Tas. 5556. 
EPIDENDRUM. wrrrantavum. 
Many-flowered Epidendrum. 
Nat. Ord. Oncuipe#.— Gynanpria Monanpeia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4107.) 
Errpenprum (Amphiglottium, Lindl.) myrianthum ; foliis lineari-lanceo- 
latis acutis vaginis nigro-punctatis, panicule composite effuse ramis 
divaricatis, bracteis setaceis, pedicellis ovariisque longissimis, sepalis 
membranaceis oblongis obtusis, petalis lineari-spathulatis, labello 
longiore 4-partito bicalloso laciniis truncatis linearibus sxquilongis 
recurvis lateralibus subintegris, intermediis apice tantum laceris, cli- 
nandrio utrinque obtuso appendice dorsali membranacea cucullata 
bifida. Zind?. 
EprrEenprvM myrianthum. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 
This most charming Epidendrum was discovered many 
years ago by Mr. Skinner at a very high elevation on the 
mountains of Guatemala, and a few of the specimens that he 
transmitted to this country have lingered in our collections, 
but—owing no doubt to their having been kept too warm— 
could never be induced to flower. As one of these happened 
to be still alive at Knypersley, though its shoots were no 
thicker than a crowquill, I directed it to be put in a cool 
house, in which some of the old and feeble stems speedily 
blossomed, and new shoots, thrice the strength of the others, 
almost immediately presented themselves. When these are 
sufficiently advanced, I have no doubt that masses of flowers 
will be produced, equal to the dried specimens preserved in 
the Lindleyan Herbarium (now at Kew), and which have 
assisted Mr. Fitch in preparing the representation on the 
opposite page. 
The plant flowered in June last in one of the cool houses 
at Knypersley, and continued long in beauty. Some idea of 
its habit may be gathered from the reduced sketch in lhe 
Plate. The stems are about a yard high.—J. B. 
JANUARY Ist, 1866. 
