xenia Orchidacea,' t. 101. Id. in Hamb. 

 Gartenzeitung, 1 860. p. 144. Lindl. ' Gardeners Chronicle,' I860, p. 21 fa ; 

 1861, p. 617 ; 1862, p. 95. Warner's ' Select Orchidaceous Plants, pi. 1. 

 Lemaire, in Illus. llort. 1863, pi. 348. 



As in the case of the Pkalanopsis figured at Tab. 5527, the 

 honour of having been the first to introduce and to flower the 

 subject of the opposite Plate rests with the Continental Orcnicl- 

 growers. And it is one of which they may well be proud, lor 

 no species of the lovely genus to which it belongs— no, not even 

 -P. amabilis itself— can at all be compared with it in beauty . 

 In dedicating it under these circumstances to his distinguished 

 countryman Consul Schiller, of Hamburg, Professor Reichenbacli 

 paid a well-merited compliment to one whose collection ot Urcmcis 

 has lone been renowned and still maintains its celebrity. 



There are many varieties, which differ from each other in the 

 marbling of the leaves, and in the size and tinting ot the Blos- 

 soms. Those which first appeared among us scarcely gave a lair 

 idea of the effect the plant is capable of producing when the best 

 kinds have attained their proper vigour. Mr. W i hams, ot iioi- 

 loway, mentions his having imported a plant on which was a na- 

 tive flower-stem that had borne a hundred blossoms, and 1 have 

 little doubt that— as the plants in our stoves improve every year 

 -at least an equal display will ere long be made in this country. 



AUGUST 1st, 1865. 



