CORVANTAES. 14! 
a drier position, and water should be withheld as much as 
possible without allowing the pseudo-bulbs to shrivel. 
C. macrantha.—This remarkable plant flowers during 
the summer months, and bears a pendulous scape with two 
or three flowers, each measuring, when fully expanded, 
nearly 6in. in diameter. The sepals and petals are yellow, 
Fig. 37. Flower of Coryanthes macrantha 
(4 nat. size). 
irregularly spotted with purplish red; they are very delicate 
in texture, and soon fade. The lip is fleshy and solid, 
with the pouch 2in. in diameter, and of a brownish-yellow 
colour, the projecting arm which supports it being dark 
purple. A powerful and agreeable odour is emitted by 
the flowers on first opening. This species—the finest of 
the genus—was introduced from Caracas about 1840. It 
