SOPHRONITIS GRANDIFLORA, 
Orchidaceæ $ Epidendreæ. 一 Gynandria-Monogynia, 
CHARACT. GENERIS. — Sophronitis LINDL. CHARACT. SPECIEI. — S. grandiflora. Linni. 
Bot. Reg., t. 1129. Perigonii foliola patentia, | Sert. Orchid., t. 5, f. 9. Bot. Mag., t. 3709. 
exteriora aequalia libera; interiora conformia, | Paxton’s Mag., IX, 194. Pseudobulbis oblongo- 
paulo angustiora. Labellum basi cum gynoste- | € lindraceis , junioribus spathaceis, apice mono- 
mate connatum, integrum, cucullatum, linguae- | phyllis; folio d etalis elliptico-rotundatis, 
rme, medio crista transversa simplici. Gynos- | se alis oblongo-lanceolatis subduplo minoribus; 
t i abello (parvo) trilobo, lobis lateralibus incurvis, 
cristam labelli conniventibus. Anthera termina- | obtusis, intermedio acuminato-planiusculo. 
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ea. 一 Herbae brasilienses, monophyllæ, ebul- Cattleya coccinea Linni. Bot. Reg., f. 1919 in 
textu. Epidendre ponceau. Descourt. Je. 10, p.27. 
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LARGE-FLOWERED SOPHRONITIS. 
SOPHRONITIS GRANDIFLORA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER } e above. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
Such is the comparative smallness of this exquisite Orchidaceous plant, that we have had 让 
introduced into our drawing as it was growing, including the block of wood on which it was 
fastened. Those who have no opportunity of seeing the living specimen, will thus learn its genuine 
habit, and persons who are not accustomed to witness Orchidaceæ, will gain a general idea of the 
epithytal nature of the tribe. 
S. cernua, which is similarly dwarf, and has smaller pseudo-bulbs, grows very much in the same 
manner, and produces its numerous racemes of pretty red blossoms about the present period. They 
last for several weeks, and the species is one of the prettiest of epiphytes. 
The plant before us is, however, much finer than S. cernua. It is larger in all its parts, but the 
blossoms, particularly, are three or four times the size , and exceedingly showy. Hitherto, they have 
been borne solitary, from the summit of the younger pseudo-bulbs و‎ though it is quite possible that 
they may hereafter appear in racemes, like those of its ally. For so diminutive a plant, the size of 
the flowers is really extraordinary, and the stalk is made to curve dormwards , apparently with the 
weight of the blossom. The colour is a rich cinnabar, variously tinted with crimson and orange, and 
pale orange or deep yellow in the centre. When in flower, the plant is not unlike a dwarf Cattleya , 
and this appearance, combined with the novelty of its colour in relation to that genus, makes it 
peculiarly interesting. 
Our subject is a native of Brazil, where we believe it was found by M. Gardner, from whose 
native specimens or drawings a figure was some time ago published in the Botanical Magazine. Our 
plate is the first obtained from a plant that has bloomed in this country, and we 6 it to Messrs. 
Loddiges, of Hackney, in whose collection it blossomed in October, 1841. A plant which seems to be 
the same species, showed flower last year at Messrs. Rollisson’s, Tooting, but the blossoms perished 
by accident before it had been unfolded. 
Obviously the most natural way of growing this plant is to fasten it to a small log of wood. We 
