350 ORCHIDS. 
flowers are from 2in. to 4in. across; the sepals and petals 
are oblong, wavy, yellow, transversely banded with dull 
reddish brown; the lip is spoon-shaped, bright yellow, 
dotted near the margin with cinnamon. This species 
is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced about 
1840. It was then lost to collections for about twenty 
years, and, as Mr. Bateman observes, “its re-appearance 
is entirely due to the adoption of the rational system of 
cool treatment now prevailing, under which it may be 
cultivated with the greatest ease.’ It blooms at various 
times of the year, but mostly in the autumn. 
Bateman’s Monograph, t. 4. 
Var. leopardinum.—Sepals and petals deep yellow, barred 
across with bands of reddish crimson; lip rich yellow, 
beautifully bordered all round with spots and dots of the 
same dark colour. 
Var. pantherinum.—Sepals and petals broad, chestnut- 
brown, with paler margin; lip red and yellow. 
Var. splendens.—Flowers very large, of a uniform ochre- 
yellow, except the lip, which is zoned with red blotches. 
Sander’s Reichenbachia, t. 7. 
0. Krameri—A small plant, with almost round, com- 
pressed pseudo-bulbs 14in. in diameter, and bearing each 
only one leaf, which is about 8in. long. Flower-spike 
short, three- to five-Howered; flowers 14in. across; sepals 
and petals similar, pale violet in the centre, shading off 
to white at the margin; lip with a two-lobed apex, purplish 
in colour, with streaks of white and brown at the base; 
column white. A rare plant, although introduced in 1868 
from Costa Rica. It should be grown in the Cattleya- 
house, suspended near the roof-glass; and it enjoys 
liberal supplies of water, except when at rest in winter. 
Bateman’s Monograph, t. 24. 
