532 orchid-gkower's manual. 



we should guess it to be a cross between P. rosea aud P. 

 aynabilis ; let it, however, be hybrid or species, it ranks 

 among the very handsomest of its class. In general habit 

 it resembles P. grandifiora, the leaves being broad oblong 

 acute, about a foot in length, the upper side dark green, 

 the under side dark purplish, more in the way of P. amabilis. 

 The spikes are arched and branched, supporting the nume- 

 rous large flowers. In one form the oblong sepals and 

 rhomboid petals are white, suffused with light rose at the 

 base, the lip rich dark purpHsh rose, with the lateral lobes 

 bluntly wedge-shaped, rosy, the base of the front lobe 

 tinted with orange -yellow, and the disk and callus yellow, 

 the latter marked with deep purple spots. The flowers are 

 of good substance, and remain in perfection a very long 

 time. This species was introduced and first flowered, many 

 years ago, by 11. Warner, Esq. — Philippine Islands. 



YlG.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, ii. t. 2 ; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 162 ; Gard. 

 Ckron., N.S., V. 369, fig. 71 (specimen plant), fig. 72 (flower). 



P. leucorrlioda, Bchh. /. — This handsome and distinct 

 Phalanopsis is supposed to be a natural hybrid between P. 

 Schilleriana and P. amabilis. The roots are flat ; the leaves, 

 which in some forms are green, are usually mottled, but the 

 spots are not so distinct as in P. Schilleriana ; and the flowers 

 are as large as in an average form of that species. The sepals 

 a,nd petals are white, the lateral sepals spotted with purple 

 inside at the base, and the petals tinged towards the base with 

 rose ; the lateral lobes of the lip, which are large and rounded, 

 are conspicuously striolate with purple at the base, the saddle- 

 shaped callus is orange with dark purple spots, and the disk 

 yellowish. It blooms in the winter season. — Philippine 

 Islands. 



Fig.— Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 166. 



P. LoIdMI. — See Phal^nopsis intermedia. 



P. Lowii, Rchb.f. — This charming species forma a tuft of 

 few oblong acute fleshy bright green leaves, from the base of 

 which very stout fibrous roots are produced, as well as the 

 lateral slender four or five-flowered purplish scape. The 

 flowers are very distinct in character, about an inch and a 

 half across, with ovate acute dorsal and oblong lateral sepals, 

 broad roundish cuneate petals, and a small three-lobed lip 

 about as long as the lateral sepals, the side lobes of which 



