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a lighter green than in P. amahilis, distichoup, oblong apiculate, 

 and very thick ; the flower scapes spring from sides of the leaf 

 tufts in the same way as in P. amabilis. The chief difference 

 between the two, besides that of the length of the leaves, is 

 that P. cjrandifiora has considerably larger flowers, with the 

 front edge of the side lobes of the lip yellow instead of rose- 

 colour, the cirrhi at the tip of the linear-hastate middle lobe 

 being also yellow, not white. The flower stems are tinted 

 with purple. This makes a fine plant for exhibition. It 

 blooms at different times of the year, and lasts long in beauty. 

 — Java ; Borneo. 



'FiG.—Bot. Mag., t. 5184 ; Card. Chron., 1848, 39, with fig.; Batem. 2nd 

 Cent. Orch. Pl.,i. 114; L'Hort. Franq.. 1860, t, 19; Puydt, Les Orch., t. 34. 



Stn. — P. amabilis (Blume — fide Rchb.). 



P. grandiflora aurea, Hon. — This is certainly the grandest 

 of the many varieties of this noble Orchid. It is a compact- 

 growing plant, with distichous tufts of leathery oblong leaves 

 of a light green colour, and very large flowers, which have 

 the sepals and petals unusually broad and rounded, and of the 

 normal opaque or ivory white, the lip being conspicuously 

 marked with deep orange over its whole anterior portion, 

 the front sides of the lateral lobes and the terminal cirrhi 

 being more deeply coloured than the other parts. The variety 

 is distinguishable by its yellowish green flower stems, which 

 are developed at different times of the year. — Borneo ; 

 TameJan Islands. 

 YlG.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PI, ii. t, 7. 



P. mtermedia, Lindley. — A very pretty species, supposed 

 to be a natural mule between P. amabilis and P. rosea. Its 

 general habit resembles that of other kinds of Phalaenopsids. 

 The leaves agree with those of P. amabilis, and are pale 

 green in colour. The flowers, which gi'ow on a deep brownish 

 purple scape, are medium-sized, the sepals oblong acute, con- 

 cave, white, the petals much larger, lozenge-shaped, pure 

 white, with a few minute rosy speckles at the base ; and the 

 lip three-lobed, the lateral lobes erect, wedge-shaped, with 

 blunt angles, violet with a few crimson spots, the middle lobe 

 ovate deep crimson, with the point separated into two short 

 tendrils, as in P. amabilis; the crest of the disk is nearly 

 square, deep yellow with crimson dots. This beautiful plant 

 is very rare. — Philippine Islands : Manilla. 



Fig.— Paxt. Fl. Gard., iii. 163, fig. 310; Lem. Jard. Fl, iv., p. 44. 



Byn,— /". Lobbii. 



