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oblonga, obtusiora, ceterum sepalis aequalia, orania patentia, extus viridia, intus viridi- 

 lutea, purpureo-maculata. Labelli lobi laterales parvi, trianguli, obtusi, leviter reflexi, 

 ab intermedio sinu araplissimo sejuncti, lobus intermedius e basi cuneata dilatatus, 

 antice transverse oblongus vel fere ellipticus, vix vel non emarginatus, minute crenu- 

 latus, a basi ad marginem anteriorem 2,2 ad 2,5 cm longus, basi 1,2 cm, antice 2,5 cm 

 latus, sanguineo-purpureus, margine intensius guttulatus, crista in ima basi bitubercu- 

 lata, addita lamina verticali angusta mediana tuberculisque 2 minoribus. Gynostemium 

 breve, alae deflexae bilobulae rotundatae. Flores textura satis valida, 4,5 cm diametro. 



Cisäquatoriale Savannenprovinz. Trinidad, Distrikt Gedros. (nach R. A. Rolfe). 



Sub äquatoriale andine Provinz? Columbien? Bisher nur in kultivierten 

 Exemplaren bekannt (Herb. Reichenbach!); im Jahre 1846 eingeführt. 



rsota. In controversia est, an sit species genuina an hybrida naturalis inter 0. Lancea- 

 num Lindl. et 0. carthaginensis Swartz varietatem quandam ad 0. guttatum Reichb. f. ver- 

 gentem. Gl. Sander in opere suo Orchid Guide plantam rar am et variabilem esse dicit, 

 quod si comprobari posset, hanc opinionem sustineret. — Planta nunc rarissima et a collec- 

 toribus vandalicis fere exterminata. [Cf. Orch. Rev. III. 174 et 202, ubi de 0. Lanceano Lindl. 

 agitur.] — Est 0. lurido proximum, hoc tarnen species genuina et non hybrida habendum est. 



32. 0. Lanceanum Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. N. S. II. 100 (1836) t. 7; in 

 Bot. Reg. XXII. t. 1887; Fol. Orch. One. 41; Hortic. Beige III. 268; Knowl. et Weste. 

 Bot. Gab. t. 79; Paxt. Mag. Bot. IV. t. 169; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1861) 784; 

 in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. IV. 325; Beer, Beitr. Biol. et Morph, t. 9, fig. 23; Fl. d. 

 serr. 37, t. 1842—1843; Gard. Chron. N. S. XXI. (1884) 609, fig. 118; Garden XXIX. 

 328, t. 539; Engler-Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 6, 202, fig. 221; Reichenbachia S. 1. II. t. 73; 

 Williams, Orch. Alb. III. sub t. 130; Orch. Grow. Man. ed. 7, 616 c. ic; Veitch, Man. 

 Orch. PI. VIII, 49 c. ic; Journ. d. Orch. IV. 128, VI. 99 et 229, fig. 98; Cogniaux, 

 Dict. Icon. Orch. Oncid. t. 2A et Fl. Bras. III. 6, 414, t. 84 et in Urban, Symb. An- 

 till. VI. 648; Sander, Orch. Guide 184. — O. Lanceanum var. superbum Karting, 

 Parad. Vindob. I. (1844) t, 1 2 ; Linden et Rodigas, Lindenia I. 37, t. 16; Kew Bull. 

 Add. Ser. IV. 299. — O. Lanceanum var. Louvrexianum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 

 N. S. XVIII. (1882) 218; Belg. Hortic. (1883) 344; Williams, Orch. Alb. III. t. 129, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. ed. 7, 617; Cogn. in Dict. Icon. Orch. Oncid. t. 2 B et in Fl. Bras. 

 IM. 6, 415; Kew Bull. Add. Ser. IV. 299; Sander, Orch. Guide 184. — Lophiaris 

 fragrans Raf. Fl. Tellur. (1836) IV. 41. — Pseudobulbi pro planta minuti, vix 2 cm 

 longi, cylindracei, cataphyllorum vestigiis annulati. Folia late oblonga vel elliptica, acuta, 

 crasse coriacea, intense viridia, brunneo-purpureo-maculata vel marmorata, 30 ad 50 cm 

 longa, 8 ad 1 2 cm lata. Scapus ex axilla folii oriens illoque multo longior, flores 

 plerumque in racemum, rarius in paniculam pauciramosam et pauci- ad plurifloram 

 dispositi, tota inflorescentia ultra 50 cm alta, rhachis et pedunculus intense viridis, 

 rubro-maculatus, bracteae ovato-triangulae, acutae vel acuminatae, 5 ad 8 mm longae, 

 pedicelli cum ovariis 2,5 ad 2,8 cm longi. Sepala e basi angustiore cuneata, obovata, 

 valde undulata, petala obovata, rotundata valde undulata, omnia viridia vel viridi-lutea, 

 rubro' maculata, maculis saepius lavatis, sepala lateralia dorso saepius viridia, omnia 

 2,5 ad 3 cm longa, sepala lateralia 1,5 cm, lateralia et petala 1,8 cm lata. Labellum 

 basi haud vel vix cordatum, lobi laterales trianguli, obtusi, leviter vel vix reflexi, lobus 

 intermedius a lateralibus sinu amplo semicirculari sejunetus, isthmus longus latusque, 

 haec pars basilaris labelli ad dimidium isthmi pulchre roseo-purpurea, lamina transverse 

 oblonga vel elliptica, margine undulata, antice vix vel non emarginata vel saepius brevi- 

 apiculata, pars antica alba vel rosacea, totum labellum ad 3 cm longum, basi inter 

 lobos laterales 2 cm, antice 3,5 ad 4 cm latum, crista labelli massulam elevatam for- 

 mans, postice obscure bilamellata, denticulo interjeeto (si mavis tricarinata, carina 

 mediana antica breviore). Gynostemii brevis alae latae, carnosulae, obliquae, antice 

 rotundatae, anthera minute papulosa, leviter cristata. Capsula oblonga, obtuse 6-costata, 

 basin et apicem versus aequaliter attenuata, viridis, 5 ad 6 cm longa, 2 1 /» cm ernssa, 

 pendula. — Fl. a Julio ad Decembrem. 



