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Journ. des Orch. 3: 146, f. 18 (1892) ; Orch. Rev. 2: 209, f. 21 

 (1894) ; la Sem. Hort. 2 : 46, f. 214 (1898) ; Rolfe Orch. Rev. 8 : 

 134-135, f. 21 (1900) and 13: 232, f. 53 (1905); la Sem. Hort. 

 4: 424, f. 143 (1900); Sander Orch. Guide 206; Cogniaux Diet. 

 Icon. Orch. Phalaenopsis t. 10. 



"Folia oblongo ligulata obtuse angustata inaequalia, supra basin 

 latiora nigroviridia, maculis albis polygonis margaritaceis picta, 

 inferne atropurpurea. Panicula dependens, multiflora, floribus 

 omnibus synanthiis. Flores textura illis Phalainopsidis amabilis 

 sequales, ast iis duplo minores. Sepala extus per medium palli- 

 dissime ochracea, limbo violacea, intus rosea, later alia punctulis 

 brunneopurpureis a basi in medium punctata. Sepalum summum 

 cuneato oblongum, lateralia oblonga, acuta. Tepala pulchre rosea 

 cuneato rhombea, obtusa, sepalis triplo latiora. Labellum triparti- 

 tum ; partitiones laterales semiovato semifalcatse, obtusae, retrorsae, 

 ante basin utrinque obtuse carinato-clavatae ; callus stipitatus inter- 

 positus, in laminas crassas bimucronatas excurrens ; partitio media 

 cuneato oblonga, apice emarginata, utrinque extrorsum semifalcata: 

 partitiones laterales albae, maculis seriatis oblongis ante basin pos- 

 ticam, punctulis amethystinis in limbo anteriori ; punctula purpurea 

 multa in dimidio postico lobi medii, callus aurantiacus punctulis 

 atrosanguineis. Columna clavata, postice apiculata, amethystina, 

 in pedem liberum excurrens. Anther a mitrata apice acuta, pollinia 

 depressa subtus extrorsum sulcata, in caudicula trulliformi. Glan- 

 dula cordiformis. Rostellum bicuspe." — Reichb. f., Hamb. Gar- 

 tenz. I. c. 



Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, up to 2 dm. long, 6 cm. wide. 

 Flowers large, about 2 cm. apart, in a loose raceme. Lateral 

 sepals elliptic-oblong, about 3 cm. long. Upper sepal similar to 

 the laterals. Petals broadly ovate from a cuneate base, obtuse, 3 

 cm. long, about as broad as long. Lip 23 mm. long, claw about 

 8 mm. long, slender ; lateral lobes 1 cm. long, narrowly obovate, 

 obtuse ; between them on the disk an erect complanate append- 

 age, 3 mm. high, divided above the middle into 2 fleshy divergent 



