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flower, which is sometimes 4in. in diameter. The oblong, 
pointed sepals, and rather smaller petals, are light blue at 
the base, changing to mauve in the middle and white at 
the tips. The lip at the front is a beautiful deep violet, 
with a large, yellowish callus at the base. The column is 
purple-blue and boat-shaped. This species flowers during 
the summer months, and is a native of Colombia. Intro- 
duced in 1878. Syn. Zygopetalum celeste. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6458. 
B. Lalindei.—A distinct and handsome species, producing 
flowers 3in. in diameter, on one-flowered scapes, and having 
broadly lance-shaped leaves, rft. long and _five-nerved. 
The sepals and petals are rose-coloured, with greenish- 
yellow tips; the lip is golden-yellow, with recurved margins, 
and the arching column is very broad and rose-coloured. 
According to different published descriptions, there appears 
to be a variation in the colouring of the flowers. Professor 
Reichenbach describes them as having sepals and petals of 
bright violet, lip deep orange, and column deep purple. The 
first, however, is the form we have met with. Introduced 
from New Grenada in 1874. Syn. Zygopetalum Lalindet. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6331. 
B. Patinii—A desirable species, somewhat resembling 
the preceding, but with larger, though less brightly coloured, 
flowers. From the base of the broad, nerved, and pointed 
leaves, spring the decurved flower-scapes, each bearing one 
flower. The sepals and petals are oblong in shape, wavy, 
and rose-coloured, the lower side of the two lateral sepals 
being deep rose. The lip is short and yellow, and above it 
curves the broad, pink column. This species was found in the 
forests of New Grenada in 1873. Syn. Zygopetalum Patinit. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, Jan., 1875, p. 9, Fig. 1. 
