with a sac-like base, whitish, thickly spotted with purple, with a large blotch 
on each side of the base. 
STANHOPEA GRANDIFLORA. Native of Mexico, Peru, etc. 
A handsome species with fleshy, oval, dark green pseudobulbs which grow in 
clustered formation on a stout, creeping rhizome, and which become ridged and 
wrinkled with age. Each pseudobulb has a broadly lanceolate, dark green leaf 
on a narrow stem, the blade of the leaf being about 8 to 9 inches long by 4 inches 
wide. The flower spike is pendulous and about 8 inches long, and carries four to 
six flowers, each about 4 inches across. Sepals and petals are reflexed, the sepals 
being broad, while the petals are narrow and have undulated margins. In colour 
they are a rich brownish-yellow marked with large crimson blotches. The 
column is 2 inches long, and is green and white with purple spots. The lip, 
similar in colouring to the other segments, has a curved, boat-shaped cavity, two 
curved horns, and a clawed apex to the broad, fleshy mid-lobe. Very fragrant. 
Flowers in Autumn usually, but, as is the case with all the Stanhopeas, is variable 
in this respect. 
Syn. S. bucephalus. 
STANHOPEA INSIGNIS. Native of Brazil. 
A handsome species with ovate, ribbed pseudobulbs and stout, leathery leaves 
on short stems, the blade being about a foot long by 4 inches wide. Scape up to 
a foot in length, generally carrying four flowers, which are about 5 inches across. 
The broad, spreading, concave sepals and the narrow, waved petals are dull 
yellow, spotted with purple. The lip is short and globose at the base, thick and 
waxy in appearance, with a broad margin. It is dull white, spotted with purple, 
the inner part of the cavity being wholly purple. It is furnished with two horns 
which curve forwards; the front lobe is heart-shaped, channelled and pointed. 
Var. flava.—White tinged with yellow. Flowers much larger than the type. 
STANHOPEA MACULOSA.—Syn. of S. Devoniensis. 
STANHOPEA MARTIANA. Native of Mexico. 
Martiana is similar in general form to the other species. Flowers about 44 
inches across. Sepals and petals broad, concave and spreading. Sepals creamy- 
white with a few purple spots at the base, petals clear white, blotched with 
purplish-crimson. Lip white and provided with a short, chin-like base with a 
pair of broad, tapering horns, the middle lobe being long and clawed at the tip. 
Column clavate, white spotted with red. 
Var. bicolor.—Sepals pure white, spotted at base. 
STANHOPEA OCULATA. Native of Mexico. 
Pseudobulbs oval and furrowed, and 2 inches long. Leaves of the usual type. 
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