Tab. 8588. 
PLEIONE PpoGonrIoIpEs. 
China. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
PLEIONE, D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 36; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 
vol. iii. p. 518, swb Coelogyne. 
Pleione pogonioides, Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1903, p. 291; 1914, p. 108; affinis 
P. bulbocodioidet, Rolfe, sed sepalis petalisque subaequalibus et labelli 
carinis valde crenatis differt. 
Herba terrestris, 10-18 em. alta; pseudobulbi ovoidei, apice attenuati, 1°2-1°5 
em. longi, monophylli. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, subobtusa, plicata, 
5-17 cm. longa, 2-3°5 cm. lata. Flos terminalis, speciosus, roseus, 
labelli disco albidulo, pedunculo basi vaginis membranaceis obtecto. 
Bractea lanceolata, acuta, concava, 1°5-3 em. longa. Sepala et petala 
subconniventia, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta vel apiculata, subaequalia, 
3°5-4 em. longa. Labellum circa columnam convolutum, amplum, 
3°5-4 em. longum, apice fimbriatum ? late ellipticum vel suborbiculare, 
discus 4—5-lamellatus, lamellis valde et irregulariter crenatis. Colwmna 
clavata, ineurva, circiter 3 em. longa, alis triangularibus es membranaceis. 
Capsula ellipsoideo-oblonga, 2°5-3 cm. longa.—Pogonia sp., Hance in 
Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 247. Coelogyne. (Pleione) pogonioides, Rolfe in Kew 
Bulletin, 1896, p. 196, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxxvi. p. 23.—C. 
(Pleione) Henryz, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1896, p. 195, et in Journ. Linn, 
Soe. vol. xxxvi. p. 22.—R. A. RonF... 
Though there are several Chinese species of Pleione, 
only one of these has until now become established in 
cultivation; that species, P. yunnanensis, Rolfe, was 
figured at t. 8106 of this work. The one now figured, 
P. pogonioides, Rolfe, though it has been known longer 
than P. yunnanensis, for it was originally discovered in 
1881, is the second to be introduced from China to 
orchid collections. Bulbs were received from there in 
1912 by Messrs. Charlesworth and Company, in whose 
houses at Haywards Heath it flowered for the first time 
in February, 1914, and our figure has been prepared 
from material supplied by Messrs. Charlesworth for 
identification. The original specimens were gathered by 
Mr. T. Bullock on wet rocks at Wu Hu in the province 
of Am Hwei, at an elevation of 3,000 feet above sea- 
level, and were referred by the late Dr. Hance to the 
genus Pogonia. It was met with again by Mr. A. Henry 
DECEMBER, 1914. 
