460 ORCHIDS. 
Fig. 106 (for which we are indebted to the Editor of 
the ‘‘Garden”); Botanical Magazine, t. 3709. 
Var. purpurea has pseudo-bulbs and leaves shorter than 
in the type, and flowers of a bright carmine-purple. 
Fig. 106. Sophronitis grandiflora 
(nat. size). 
S. violacea.—One of the smallest of garden Orchids. 
It is a perfect gem in its way, possessing a beauty peculiarly 
its own. The pseudo-bulbs are rin. long, pointed at both 
ends, and fluted. The leaves are narrow, 2in. long, and the 
peduncles are usually one-flowered. Flowers tin. across, 
violet-magenta, with a paler eye. They are produced in 
winter. The plant is a native of the Organ Mountains, 
whence it was introduced in 1840. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6880. 
