2—5-fascicled on a short peduncle at the nodes, two inches in 
diameter; bracts short; pedicels and ovary very slender, 
together one inch long. Sepals spreading and recurved, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or apiculate, bright purple, reticu- 
Jated. Petals spreading, ovate-oblong, much broader than 
the sepals, of the same colour, except towards the base, where 
they are nearly white. Zip one and a half inch long ; 
curved like a trumpet, with the mouth upwards. Claw con- 
volute, white with deep purple transverse stripes. Limb 
expanded, orbicular, concave, with recurved margins. Disk 
of a very deep violet-purple colour, this is surrounded by a 
broad faint yellow velvety band, which is edged with purple 
that extends to the quite entire margin of the limb.— 
J: DoH. 
Fig. 1, Lip :—magnified. 
