+ 
=> cate; epichil ovate ; 
486 
~ Stanhopea—continued. 
On account of the peculiar manner in which they are 
produced, the plants should be grown in baskets made 
even more open at the bottom and sides than is usual for 
other Orchids, as the racemes are pendulous, and often 
come out from beneath the basket. The latter should be 
suspended in a stove or house devoted to East Indian and 
Brazilian Orchids, and kept watered liberally during the 
period of growth. When at rest, the roots should be kept 
rather dry. The plants should be surrounded with fresh 
sphagnum, a few lumps of turfy peat, and some charcoal. 
The leaves should be sponged occasionally with clean 
water, as they are liable to be attacked by thrips and 
red spider. Propagation- is effected by division of the 
old plants. 
S. aurea (golden). A synonym of S. Wardii aurea. 
S. Bucephalus (bull-horned).* /l. emitting a powerful fragrance ; 
sepals, petals, and hypochil pale rich yellow, with oe dots 
and small blotches everywhere except on the hypochil; hypochil 
boat-shaped ; mesochil two-horned ; epichil roundish-ovate, cus- 
aoe raceme deflexed, consisting of several flowers. August. 
stalked, oblong, acuminate, plicate. h, 2ft. South Mexico 
to Peru, 1843. A remarkibly handsome Orchid. (B. M. 5278; 
B. R. 1845, 24.) 
S. B, guttata (spotted). jl., se 
apricot-colour ; each petal, an 
brown blotches. 
S. B. Roezlii (Roezl’s). fl., sepals, petals, and base of the li 
Seip mi- yolon, spotted with brown; horns and PaA 
kia = TeS latter also dotted with purple. Nicaragua, 1874. 
S. cirrhata (tendrilled). 
s, petals, and hypochil of a deep 
the hypochil, marked with four 
absolutely solitary ; sepals white, 
obtuse, much longer than the ovate, yellow petals ; lateral horns 
of the yellow and violet lip produced from the hypochil, which 
is three-ribbed within, and rounded outside ; mesochil wanting ; 
epichil ovate, undivided ; bracts spathe-like, imbricated, longer 
n the o ; column wingless, extended into a pair of 
Sari as in some Odontoglots. h. lft. Nicaragua, 1840. 
(G. C. 1850, p. 295; L. & P. F. G. i. p. 31, 19.) 
S. deltoidea (deltoid). . of a palish yellow, dotted over with 
crimson aoe lip 0 -coloured, blackish-brown at the 
base, and marked on each side with a reddish-b: t. 
die rown spo 
S. Devoniensis (Duke of Devonshire’s). /l. pale creamy-yellow, 
= (D 
thickly and i 1 tted with deep crimson- le, J 
ga Signs pee 
do: 
end; peduncle two flowers. July and August. 
4 shortly petiolate, lanceolate, plicate, pale rien Pavan. 
arg ovate, ribbed. A. 1}ft. Guatemala, 1853. (F. d. S. 974; 
S. eburnea (ivory-like). 7. white, fragrant; lip oblong, twi 
as the petals ; hypochil and mesochil dull 2 ‘sg or pried 
purple on the ppor side, the latter solid, ing, trun- 
umn very long ; bracts shorter than the 
= ovary; scape lax, pendulous. June. V i 
pete Bile cae). eh Ouiana, and 
S. e. spectabilis (remarkable). /. pale 
straw-coloured, powerfully scented; se- 
; broad ; narrow ; lip white, 
varnished, unmarked, except a pair of 
nes, a few ‘crimson 
os) at the base. Venezuela, 1868. (I. H. 
- point, handsomely purple-blotched on its 
_ sides, hornless, bat aving four little 
tumours; the rest of the flower pure 
ey, : y 
as a species with the hypochil 
(or lower half of the lip) al ed 
B. M. 45: LAPP Ge as, 
81 and R. X. O. i. 43, 
Stanhopeastrum 
dots, and ha 
each side Teldec the 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Stanhopea—continued. 
two keels. Mexico (2), 1880. (G. C. xvi. pp. 561, 565; R. G. 
ii. 39.) 
