418 ORCHIDS. 
the name of P. antennifera. It differs from the type only 
in having flowers a little darker in colour. 
P, grandifloraa—Probably the finest Phalznopsis as 
regards the size and purity of its flowers, and certainly 
one of the loveliest Orchids in cultivation. Its light green, 
oblong leaves are very thick and leathery, healthy plants 
being ornamental even when not in blossom. Its strikingly 
beautiful flowers are from 4in. to 5in. in diameter, and are 
produced on stout, long, arching, purplish-coloured racemes. 
The petals are much broader than the sepals, which they 
overlap, both being pure white. The three-lobed lip is 
chiefly. white, the front margins of the side lobes having 
a yellowish tinge; the middle lobe is spear-shaped, the 
extremity separating into two yellow filaments, which curve 
upwards. It was introduced in 1847 from Java and Borneo, 
where it is found attached by its roots to the trunks of 
trees. It flowers at all seasons of the year, generally from 
March to October. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5184. 
P. intermedia.—This is an interesting and very handsome 
plant. It was long supposed by Orchidists to be a natural 
hybrid between P. amabilis and P. rosea, a supposition 
proved to be true by Messrs. Veitch, who, in their Orchid- 
houses at Chelsea, succeeded in obtaining a plant similar 
to imported ones by crossing these two species. In habit 
it more nearly resembles P. amabilis, its leaves being a 
paler green. The flowers are not so large, and the scapes 
have a brownish-purple tinge. The oblong, pointed sepals 
are white, as are also the somewhat four-sided, much larger 
petals, with the exception of a few rose-coloured spots at 
the base. The lip is small; the side lobes are erect, rosy 
purple, spotted with crimson; the central lobe is rich 
crimson, terminating in two short attenuations at the apex. 
