the description. 
pidendrum oneidioides Lindl. var. graniticum 
Lindl. is based on FH. graniticum Lindl. 
I pidendrum spectabile Focke of which the type was 
collected in Surinam by Focke. It is described as having 
2- to 8-leaved pseudobulbs, the leaves ensiform or linear 
and two feet long. The inflorescence is paniculate and 
two to three feet long. The sepals are oblong-obovate and 
the petals orbicular-ovate and unguiculate. Both sepals 
and petals are pale greenish and densely spotted with 
dark purple. The lip is 8-lobed; the lateral lobes oblong, 
surrounding the column; the mid-lobe suborbicular, vio- 
let striped, with the margin crisped. ‘The ovary is said 
to be muricate. 
Kpidendrum affine Focke of which the type was 
collected in Surinam by Focke. The plant is described 
as having 2-leaved turbinate pseudobulbs with the ensi- 
form or linear leaves scarcely a foot long. The inflores- 
cence is two feet high and paniculate. The sepals are 
broadly lanceolate and apiculate, and the petals spatulate. 
The lip is 8-lobed with the lateral lobes oblong and the 
mid-lobe suborbicular and apiculate. The sepals and pet- 
als are greenish, the lip is white. 
ipidendrum giganteum Hort. Belg. apud Planch. 
is anomen applied in horticulture to a form referable to 
var. gravidum. 
KHpidendrum Gaillemianum Hort. apud Planch. is 
said to be from Mexico and isa nomen applied toa form 
referable to var. gravidum. 
Ipidendrum ramonense Reichb.f. of which the type 
is Wendland 1009 (10072) collected at San Ramon, Costa 
Rica. It is described as having a diffuse panicle with the 
branches fractiflex and somewhat asperate. The sepals 
are cuneate-oblong, acute, the petals spatulate-obovate, 
obtusely acute. The lip has ligulate, obtuse lateral lobes 
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