ORCHID SPECIES 



A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL OECHID SPECIES 

 INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. VEITCH 



ACANTHOPHIPPIUM CURTISII, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. rv. p. 169. 



Introduced from the Malay Archipelago through Curtis, after whom it 

 is named. 



The five keels between the side laciniae distinguish the species from 

 Acanthophippium bicolor and A. sylhetense, to which it is closely allied. 



AERIDES FIELDINGI, Lindl. 



Orchid Album, vii. t. 309 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 69. 



Introduced through Thomas Lobb in 1850, and named in honour of 

 Colonel Fielding, an officer in the Indian army. It is known as the "Fox 

 Brush " Aerides, a name evidently given in reference to the appearance 

 of the inflorescence. 



AERIDES FIELDINGI, Lindl, var. WILLIAMSII. 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 69 ; Warner's Selec. Orch. i. t. 21. 



This variety of the type was also introduced through Thomas Lobb, and 

 is extremely rare. 



AERIDES JAPONICUM, Lindl. $ Echb. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5798; 1'Illns. Hort. 1883, t. 461 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 70. 



Aerides japonicum was originally introduced from Japan by Mr. Linden 

 of Brussels in 1862 and subsequently by ourselves. From a plant flowering 

 at Chelsea in June 1869 the plate in the Botanical Magazine was prepared. 



AERIDES MULTIFLORUM, Boxb., var. LOBBII, Veitch. 



Syns. A. Lobbii, Hort. Veitch. 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 75, fig. ; 1'Illus. Hort. 1868, xv. t. 559. 



This variety, the handsomest and most generally cultivated of all the 

 multiflorum forms, was introduced from Moulmein through Thomas Lobb. 

 As compared with the type the stem is shorter, the leaves much crowded, 



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