James Veitch & Sons, who flowered it first at Chelsea, in 
1879, after which it appears to have been lost sight of. 
It was reintroduced from Peru by Messrs. F. Sander & 
Co., and flowered at Glasnevin in April, 1898, when it 
was identified. The plant figured was presented to Kew 
by Mr. F. W. Moore, A.L.S., Keeper of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Glasnevin, in 1903, and it flowered in the 
Temperate Orchid House in April of last year. 
Descr.—A. tufted epiphyte about two feet high. Bulbs 
ovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed, about two and a half 
to four inches high, one-leaved, partially clothed with the 
persistent leaf-sheaths. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, narrowed into a long petiole, plicate, about twenty- 
two inches long, one inch and a half broad, bright green. 
Scapes about ten inches high, bearing oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate sheaths about fifteen to eighteen lines long. 
Braets oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, one inch and three- 
quarters long. Pedicels over an inch long. Jlowers large, 
dull green, with a white margin to the lip. Sepals about 
two inches long; dorsal lanceolate-elliptical, subacute or 
apiculate, concave, about nine lines broad; lateral trian- 
gular-lanceolate, nearly an inch broad at the base. Petals 
oblong, subobtuse, one inch and three-quarters long, five 
lines broad. Lip three-lobed, about two inches long; 
front lobe elliptical-oblong, obtuse, strongly fimbriate, 
nearly an inch broad; side lobes triangular, acute, slightly 
falcate, three lines long, with entire margin; crest obcordate- 
oblong, with a crenulate, fleshy, raised margin, extending 
to the base as a pair of keels, concave in the centre. 
Column clavate, arcuate, over an inch long, narrowly 
winged at the apex; base prolonged into a curved foot 
three-quarters of an inch jong, forming with the bases of 
the lateral sepals a broad, obtuse chin; stipes of pollinia 
oblong ; gland bearing a slender, furcate appendage at each 
side.—R. A. Ronre. 
Fig. 1, column; 2 and 8, pollinarium, seen from front and back, and : 
showing the lateral furcate appendages ;—all enlarged. - 