S. gibbosa (gibbous). f. dull yellow, blotched and barred with 
duli crimson, the colouring becoming darker on the sepals, about 
bin. in diameter ; hypochil incurved, keeled on each side; meso- 
chil furnished with ligulate-falcate horns ; epichil oblong, acute. 
June and July. Central America, 1870. A fine species, somewhat 
resembling S. Wardii. 
S. grandifiora (large-flowered).* ji. pure white, except a few 
crimson dots on the middle and basal parts of the lip, fully 6in. in 
diameter when expanded, very fragrant ; hypochil roundish, two- 
horned in front ; mesochil solid, truncate, hornless, but obsoletely 
three-toothed ; epichil ovate; column very long ; scape short, 
pendent. l. broadly lanceolate, plicate, Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 
furrowed. Trinidad, 1824. Syn. Ceratochilus grandiflorus 
(B: iv. 176). 
S. graveolens (strong-smelling). fl. having an extremely power- 
ful and disagreeable odour; sepals and petals delicate straw- 
colour; lip at the base, and the central parts of the flower 
generally, of a rich, deep apricot-yellow, while the horns and 
upper end of the lip are like ivory turning yellow ; column very 
broad, winged to near the base, so as to have almost the form of 
a pera haa aoe bracts narrow, scarcely equalling the ovary; 
spike expanded. Guatemala (7), 1843. 
S. g. aurita (eared). A variety with flowers wholly of a deep 
apricot-colour. 
S. guttulata (slightly spotted). A synonym of S. oculata. 
S. inodora (scentless). jj. pale straw-colour, with the short, 
saccate hypochil alone yellow, scentless; mesochil two-horned, 
two-toothed, deeply sulcate between the teeth; epichil some- 
what rounded-ovate, entire, longer than the incurved horns ; 
wings of the column gradually narrowing downwards until 
they entirely disappear; bracts broadly oblong, equalling the 
ovary; spike contracted. May. Mexico, 1844. (B. R. 1845, 65; 
R. X. O. 165.) : 
S.i. amoena (pleasing). fl., hypochil deep yellow, with brownish- 
red eyes; epichil rose-coloured, dotted; horns dotted inside, 
much acuminate. 
S. insignis (remarkable).* fl. of a pale dull yellow, richly spotted 
and stained with purple, large, showy, fragrant; hypochil 
globose, split in front; mesochil bearing falcate, incurved horns ; 
epichil roundish-ovate, entire, shorter than the horns; column 
remarkable for its broadly-winged margin, which gives it almost 
the shape of a battledore ; spike drooping, three or four-flowered. 
August and September. l. broadly lanceolate, dark green, 
plaited. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovate, furrowed. Brazil, 1826. 
A very handsome species, the type of the genus. (B. M. 2948-9; 
B. R. 1837; L. B. C. 1985 ; R. X. O. 164.) ° 
S. i. flava (yellow). f. wholly yellowish, very sweet-scented. 
S. macrochila (large-lipped). f. white or cream-coloured, 
marked with crimson spots disposed in lines. Mexico, 1859. 
GE yE p: 11) : 
S. Martiana (Martius’). f., sepals pale straw-coloured, with a 
few small, vinous spots; petals white, larger-spotted, and with a 
broad blotch of crimson at base; lip white; hypochil short, 
sessile, scrotiform ; mesochil short, with nearly straight, cirrhose 
horns ; epichil oblong-linear, obscurely three-toothed ; column 
pubescent, the margins scarcely dilated ; peduncles two-flowered. 
Autumn. J. lanceolate, plicately veined. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 
furrowed, Mexico, 1843. A magnificent and distinct species. 
(F. d. S. 2112-3; B. R. 1843, 44, under name of S. M. bicolor.)- 
Syn. S. velata. 5 
Fig, 521. STANHOPEA OCULATA, showing Habit and detached Flower. 
