Tab. 5550. 



TRICHOPILIA Turialvjs 



The Turialva TrichopUia. 



Nat. Ord. Orchlde.*;.— Gynandria Monandkia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 4654.) 



Irichopilia Turialva; sepalis petalisque lineari-ligulatis acuminatis, labello 

 cuneato flabellato trilobo, lobis lateralibus obtusatis dilatatis, lobo medio 

 reniformi bilobo angustiori, carinis nullis, labelli uugue cum eolumna basi 

 connate, androclinii cucullo bene fimbriate, lobis lateralibus paullo brevi- 

 onbus, fovea basin versus angustiori, basi retusa, antherce carina humili 

 loculis breviori. lichb.fil. 



Tmchopiua TurialvEE. Re fib. fil. in Otto Hamb. Gartens, v. 19, 1863, p. 11 

 Gard. Chron. Aug. 19, 1BS5, p. 770. 



The true Trichopilias seem to be almost exclusively confined 

 to that remarkable isthmus, so rich in Orchids, which connect 

 the northern and southern portions of the vast American con- 

 tinent. They are especially numerous on the mountain ranges 

 of Veraguas, where, as its name implies, the present species 

 was found on the slopes of the snow-capped Turialva.* Pro- 

 fessor Reichenbach, by whom it was first described, thus speaks 

 of the plant in the 'Gardeners' Chronicle' (Aug. 19, 1865, 

 p- 770), "a species in the way T. albida, Wendl. fil. ; T. oico- 

 phylax, Rchb. fil. ; and T. macdata, Rchb. fil. ; none of which 

 can boast much beauty. The erect fimbriate membrane surround- 

 ing the anther reminds one of an old-fashioned, stiff, erect, lady's 

 collar. The flower is yellowish- white, the lip deeper yellow. It 

 was discovered by Mr. Wendland, the son (or rather the grand- 

 son, since he is already the third of the Wendlands), on the 

 volcano Turialva, in Central America. Later it was also ob- 

 served by a traveller named Sell." I would add that in its 

 colouring and general appearance it is not unlike the T. pida of 

 Lemaire. 



The species has flowered in several collections during the past 



* The name of the mountain (literally " white tower ") was given to it by the 

 Spaniards to describe its remarkable appearance from the sea. 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1865. 



