1867 



* EPIDENDRUM armeniacum. 



Apricot-coloured Epidendrum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDIUA. 

 Nat. Ord OrCHIDACE^, § EpiDENDREiE. 



EPIDENDRUM.— Suprd, vol. 1. tab. 17. 



E. armeniacum ; caulibus teretibus, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis acutis subplicatis, 

 racemis pedunculatis cylindraceis nutantibus, sepalis patulis ovatis acutis, 

 petalis setaceis, labelli subcucuUati laclniis lateralibus rotundatis intennedia 

 ovata acuminata : callo magno oblongo in disco. 



Caules erecti, compressi, semipedales, foliis 3-4?;e distantibus in spa- 

 tham abeuntibus vestiti. Racemus "i-A poll. Floras minuti armeniaci coloris. 

 Bractese setacece ovario triplb breviores. 



A native of Brazil, where it was found in company with 

 Grobya Amherstige, figured at fol. 1740 of this work. It 

 was first seen in England in flower in the year 1835, at one 

 of those splendid exhibitions in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, which attest more strongly than even the 

 country residences of our nobility and gentry, the skill and 

 perseverance of English gardeners. There, in the midst of 

 the dazzling scarlet or pink of various kinds of Cacti, and 

 surrounded by the brilliant plumes of Chinese Azalea flowers, 

 that weighed down their graceful branches, which really 

 seemed as if they were proud of their lovely burthen, from a 

 basket of humble moss, a little tuft of stems of this species was 

 seen to rear its modest head, as if in hopelessness of attracting 

 notice in so gay a company. The neatness however of its tiny 

 flowers, the pleasing tint of its apricot-coloured petals, the ele- 

 gant form of their slightly nodding or even drooping clusters, 

 and the novelty of their form in so well known a genus as 



* See folio 1415. 



