he transferred the synonyms from the Ecuador species to 
S. insignis, Frost—another error, though one that does not 
concern us here. The Jate Mr. Consul Lehmann, whose col- 
lections are now at Kew, during a visit to Cuenca was able 
to collect there further material of S. grandiflora, Reichb. f., 
and to make in the field a coloured sketch of a single flower ; 
this material has enabled Mr. Rolfe, in the “ Orchid Review,” 
vol. xx., to disentangle the history of the species. The figure 
here given has been prepared froma plant which flowered in 
May, 1912, in the collection of Sir F. Crisp at Friar Park, 
Henley, who kindly provided the material required. Like 
the other species of Stanhopea, the subject of our illustration 
thrives well and flowers freely in a warm moist house. 
Plants are most conveniently grown in baskets suspended 
from the roof, in a mixture of peat fibre and sphagnum 
which should be kept moist during the season of growth 
and dry whilst the plants are at rest. 
Description.—Herb, epiphytic ; pseudobulbs ovoid, sul- 
cate, about 2 in. long, I-foliate. Leaves petioled, elliptic 
or obovate-elliptic, abruptly acuminate, plicate, 10-12 in. 
long, 33-43 in. wide. Scapes pendulous, 6-8 in. long, 
4—T-flowered, clothed below with ovate-oblong imbricate 
sheaths; bracts oblong or lanceolate-oblong, subacute, con- 
volute-conduplicate, 13-2 in. long; pedicels 3-1 in. long. 
Flowers large, showy, sepals. and_ petals yellowish with 
purple blotches ; lip white, sparingly blotched with purple ;_ 
column greenish-white, blotched with purple. Sepals: 
posterior elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, concave, about 24 in. 
long; lateral elliptic-ovate, subobtuse, 21-23 in. long. 
Petals oblong, acute, somewhat undulate, about 2 in. long. 
Lip about 2 in, long ; hypochile obovate-oblong, laterally 
keeled, mouth circular: mesochile short, with incurved 
horns ; epichile elliptic-ovate, subacute. Column incurved, 
1j in. long, wings oblong. 
Fig. 1, lip; 2, upper part of column; 8, pollinarium:—al/ enlarged. 
