ORCHID SPECIES 



SPATHOGLOTTIS AUEEA, Lindl. 



Lindl. in Jour. Hort. Soc. London, 1850, p. 34; Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. iv. 

 p. 92, with fig. ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 7, fig. reproduced. 



Originally introduced in 1849 from Mount Ophir in Malacca through 

 Thomas Lobb, who discovered it growing near Nepenthes sanguinea and 

 Ehododendron jasminiflorum. 



Only a few plants arrived, and these gradually died out after once 

 flowering. 



Nothing more was heard of it in a living state until 1886, when it 

 appeared in an importation of orchids offered for sale at Stevens's rooms. 



SPATHOGLOTTIS PETEI, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. viii. p. 392 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6354 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. 



pt. vi. p. 8. 



Discovered in the Fiji Islands in 1876 by Peter C. M. Veitch, after 

 whom it is named ; sent by him to Chelsea, where it flowered for the first 

 time in the following year. 



The species is remarkable for its deciduous "bracts, organs, in all other 

 members of the genus persistent, remaining even long after the ripening 

 of the fruit. 



STANHOPEA GIBBOSA, Rchb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 1254. 



A species from South America closely allied to Stanhopea Wardii. The 

 flowers, often 6 in. in diameter, are yellow, barred and spotted with 

 crimson, darkest on the petals. 



STANHOPEA XYTEIOPHOKA, Rchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 842. 



A pitcher-bearing species with yellow flowers introduced from Peru, 

 distinct from other known species, approaching rather the Coryanthes. It 

 does not appear to be in cultivation. 



STAUEOPSIS GIGANTEA, Benth. 

 Syns. Vanda gigantea, Lindl. 



Benth. in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xviii. p. 331; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 2; 

 Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1858, p. 312; Bot. Mag. t. 5189. 



First discovered by Wallich in Moulmein in 1826, and later in the same 

 locality by Thomas Lobb, through whom it was introduced. 



The plant flowered for the first time in this country in the then famous 

 collection of the late Mr. Eobert Warner at Broomfield, in April 1858. 



The specific name must be assumed to refer to the large size of the 

 flowers and leaves rather than to the habit of the plant, which under 

 cultivation does not exceed moderate dimensions. 



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