ORCHID SPECIES 



CALANTHB PLEIOCHEOMA, Rchb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 938 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. p. 65. 



Introduced from Japan and flowered for the first time at Chelsea in 

 May 1871. 



It is possibly only a geographical form of Calanthe sylvatica, a native of 

 Mauritius and Bourbon, a species not now in cultivation in this country. 



CALANTHE PKOBOSCIDEA, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1884, vol. xxi. p. 476. 



Imported from the Sunda Islands, this species is nearest to Calanthe 

 furcata, Bat., but has a distinctive feature in that the anterior part of the 

 column is bent down in a curve, like the snout of certain insects. 



CALANTHE EOSEA, Benth. 



Syns. Limatodes rosea, Lindl. 



Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. p. 65 ; Lindl. in Paxt. PL Gdn. 1852, vol. iii. t. 81 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5312 ; Fl. des Serres, xxii. t. 2294. 



First discovered by Thomas Lobb in Moulmein early in the year 1850, 

 and sent by him to Exeter, where it flowered in the winter of that year. 

 It has now been superseded in gardens by the beautiful Calanthe x Veitchii 

 and other hybrids, in the parentage of which it participated largely to 

 their benefit. 



CALANTHE TEXTOEI, Miquel. 



Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. p. 67. 



Introduced from Japan through Charles Maries in 1877, and probably 

 only a form of the widely distributed Calanthe veratrifolia. 



CALANTHE TEICAEINATA, Lindl 



Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. p. 67. 



First discovered by Wallich in Nepaul and later by Maximowicz in 

 Japan, it was introduced from the latter country with Calanthe Textori in 

 1879. The absence of a spur to the flowers distinguishes it from the 

 other members of the genus in cultivation. 



CALANTHE VESTITA, Wall. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4671 ; Paxt. Fl. Gdn. vol. i. p. 106, fig. 72 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. 

 p. 71, fig. ; FL des Serres, 1858, torn. iii. 2me serie, p. 33 ; Paxt. Mag. Bot. 

 vol. xvi. p. 129. 



First introduced into European gardens by Dr. Kane, who sent the type 

 species and a variety from Moulmein to Exeter in 1848. 



Shortly after Thomas Lobb sent the same two forms, with another 

 variety since named Turneri, from the same locality. 



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