TAB. 8635. 
SIEVEKINGIA SHEPHEARDH. 
Colombia. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe VANDEAE. 
SIEVEKINGIA, Reichb. f. Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk. (1871) p. 8. 
Sievekingia Shepheardii, Rolfe; species nova ab alteris adhuc descriptis 
pseudobulbis diphyllis, scapis erectis et multifloris distincta. 
Herba epiphytica. Pseudobulbi aggregati, ovoidei vel ovoideo-oblongi, angulati, 
basi vaginis ovatis acutis membranaceis obtecti, 2-4 cm. longi, 1-1°5 em. 
lati, diphylli. Folia petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, plicata, 
subundulata, 12-20 cm. longa, 8-5 cm. lata; petiolus 2-5 cm. longus, 
Scapus erectus, circiter 10 cm. longus, multiflorus, rhachis nigro-puberula. 
Bracteae lanceolataeé, acuminatae, 1-1°5 cm. longae. Pedicelli circiter 
1 cm. longi, nigro-puberuli. Flores mediocres, lutei. Sepala subconni- 
ventia, lanceolata, acuminata, 1°5 em. longa, extra nigro-puberula, Petala 
anguste obovato-oblonga, subobtusa, 1 cm. longa. Labellwm sub- 
pandurato-oblongum, subeconcavum, margine integrum, apice subacutum 
et recurvum, 1 cm. longum, basi callo breve et papilloso instructum. 
Columna clavata, 0°8 cm. longa, alis latis et integris; pollinia 2, ellip- 
soidea; stipes subgracilis; glandula oblonga.—R. A. Rours. 
The Orchid now figured is a member of a small but 
interesting genus which was originally founded by the 
late Professor Reichenbach in 1871 on a species from 
Costa Rica described as Sievekingia suavis. To the genus 
Reichenbach subsequently added two more species, 
S. fimbriata, also a Costa Rica plant, and S. Jenmanii, a 
native of British Guiana. Since then a plant from 
Ecuador, originally described by Mr. F. C. Lehmann as 
Gorgoglossum Reichenbachianum, has been found to be in 
reality a Sievekingia, and has been figured at t. 7576 of 
this work as S. Reichenbachiana. More recently two 
additional species have appeared in collections. One of 
these, a native of Peru, has been described as S. peruvian, 
Rolfe. The other, S. Shepheardii, now first described is 
a native of Colombia. J+ is one of nine Orchids collected 
in the Colombian district of Rio Condoto Choco by 
Dr. 8. Shepheard in 1912 and was acquired for the Kew 
collection from Mrs. Shepheard, Abbots Hall, Aylsham, 
in 1914, It flowered in the Tropical Orchid House at 
NoveMBER, 1915. 
