ZYGOPETALUM GAUTIERI. Native of Brazil. 
A robust species, with ovate-oblong, somewhat compressed pseudobulbs from 3 
to 44 inches tall, topped with a pair of lanceolate, prominently veined leaves and | 
about 15 to 18 inches long. Erect, basal scapes carry five to seven flowers nearly 
4 inches across in good specimens. Sepals and petals are green with blotches of 
dark brown. The lip is deep purple-blue, often spotted and streaked with a deeper 
shade. The crest is lined with the same deep shade. Flowers in Winter and lasts 
five to six weeks. 
(Syn. Z. maxillare. var. Gautieri.) 
ZYGOPETALUM GRAMINIFOLIUM. Native of Southern Brazil. 
This species has inch-high, roundish pseudobulbs which grow from a slender 
rhizome, each pseudobulb having from three to five linear, lanceolate, pointed 
leaves 8 to 12 inches long. The basal scapes carry five to seven flowers each about 
2 inches in width. The pointed, spathulate sepals and petals are a bronzy-blackish 
brown with dark green spots and markings. Lip broadly obcordate, emarginate 
and convex, violet blue with white streaks. Crest large, semi-circular and deep 
violet blue. This species grows on the tree ferns on the ranges at from 4,000 feet. 
Flowers in Autumn, 
ZYGOPETALUM GRANDIFLORUM. Native of Guiana. 
A fine species with ovoid, furrowed pseudobulbs 2 to 3 inches long, each having 
two broadly lanceolate, pointed leaves over 12 inches long. Scapes carry three 
to five flowers each about 3 inches across. Sepals and petals broadly lanceolate, 
extended into long, fine points. Light green with five to seven brown longitudinal 
bands. Lip broadly ovate, pointed; side lobes roundish-oblong and erect, white; 
front lobe has reflexed, dentate margin, white with ten to twelve longitudinal, 
raised purple lines. Semi-circular crest, orange-yellow with red edges and toothed 
in front. Flowers late Summer. 
ZYGOPETALUM INTERMEDIUM. Native of Brazil. 
This species closely resembles Z. Mackayi, for which it is often mistaken. It 
differs from that species in having a more or less hairy lip with veins of purplish- 
blue. Pseudobulbs, large and oval, are furnished with two or three sword-shaped, 
bright green leaves up to 18 inches long and 1} inches wide. Scape, erect, bears 
five to seven flowers each about 23 inches across. Sepals and petals oblong and 
acute, the tips being incurved. In colour they are green with large, merging 
patches of brown. Lip 14 inches across, narrow at the base, bluish-white with 
radiating broken lines of purplish-blue. The fleshy disk is white. Flowers in 
Summer and lasts up to eight weeks, 
(Syn. Z. Mackayi var intermedium and Z. velutinum.) 
ZYGOPETALUM JUGOSUM. Native of Brazil. 
Pseudobulbs smooth and oval, about 2 inches long, surmounted by a pair of dark 
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