Tap. 7537. 
RENANTHERA Storizt. 
Native of the Philippine Islands. 
Nat. Ord. Orncuipr#.—Tribe VaNDE. 
Genus Renantuera, Lour.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 577.) 
RENANTHERA Storiei; caule robusto elongato ascendente, foliis distichis 
oblongis lineari-oblongisve carnosis carinatis apice 2-lobis, pedunculo 
pedali folio opposito valido, panicula pendula ampla pedali ramis patulis 
multifloris, bracteis parvis triangularibus viridibus, pedicellis cum 
ovariis 1-14-pollicaribus roseis, floribus 24-3 poll. longis, sepalo dorsali 
erecto lineari subspathulato obtuso rubro-aurantiaco sanguineo irrorato, 
lateralibus pendulis basi subconnatis rhombeo-v. spathulato-obovatis 
obtusis undulatis pallide coccineis plagis sanguineis ornatis, petalis 
sepalo dorsali equilongis concoloribusque erecto-patentibus oblanceolatis 
falcatis, labello parvo sessili, lobis lateralibus erectis quadrato-oblongis 
_sanguineis basi extus aureis intus aureo striatis, intermedio duplo 
minore ovato obtuso sanguineo basin versus 2-calloso, calcare conico 
apice rotundato aureo. 
R. Storiei, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. ii. p. 296. Warner & 
Williams, Orchid. Album, t. 513. Williams, Orchid Growers’ Man. 
Ed. 7, p. 694. 
Vanda Storiei, Storie ex Reichh. f. Le. 
This magnificent plant, though in every respect so 
much a finer species, differs less botanically from the 
well-known R. coccinea, Lour. (Tab. 2997, 2998), than 
would at first sight be supposed. The flowers are much 
Jarger, of far more vivid colouring, the dorsal sepals and 
petals broader, and the lateral sepals more undulate, 
with bright, velvety blood-red blotches, the side-lobes 
of the lip are larger, and the midlobe obtuse. The column 
and the pollinia with their gland and stipes are the same 
in both speGies. fe 
Renanthera Storiei is a native of the Philippine Islands, 
and was first described in 1880 by Reichenbach. The 
plate here given is from a magnificent plant which 
flowered at Burford Lodge, by Sir. Trevor Lawrence, in 
June of last year, and which was kindly lent for the 
purpose of being figured, together with a sketch of the 
whole plant. There is a good specimen of it in the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, which has not flowered as yet. 
JUNE Ist, 1897. 
