HORTUS VEITCHII 



by Professor Eeichenbach to Consul Schiller of Hamburg, at that time one 

 of the most prominent amateur orchidists in Europe. 



CCELOGYNE SPECIOSA, Lindl. 



Syns. C. salmonicolor , Rchb. f. 

 Bob. Mag. t. 4889; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 23 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 50. 



Imported from Java through its discoverer Thomas Lobb, and first 

 flowered in 1846. 



The hairs that fringe the crest of the lip are among the most beautiful 

 microscopic objects possible. 



CCELOGYNE VEITCHII, Bolfe. 



Kolfe in Kew Bulletin, November 1895, p. 282 ; Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 248 

 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1896, p. 6, fig.; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 7764. 



A very distinct little species, introduced from Western New Guinea 

 through David Burke. 



The flowers, of the purest white, are produced in racemes almost as 

 long as those of its near allies, the beautiful Ccelogyne Dayana and 

 C. Massangeana. 



CBYPTOPHOKANTHUS GEACILENTUS, Bolfe. 



Syns. Masdevallia gracilenta, Rchb. f. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. p. 693; id. Orchid Review, 1903, vol. xi. p. 304; Rchb. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. iv. p. 98. 



One of the Costa Eica discoveries of M. Endres, a curious " window- 

 bearing" species, the flowers of which are closed at the apex, the only 

 access to the interior being by slits or " windows " at the sides. 



CYCNOCHES PENTADACTYLON, Lindl. 



Gard. Chron. 1842, p. 190 ; id. 1843, p. 319 ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, vol. xxix. p. 18 

 (misc.) ; id. t. 22 ; Paxt. Fl. Gdn. iii. sub t. 75 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. ix. 

 p. 143, figs. ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 188, fig. 26 ; Gard. Mag. 

 1893, p. 77, with plate ; Orchid Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 74. 



Introduced from Eio de Janeiro to Exeter through William Lobb in 1841, 

 this species produced a seven-flowered raceme in March 1842, from which 

 material Dr. Lindley wrote his description. 



The flowers of the two sexes differ much in size and appearance and 

 offered considerable difficulty to the botanist before the phenomenon was 

 thoroughly understood. 



It is a handsome species, the flowers greenish-yellow, sometimes white, 

 barred and blotted with chocolate brown ; parts of the lips are white, 

 spotted with red. 



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