As the plant is found at a higher level in the Philippines than 

 P. amabilis, it need not be kept quite so warm, but under almost 

 any circumstances it grows well and blooms freely in the winter 

 and spring. 



The figure was taken from a glorious specimen that flowered 

 in the nursery of Mr. Veitch in May last. In the size of its 

 blossoms and the delicacy of its tints, this variety eclipses all that 

 have as yet shown themselves. 



Descr. Leaves from six to eighteen inches long, oblong and 

 coming to a blunt point, beautifully marbled on the upper side 

 with irregular whitish streaks on a dark-green ground, the un- 

 der side being purple. Peduncle one to three feet long, bent 

 downwards, branched, many-(10-100-)flowered, all the flowers 

 being open at the same time. Sepals an inch or more long, the 

 dorsal one obovate and rather sharp-pointed, the lateral ones 

 ovate and more acute. Petals of a rhomboid form, much wider 

 than the sepals, and, like them, of a rich rosy-lilac colour, be- 

 coming fainter or almost white at the edges. Lip three-lobed, 

 the lateral lobes white, oblong, rounded, and stretching back- 

 w ?™s, with a four-cornered yellow callosity at their base; the 

 middle lobe rosy-lilac, oval, and split at the summit into two 

 slender portions, that diverge from each other and are gracefully 

 curved Column blue, clavate, prolonged, and free at the base. 



Fig. 1. Lip and column :— slightly magnified. 



