Tas. XXXII. 
EPIDENDRUM ERUBESCENS: 
BLUSHING EPIDENDRUM. 
E. erubescens ; caulibus brevibus (?) foliosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis panicula laxa multiflora 
5-plo brevioribus. Sepalis ovali-lanceolatis, petalis latioribus spatulatis labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 
rotundatis intermedio multd majore reniformi. 
Habitat in Oaxacd, Karwinsx1; in Meaico, Gaieortt. 
Description, 
Stems probably short, and bearing but few ovate-lanceolate acuminate Lraves, two or three 
inches long. PAnicxe terminal, usually compound, and sometimes rising to the height of a foot 
and «a half, bearing a multitude of large flowers, supposed to be of a rosy hue throughout. PErpt- 
CELLS longer than the flowers. SEPALS nearly an inch long, oval-lanceolate, much narrower than 
the spatulate PeTars. L1p about the same length as the sepals, united to the column at its apex, 
and three-lobed, the lateral lobes being short and rounded, and not half the size of the intermediate 
one, which is kidney-shaped, and half an inch long. 
CULTIVATORS will be disappointed to learn that this superb E7pidendrum is at present known only 
by dried specimens belonging to the Royal Herbarium at Munich. The flowers, although faded, still retain 
a rosy tint, and when fresh could scarcely have been arrayed in less attractive hues than those in which 
Miss Drake has ventured to portray them; but whatever their precise colouring may have been, there 
can be no doubt that the species to which they belong may take rank among the very finest plants of its 
tribe. It was accordingly made a special object in the instructions of the various collectors who have been 
sent from time to time to ransack the forest treasures of Oaxaca, but neither Harrwre nor Ross (who 
closely followed Kanwinsx1's steps) succeeded in discovering its retreat. Signor Gatrorri was more 
fortunate, but the plants which he transmitted to Paris have, it is to be feared, entirely perished. But let 
us hope that as this species, independently of its beauty, belongs to a section of the genus which is usually 
of the easiest growth, renewed exertions will be made to introduce it into our stoves. 
