142 ORCHIDS. 
is a most difficult Orchid to manage in cultivation, and has 
rarely flowered in England; yet it is one of the most 
wonderful of all Orchids. 
Fig. 37; Botanical Register, 1841, t. 22. 
C. maculata.—A species with clustering, striated pseudo- 
bulbs, 51in. to 6in. in length, and tapering upwards. The 
leaves are two in number, broadly lance-shaped and some- 
what membranous. The flowers are borne six to ten 
together on a pendent scape, and are of a pale brownish- 
yellow, the lip being tinged and spotted with purple. This 
species is found growing on the branches of trees in 
Demerara, and was introduced into this country in 1829. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3102. 
Var. punctata is an improvement on the type; the 
sepals and petals are thickly spotted with deep wine- 
purple, and the lip is also blotched with the same colour, 
the pouch being almost entirely purple. 
C. speciosa.—In the size and form of its pseudo-bulbs 
and foliage this resembles C. maculata. The scape is 
pendent, three-flowered, and each flower is about gin. 
across, of a dull pinkish colour, spotted with dark brown, 
faintly and not agreeably scented. This species is a native 
of Demerara, where it is common on large trees, forming 
large masses of closely-woven roots and _pseudo-bulbs, 
which are usually the abode of families of stinging ants. 
Collectors find great difficulty in procuring these plants 
because of the pertinacity of the ants. All the Coryanthes 
have this character. 
