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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Stanhopea continued. 



On account of the peculiar manner in which they are 

 produced, the plants should be grown in baskets made 

 even more open at the bottom and sides than is usual for 

 other Orchids, as the racemes are pendulous, and often 

 come out from beneath the basket. The latter should be 

 suspended in a stove or house devoted to East Indian and 

 Brazilian Orchids, and kept watered liberally during the 

 period of growth. When at rest, the roots should be kept 

 rather dry. The plants should be surrounded with fresh 

 sphagnum, a few lumps of turfy peat, and some charcoal. 

 The leaves should be sponged occasionally with clean 

 water, as they are liable to be attacked by thrips and 

 red spider. Propagation is effected by division of the 

 old plants. 



S. anrea (golden). A synonym of S. Wardii aurea. 

 S. Bucephalus (bull-horned).* /. emitting a powerful fragrance ; 

 sepals, petals, and hypochil pale rich yellow, with purple dots 

 and small blotches everywhere except on the hypochil ; hypochil 

 boat-shaped ; mesochil two-horned ; epichil roundish-ovate, cus- 

 pidate ; raceme deflexed, consisting of several flowers. August. 

 I. stalked, oblong, acuminate, plicate, h. 2ft. South Mexico 

 to Peru, 1843. A remarkably handsome Orchid. (B. M. 5278 ; 

 B. R. 1845, 24.) 



B. B. guttata (spotted), ft., sepals, petals, and hypochil of a deep 

 apricot-colour ; each petal, and the hypochil, marked with four 

 brown blotches. 



S. B. Roezlii (Boezl's). fl., sepals, petals, and base of the lip 

 deep saffron-yellow, spotted with brown ; horns and column 

 white, the latter also dotted with purple. Nicaragua, 1874. 

 (B. G. 785.) 



S. cirrhata (tendrilled). fl. absolutely solitary; sepals white, 

 obtuse, much longer than the ovate, yellow petals ; lateral horns 

 of the yellow and violet lip produced from the hypochil, which 

 is three-ribbed within, and rounded outside ; mesochil wanting ; 

 epichil ovate, undivided ; bracts spathe-like, imbricated, longer 

 than the ovaries; column wingless, extended into a pair of 

 feelers, as in some Odontoglots. h. 1ft. Nicaragua, 1840. 

 (G. C. 1850, p. 295 ; L. & P. F. G. i. p. 31, 19.) 

 S. deltoldea (deltoid), fl. of a palish yellow, dotted over with 

 crimson specks, large ; lip orange-coloured, blackish-brown at the 

 base, and marked on each side with a reddish-brown spot. 

 Peru (?), 186 



S. Devoniensis (Duke of Devonshire's), fl. pale creamy-yellow, 

 thickly and irregularly spotted with deep crimson-purple, sweetly 

 scented ; dorsal sepal and petals barred near the base ; lip 

 whitish, purple-spotted ; hypochil sub-globose, with a deep 

 " stain over the lower half ; mesochil short, two-horned 



epkhfl 



itemala, 1853. (P. d. S. 974 ; 



iil obtusely angled, rhomboid, obsoletely three-toothed at 

 the end; peduncle bearing two flowers. July and August. 

 I. shortly petiolate, lanceolate, plicate, pale green. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, ribbed. h. IJft. Guatei " 

 L. S. O. 1.) 



S. eburnea (ivory-like), fl. white, fragrant ; lip oblong, twice as 

 long as the petals ; hypochil and mesochil dull purple, or spotted 

 with purple on the upper side, the latter solid, changing, trun- 

 cate ; epichil ovate ; column very long ; bracts shorter than the 

 ovary ; scape lax, pendulous. June. Venezuela. - Guiana, and 

 Brazil, 1828" (B. M. 3359 ; B. B. 1529.) 



B. e. spectabilis (remarkable). /. pale 



straw-coloured, powerfully scented; se- 



pals broad ; petals narrow ; lip white, 



varnished, unmarked, except a pair of 



crimson lines, and a few small crimson 



dots at the base. Venezuela, 1868. (I. H. 



531.) 

 B. ecornuta (hornless), fl. in pairs, about 



4iin. across ; hypochil somewhat slipper- 



shaped, extremely fleshy, bright orange, 



passing into pure white towards the 



point, nandsomely purple-blotched on its 



sides, hornless, but having four little 



tumours; the rest of the flower pure 



white, except a few purple spots near the 



base of the firm, concave petals ; bracts 



shorter than the ovary; scape short, 



pendulous. Central America. 1854. Ac- 



cording to Dr. Lindley, this " may be 



regarded as a species with the hypochil 



(or lower half of the lip) alone present." 



