PESCATOREA. 405 
P. Lehmanni.—An exceedingly handsome species, with 
leaves from 1ft. to r4}ft. long, and rin. broad. The flowers 
are 3in. to 3hin. in diameter. The sepals and petals are 
broadly ovate, and white, traversed by close, parallel lines 
of a reddish-purple colour. The small lip is of a deep 
mauve-purple, three-lobed, and very much narrowed at the 
base, the side lobes folded towards the column; the 
middle lobe is clothed in a remarkable manner with 
coarse, purplish hairs, and the callus, which consists of 
about a dozen longitudinal ridges, is of a  chestnut- 
brown. Considerable variation in colour appears in dif- 
ferent plants; in some, the lines on the sepals and petals 
more nearly approach violet, the lip also being violet. 
This species is a native of Ecuador. 
Fig. 98 (for which we are indebted to the Editor of the 
‘Gardeners’ Chronicle’’). 
P. Wallisii—A very fine species, with the usual one- 
flowered scapes emerging from the base of the pointed, 
strap-shaped leaves. The flower is 3in. in diameter, and 
prettily coloured. The sepals are oblong, terminating 
abruptly in a point, and, like the rhomboidal petals, are 
of a rich creamy white, with the tips deep violet. The 
oblong lip is furrowed, and is of a dark violet shade, the 
margin being white. The callus and the column are also 
white, except the base of the latter, which is violet. A 
native of Ecuador, introduced in 1869, and requiring rather 
cooler treatment than the other species. Syn. Zygopetalum 
Wallisit. 
