Tas. 8417. 
STANHOPEA PERUVIANA. 
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Peru. 
ORCHIDACEAE. ‘Tribe VANDEAE. 
Srannorpga, Frost; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 549. 
Stanhopea peruviana, Rolfe; species e grege S. Wardii, Lodd., floribus 
minoribus, petalis angustis, et labelli hypochilio valde abbreviato vel late 
oblongo lateribus obscure angulatis distincta. 
Herba; pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, obscvre angulati, 4-6 cm. longi, mono- 
phylli. Folia petiolata, late elliptica, subobtusa, margine subundulata; 
limbus 25-35 cm. longus, 12-14 em. latus; petiolus 6-7 cm. longus. Scapt 
penduili, circiter 25 cm. longi, vaginis ovato-oblongis subimbricatis vestiti, 
multiflori. Bracteae oblongae vel ovato-oblongae, subobtusae, valde con- 
cavae, 4-5 cm. longae. Pedicelli 5-6 cm. longi. Flores speciosi, aurei, 
labelli hypochilio lateribus atropurpureo-suffusis, epichilio punctulato, 
columna punctulata, Sepalum posticum oblongum, subobtusum, con- 
cavum, 4-5 cm. longum; sepala lateralia oblique et late ovata, obtusa, 
4 em. longa. Petal« lineari-oblonga, subacuta, revoluta, 3°5 cm. longa. 
Labellum circiter 4 em. longnm; hypochilium subglobosum vel late 
oblongum, 2°5 em. longum, 1‘7 em. latum, curvatum, lateribus carinatis, 
canali postice aperta; mesochilii cornu falcato-lanceolato, acuto, 2 cm. 
longo; epichilium orbiculari-ovatum, apice reflexum et apiculatum, circiter 
1:5 em. longum. Columna incurva, late alata, 3°5 cm. longa, 1°5 cm. 
lata.—R. A. Roure., 
‘The handsome Stanhopea here figured was discovered in 
Peru by Mr. Forget when collecting on behalf of Messrs. 
Sander & Sons, St. Albans, to whom Kew is indebted for 
the plant which forms the basis of our plate. This plant 
was presented by them to the Kew colleetion in 1909, the 
year of its first importation. It has thriven well in the 
Cattleya House and flowered for the first time in January, 
1910. It is allied to the Mexican S. Wardii, Lodd., but has 
smaller flowers with narrower petals, while the hypochile of 
the lip differs materially in shape and is not distinctly 
angled at the base. It may also be eompared with 
S. Shuttleworthii, Reichb. f., but that species again has 
larger flowers, while the hypochile of the lip is broadly 
expanded at the base. S. peruviana is remarkable for the 
unusual width and almost board-like firmness of its dark- 
green, plicate leaves. As in most other species of the 
genus the flowers, which in S. peruviana are very fragrant, 
ast for only a few days. 
Fesrvary, 1912. 