(B. M. 4885 ; L. & P. F. G. L 31 ; F. d. S. 



181 and B, X. O. i. 43, under name of 



Stanhopeastrum ecornutum.) 

 B. florida (flowery), fl. white, large; 



sepals and petals marked on the inside 



Stanhopea continued. 



two keels. Mexico (?), 1880. (G. C. xvi. pp. 561, 565 ; B. G. 

 ii. 39.) 



S. gibbosa (gibbous), fl. dull yellow, blotched and barred with 

 dull crimson, the colouring becoming darker on the sepals, about 

 6in. in diameter ; hypochil incurved, keeled on each side ; meso- 

 chil furnished with ligulate-falcate horns ; epichil oblong, acute. 

 June and July. Central America, 1870. A fine species, somewhat 

 resembling S. Wardii. 



S. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. pure white, except a few 

 crimson dots on the middle and basal parts of the lip, fully 6in. in 

 diameter when expanded, very fragrant ; hypochil roundish, two- 

 horned in front ; mesochil solid, truncate, hornless, but obsoletely 

 three-toothed ; epichil ovate ; column very long ; scape short, 

 pendent. I. broadly lanceolate, plicate. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 

 furrowed. Trinidad, 

 (B. iv. 176). 



SYN. Ceratochilus grandiflorus 



S. graveolens (strong-smelling), fl. having an extremely power- 

 ful and disagreeable odour; sepals and petals delicate straw- 

 colour; lip at the base, and the central parts of the flower 

 generally, of a rich, deep apricot-yellow, while the horns and 

 upper end of the lip are like ivory turning yellow ; column very 

 broad, winged to near the base, so as to have almost the form of 

 a parallelogram ; bracts narrow, scarcely equalling the ovary ; 

 spike expanded. Guatemala (?), 1843. 



S. g. aurita (eared). A variety with flowers wholly of a deep 

 apricot-colour. 



S. guttulata (slightly spotted). A synonym of S. oculata. 



S. inodora (scentless), fl. pale straw-colour, with the short, 

 saccate hypochil alone yellow, scentless ; mesochil two-horned, 

 two-toothed, deeply sulcate between the teeth ; epichil some- 



-, - 



what rounded-ovate, entire, longer than the incurved horns 

 wings of the column gradually narrowing downwards 

 they entirely disappear; bracts broadly oblong, equallin 



wings of the column gradually narrowing downwards until 

 they entirely disappear; bracts broadly oblong, equalling the 

 ovary; spike contracted. May. Mexico, 1844. (B. B. 1845, 65 ; 



B. X. 0. 165.) 



S. i. amcena (pleasing), fl. , hypochil deep yellow, with brownish- 

 red eyes; epichil rose-coloured, dotted; horns dotted inside, 

 much acuminate. 



S. insignis (remarkable).* fl. of a pale dull yellow, richly spotted 

 and stained with purple, large, showy, fragrant; hypochil 

 globose, split in front ; mesochil bearing falcate, incurved horns ; 

 epichil roundish-ovate, entire, shorter than the horns ; column 

 remarkable for its broadly-winged margin, which gives it almost 

 the shape of a battledore ; spike drooping, three or four-flowered. 

 August and September. I. broadly lanceolate, dark green, 

 plaited. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovate, furrowed. Brazil, 1826. 

 A very handsome species, the type of the genus. (B. M. 2948-9 ; 

 B. B. 1837 ; L. B. C. 1985 ; B. X. O. 164.) 



S. i. flava (yellow), fl. wholly yellowish, very sweet-scented. 



S. macrochila (large-lipped), fl. white or cream-coloured, 

 marked with crimson spots disposed in lines. Mexico, 1859. 

 (I. H. vL p. 71.) 



S. Martiana (Martins'), fl., sepals pale straw-coloured, with a 

 few small, vinous spots ; petals white, larger-spotted, and with a 

 broad blotch of crimson at base ; lip white ; hypochil short, 

 sessile, scrotiform ; mesochil short, with nearly straight, cirrhose 

 horns; epichil oblong-linear, obscurely three-toothed; column 

 pubescent, the margins scarcely dilated ; peduncles two-flowered. 

 Autumn. I. lanceolate, plicately veined. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 

 furrowed. Mexico, 1843. A magnificent and distinct species. 

 (F. d. S. 2112-3 ; B. B. 1843, 44, under name of S. M. Ucolor.) 

 SYN. S. velata. 



with small, purple spots ; lip covered 

 with small, purple dots, and having a 

 large blotch on each side between the 



Fro. 521 STANHOPEA OCULATA, showing Habit and detached Flower. 



