1800 



*STANH6pEA oculata. 

 Eyed Stanhopea. 



GYNANDRIA MOXANDRIA. 



Nat. ord, Orchide^e, § VANDEiE. Lindl. {Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botany, p. 262.) 



STANHOPEA.— Siqiru, vol. IS. fol. 1529. 



S. oculata ; labello medio constricto, hypochilii clongati latcribus cornutls erectis 

 basi bimaculatls, epicbilio ovato acuminato cornubus duobus baseos incurvis. 

 Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. PI. p. 158. 



Ceratochilus oculatus. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1764. 



Imported by Messrs. Loddiges. It is the most interesting 

 of this splendid genus, on account of the extremely delicate 

 waxy appearance of its surface, the softness of its ground 

 colour, and the richness of the deep purple spots, which 

 lying upon a bright yellow field so very conspicuously 

 ornament the base of the lip and the petals. 



Our drawing was taken from a most noble specimen 

 produced in July 1834, in the stove of Mr. Bateman. The 

 leaves, including the petioles, were more than two feet long, 

 and being of the darkest green had a most imposing appear- 

 ance. Mr. Bateman informs us that he finds it requires eight 

 such leaves to form a flowering plant ; and that those who 

 wish to succeed in blossoming it must suffer it to remain a 

 long time undisturbed, since a good many pseudo-bulbs are 

 required to furnish one really fine specimen. 



The singular form of the labellum of this and some 

 other Orchideous plants has rendered it necessary to distin- 

 guish it into three parts for the convenience of description. 



* See folio 1529. 

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