HORTUS VEITCHII 



BEASSIA THYESODES, Echb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 842. 



Introduced from Peru, and apparently not now in cultivation. The 

 flowers are greenish-yellow with purplish spots, borne in panicles. 



BULBOPHYLLUM LOBBII, Lindl. 



Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847, sub t. 29; Bot. Mag. t. 4532 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. iii. p. 97. 



Sent from Java by Thomas Lobb in 1846, and one of the few members 

 of the genus that have flowers sufficiently showy to gain admission into 

 the orchid collections of amateurs. 



BULBOPHYLLUM MANDIBULAEE, Echb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xvii. p. 366 ; Gard. Chron. 1899, vol. xxvi. p. 293, fig. 99. 



Introduced from North Borneo through P. W. Burbidge, and first 

 flowered at Chelsea in 1882. 



The flowers are curious, of botanical interest only. The sepals and 

 petals are greenish-yellow striped with brown, and the curious lip has a 

 mass of purple hairs on a pale ground. 



BULBOPHYLLUM EETICULATUM, Batem. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5605 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. iii. p. 97. 



Discovered in North Borneo by Thomas Lobb, and through him intro- 

 duced to Exeter about the year 1852. 



Its handsome leaves and singular flowers render it a very interesting 

 species. The former are pale-green reticulated with deep-green veins ; the 

 whitish flowers striped with red-purple are sometimes spotted. 



CALANTHE CUETISII, Echb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1884, vol. xxii. p. 262. 



One of the many plants sent from the Sondaic regions by Curtis and not 

 now in cultivation. The flower is interesting, but more curious than 

 pretty. 



CALANTHE LABEOSA, Echb. f. 



Syns. Limatodes labrosa, Rchb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xix. p. 44 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. p. 63 ; Gard. Chron. 



1879, vol. xi. p. 202. 



A fine species with rose-purple flowers, sent to us by a correspondent 

 from Burmah, the precise locality being unknown. 



It appears to be fast disappearing from cultivation, but is of importance 

 as having produced a distinct race of hybrid Calanthes Calanthe 

 X porphyrea, C. X lentiginosa, and varieties. 



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