Tas. 7518, 
MAXILLARIA SANDERIANA. 
Native of Ecuador. 
Nat. Ord. Orcutprz.—Tribe VanpEs. 
Genus Maxitiaria, Ruiz & Pav. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 555.) 
Maxiutarta (Acaules) Sanderiana; psendobulbis brevibus fere orbicularibus 
compressis, vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis rigidis brunneis caducis, foliis 
oblanceolatis cuspidatis in petiolum validam angustatis coriaceis supra 
saturate viridibus subtus pallidis, costa valida, nervis paucis obscuris, 
scapo robusto rubro-purpureo vaginis oblongis obtusis brunneis fere 
velato, flore maximo, sepalis petalisque albis basin versus sanguineo- 
purpureis, sepalo dorsali 2-21-pollicari oblongo obtuso, lateralibus 
triangulari-ovatis obtusis basi in mentum latum rotundatum conniventibus, 
petalis sepalis multoties minoribus late ovatis acuminatis, labelli tubo 
atro-sanguineo intus a fates. clavato applanato instructo, lobis 
lateralibus parvis, terminali rotundato flavo marginibus crispatis, columna 
alba sanguineo-purpureo maculata, anthera aurea. 
M. Sanderiana, Reichb. f. in Sander, Reichendachia, vol. i. (1888) ze. 57, t. 25. 
Journ. Hortic. Ser, IIL. vol, 26, t. 495, tig. 89. Rev. Hortic. (1894) p. 326, 
cum Ie. Warner, Orchid Album, vol. x. t. 463. 
This, which is rightly regarded by M. André as the finest 
known species of the genus, was discovered by Mr. Edward 
Klaboch in the Andes of Peru, according to whom it 
inhabited an elevation of 4000 ft.; but according to 
M. André, it is more probably a native of Ecuador; and 
having regard to the fact that it flourishes in a cool 
Orchid House, it may be expected to inhabit a much 
higher elevation than that assigned to it. 
The nearest ally of M. Sanderiana is M. grandiflora, 
Lindl., which has much narrower sessile leaves, a more 
slender green scape with green bracts, and a pure white 
flower, except the lip, which is streaked with purple. 
M. venusta, Lindl. (Tab. 5296) is another allied species, 
remarkable for the long, narrow, pure white, acuminate 
sepals and petals, the lip of which has a purple spot on 
each side of the tube, and a yellow midrib. 
M. Sanderiana was first flowered by Baron Schroder 
(in 1885). The specimen here figured is from the cool 
Fesruary Ist, 1897. 
