Tab. 5815. 

 PHALJRNOPSIS Pamshii. 



The Rev. C. H. Parish's Phalamopsis. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 

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



Phaljenopsis Panshii; foliis 2-4-pollicaribus oblongis acutis concoloribus 

 racemo brevissime pedunculate 6-10-floro, sepalis albis obtusis v' 

 subacutis supenore oblongo lateralibus late ovatis, petalis albis spathu- 

 lato-oblongis, labello breviter unguiculato lobis lateralibus parvis corni- 

 culatis flavis termmali amplo albo purpureo tincto late deltoideo acuto 

 angulis lateralibus aunculatis disco callo basi serailunari extus fimbriato- 

 lacero et appendice anteposita elongata in lacinulas filiformes fissa 

 instructo. 



pHAL^NOPSis^Parkhn,^^./. in Gard. Chron. 1865, p. 410; Xen. Orchid., 



A lovely little plant, discovered by Mr. Parish in the 

 Birmese forests, in 1864, and sent by him to Messrs. Low 

 of Clapton, as well as to the Royal Gardens at Kew. It was 

 first described by Professor Eeichenbach in 1865 from 

 specimens flowered both at Mr. Dawson's and Day's, at 

 about the same time. The specimen here figured bloomed 

 at Kew mMay, 1868, and was received from Colonel Benson 

 m the previous year. 



Descr. Roots stout, widely spreading. Stem very short 

 almost none. Leaves distichous, oblong-lanceolate, acute' 

 deep green, two to four inches long. Racemes several, ses- 

 sile, as long as, or shorter than the leaves, six to ten 

 flowered. Flowers rather crowded ; bracts minute subulate ■ 

 pedicel and ovary, one inch long, white. Perianth two-thirds 

 of an inch diameter, spreading. Sepals white, dorsal oblong 

 subacute; lateral larger, broadly ovate. Petals obovate- 

 spathulate, white, obtuse, as long as the upper sepal. Lip 

 with a short claw, bent at right angles to the limb ; lateral 

 lobes small, horn-like, yellow with purple blotches; terminal 



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