Tas. 8187. 
BULBOPHYLLUM BInnenpisKn1. 
Java. 
OROHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
BunBopHyiuum, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 501; Pitzer 
in Engl. Pflanzenf. vol. ii. 6, p. 286. 
Bulbophyllum Binnendijkii, J. J. Smith, Orch. Jav. (1905), p. 442: Rothschild 
in Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xlii. p. 161; cies insignis, a B. Ericssoni, 
Kraenzl., partibus fere omnibus majoribus differt. 
Herba epiphytica, Rhizoma validum; internodia cirea 15 cm. longa, vaginis 
ovato-oblongis acutis tecta. Pseud bulbi oblongi, circa 13 em. longi, basi 
vaginis spathaceis acuminatis tecti, monophylli. lia petiolata, late 
oblonga, acuta, circa 3!) cm. longa, 13 cm. lata; petiolus 4 cm. longus. 
Scapi e basi pseudobulbi producti, patentes, circa 15 cm. longi, vaginis 
spathaceis acutis tecti. Flores umbellati, speciosi, virides, brunneo- 
maculati, labello pallidiore facie rubro-suffuso et ornato. Bracteae ovatae, 
acuminatae, 1°5-2 em. longae. Pedicelli circa 2 cm. longi. Sepalum 
posticum erectum, late lanceolatum, caudato-acuminatum, apice spiraliter 
tortum, 7-9 em. longum; sepala lateralia patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, 
caudato-acuminata, apice spiraliter torta, 7-9 cm. longa. Petala basi 
oblongo-lanceolata, apice longe caudato-acuminata et spiraliter torta, 
3-4 cm. longa. Labellwm recurvum, basi late oblongum, apice longe 
acuminatum, circa 2cm. longum. Oolumna brevis, lata, dentibus brevibus, 
basi in pedem longum attenuatum producta.—Cirrhopetalum leopardinum, - 
Teijsm. et Binn. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1862, vol. xxiv. p. 309. 
Bulbophyllum FEricssoni, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1907, p. 233, fig. 27 (non 
Kraenzl.). 
This striking species has a curious history, and its identity 
is by no means certain. It was exhibited by Messrs. Sander 
& Sons at the Temple Show in May, 1907, under the 
name of Bulbophyllum Eriessoni, and it was also figured 
from a photograph ; but the Hon. Walter Rothschild, who 
possesses the original type plant, did not admit the determina- 
tion, and considered it to be identical with B. Binnendiykii, 
J.J. Smith. A dried flower of Messrs. Sander’s plant has 
been sent to Mr. Smith, who replies that his description of 
B. Binnendijkii was made from a dried specimen in the 
Leiden Herbarium, the colour being added from a plant that 
was in cultivation at the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden some 
eighteen years ago. It had been brought in by a native 
Apri, 1908, 
