ORCHID SPECIES 



blotched with purple-brown introduced from Peru in 1883. Of botanical 

 interest only, it is now lost to cultivation. 



EPIDENDBUM WALLISII, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1875, p. 66 ; id. 1878, p. 462 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL pt. vi. 



p. 126. 



Introduced through Gustav Wallis (after whom it is named) in 1874 from 

 New Grenada, where it grows in light situations at an elevation of from 

 4,000-7,000 ft. 



It is of value horticulturally on account of the flowers which are large for 

 species of this genus, and continue to be produced almost throughout the 

 year. They measure some 2 in. across, are of a yellow colour with 

 spots of purple, and streaks of the last-named colour are prominent on the 

 spreading whitish lip. Epidendrum Wallisii is also the parent of several 

 very interesting hybrids, equally valuable for the long period over which 

 they remain in bloom. 



EBIA CUBTISII, Echb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiv. p. 685. 



Sent from Borneo by Curtis. The flowers are yellowish white, equal to 

 those of Eria Ibera and similar species ; the oblong bracts are unusually 

 developed, in the way of those of E. bractescens, Lindl. It does not 

 appear to be now in cultivation. 



EBIA IGNEA, Rchb. f. 



Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 782. 



Imported from Borneo. The flowers are chrome-yellow, but the large 

 bracts are almost vermilion in colour, from which feature the plant takes 

 its specific name. 



GALEANDBA BABBATA, Lem. 



Lem. in 1'Illus. Hort. iii. pp. 86, 89 ; id. vol. vii. t. 248 ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1892, 



vol. xii. p. 431. 



An Amazonian species introduced about the year 1856 and flowered 

 shortly afterwards. 



Its specific name is derived from the beard or tuft of hair on the disc of 

 the lip. 



GOODYEBA (GEOBCHIS) MACBANTHA, Maxim. 



Fl. des Serres, 1867-68, torn. vii. p. 113 ; Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 1022, fig. 



Brought to this country by the late John Gould Veitch on his return 

 from Japan. The foliage is prettily marked as in certain Ancectochili, 

 and renders the plant worthy of cultivation for that feature alone. 



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