Tab. 7930. 



RESTREPIA ANTENNIFERA. 

 Native of Colombia. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Tribe Epidkndre*. 

 Genus Kestrepia, H. B- K. ; (Benth. et Hooh.f. Gen.Flant. vol. iii. p. 491.) 



Restrepia. antennifera ; species ex affinitate A. slriatse, Rolfe (Bot. Mag. t. 

 7233) sed robustior fioribus folia vix excedentibus, caulibus caespitosis 

 6-8 poll, altis vaginis amplia membranaceis albidis inconspicue striatia 

 vestitis, foliis crasse coriaceis oblongo-ovalibus 2-3 poll, longis, floribua 

 1-3 tenuiter pedicellatis circiter 2| poll, longis purpureo-striatis, sepalo 

 doreali e basi latiuscula in fllnm apice leviter incrassatum producto 

 incurvo, lateralibus laminam oblongo-Ianceolatam aprce emaryinatam 

 labello duplo majorem formantibua, petalis sepalo dorsali similibus sed 

 fere dimidio minoribus, labello oblongo apice emarginato lobis lateralibus 

 ad aristas parvas basilares recurvatas redactis, columna clavata incurva. 



R. antennifera, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. i. p. 367, t. 94. Poir. in Lam. 

 Encycl. Meth. Suppl. vol. iv. p. 672, t. 991. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 

 p. 14. Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, 1855, p. 70. Rolfe Orch. Rev. 1894, 

 p. 237. Non Bot. Mag. t. 6288, quee eadem ac R. maculata, Lindl. 



The genus Restrepia was founded in 1815, on the 

 present, species, which was the only one known for many 

 years. Now nearly forty species have been described. 

 For a long time 11. maculata, Lindl., was cultivated and 

 figured in various publications, including this Magazine 

 (t. 6288), under the name of B. antennifera. Mr. Rolfe 

 detected the error, and rectified it in the publication cited 

 above. B. maculata, Lindl., with which it has been 

 confused, has spotted, not striped flowers. 



B. antennifera was discovered by Humboldt's expedition 

 near Pasto, at an elevation of upwards of nine thousand 

 feet, and it has since been collected in the Province of 

 Ocana (Schlim, 738) at about the same elevation. 



All three of the species mentioned in this connection are 

 at the present time in cultivation at Kew. 



Descr.— Similar to B. striata, Rolfe (Bot. Mag. t. 7233), 

 but a more robust plant with flowers scarcely, if at all, 

 overtopping the leaves. Stems clustered, six to eight 

 inches high, clothed with membranous, dirty-white sheaths. 

 Leaves thick, coriaceous, oblong-oval, two to three inches 

 long. Flowers one to three on each stem, slenderly 



December 1st, 1903. 



