Tas. XVIII. 
EPIDENDRUM ALATUM: 
WINGED EPIDENDRUM. 
Ertpenprum alatum; pseudo-bulbis pyriformibus levibus bi-triphyllis, foliis loratis arcuatis coriaceis 
acutis scapo paniculato duplo brevioribus,—sepalis petalisque subzequalibus obovato-unguiculatis margine 
undulato,—labello alte trilobo basi tantim column adnato, lobis lateralibus oblique obovatis, intermedio 
majore subrotundo crispo venoso calloso,—columna arcuaté stipitaté alis duabus falcatis decurvis versus 
apicem instructa. 
Habitat in Honduras prope Isabal.  Sxixxer. 
Description, 
PsEUDO-BULBS pear-shaped, smooth, three or four inches long, bearing two or three Sleshy, 
shining, pointed, curved LEAVES, sometimes two feet long, and an inch and a half broad. Sheathed 
at the base by the leaves, rises the ScaPe to the height of three feet or more, bearing a large panicle 
of shewy FroweErs, which are rather loosely arranged. PEpIceys upwards of an inch long. 
SeEpALs and Perars nearly equal, rather shorter than the pedicells, unguiculate, obovate, waved at 
the margin, slightly obtuse at the point, reddish-brown, with a margin of greenish-yellow, on the 
upper side, olive on the under. Lip united with the base of the column, an inch long, deeply 3-lobed; 
the lateral lobes obliquely obovate, primrose-coloured, smaller than the middle one, which is nearly 
round, curled at the margin, bordered by a narrow band of brilliant orange, and covered with 
immumerable streaks, composed of small purplish hairs, which radiate from its base. Corum bent, 
club-shaped, its margins membranous, and forming in its upper part two decurved Saleate pseudo- 
wings, from between which protrudes the deep orange-coloured ANTHER. 
A SOLITARY plant of this stately Epédendrum was discovered by Mr. Skinner on his return to 
Guatemala, in 1837. It was found growing in company with L. Stamfordianum (figured at Tab. XI. of 
this work) ; and, like that species, it seems to delight in a greater degree of warmth and humidity than the 
majority of Mexican Orchidacee require :—if this circumstance be borne in mind, its cultivation will 
be found perfectly simple. It flowers, at Knypersley, in May and June, and its blossoms, which are 
most exquisitely fragrant, continue in perfection for several weeks. The rich band of intense orange, which 
skirts the front part of the labellum, gives to the species a remarkable appearance, and such as it is quite 
impossible for any drawing to convey. 
The Vignette represents a rude earthenware Vase, doubtless of great antiquity, which, with many 
other relics of equal singularity and interest, were dug up, by Mr. Skinwer, in the vicinity of Istapa. 
“With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked.” —Gray’s Exrcy. 
* Supra, Tab. V. 
