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BOLBOPHYLLUM macrantlmm, 

 Large-Jiowered Bolbophyllum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidace.e. § Malaxed. 

 BOLBOPHYLLUM. Supra, vol. 23. t. 1942. 



B. macranthum ; foliis petiolatis oblongis planis coriaceis, floribus solitariis, 

 pedunculo petiolo loagiore, flore piano resupinato, sepalo dorsali piano 

 ovato acuminato lateralibus petalisque subconformibus hinc tortis, labello 

 minimo unguiculato subtrilobo acuminato. 



This singular plant was imported by Messrs. Loddiges 

 from Sincapore, and is closely allied to both B. leopardinum 

 and affine. From each it differs in its much more fleshy and 

 larger flowers, whose stalk is considerably longer than the 

 petiole. 



The flowers appear in March, and expand so flat that they 

 seem as if they had been pressed between paper. In the 

 centre they are a pale lemon colour, but towards the tips they 

 are much mottled with dark chocolate-coloured spots. 



Like the rest of the genus it succeeds best when tied to a 

 block of wood, and suspended to a rafter in a moist stove. 

 If the wood is charred enough to burn off" the bark the block 

 will be found to answer the purpose much better, and all insects 

 that harbour about it will be destroyed. In summer the plant 

 should receive water twice a day at least, and the temperature 

 should be kept about 80° by day, and 68° at night. In winter 

 for a few weeks very little water will be required, only as much 

 as to keep the pseudo-bulbs from shriveling. The temperature 

 then should never be raised above 50° or 55° with fire heat. 



March, 1844. 



