MAXILLARIA SANDERIANA eis. £ 
Aff. Maxillaria grandi Rchb. sepalis tepalisque brevioribus latioribus, labello multo latiori, callo antico nec in disco medio intra lacinias laterales. 
MAXILLARIA SANDERIANA, Rchb. f, Mss. 
Pseudobulbus compresso pyriformis, monophyllus, Folium petiolatum um obt apiculatum, Folia stipantia vaginata non 
basi petiolari coarctata. Pedunculi prostrati vaginis lanceis magnis scariosis stramineis paucis, bractea subaquali lancea, ovarium pedicellatum atropurpureum 
zquante, Flores magni speciosissimi ingentes mento maximo obtusangulo. Sepalum impar ligulatum acutum. Sepala lateralia latiora. Tepala oblonga 
acuminata. Omnia hac lactea striis atropurpureis radiantibus plus minus confluentibus in basi. Tepala altius atropurpureo maculata. Labellum 
oblongum leviter trilobum, multilobulatum, lobulis crenulatis, callo ligulato acutiusculo marginato depresso antice in disco, intus flavidum, maculis atropur- 
pureis paucis (geminis) antice, una transversa in basi, margine atropurpureo antice ; pagina inferne (extus) obscure atropurpurea pallide pretexta, margine 
hinc nunc punctulata. Columna trigona, alba, antice signis hieroglyphicis atropurpureis, dorso maculis magnis paucis ejusdem coloris pallidioribu 
pyriformis depressa flava. Pollinia depresso pyriformia ineequalia quadrigemina. Glandula bene semilunata. Rostellum bidentatum cruribus falcatis, 
n Cordilleris ecuadorianis ab indefesso Eduardo Klaboch reperta ex cujus voto exc, F, Sander de Orchidologia meritissimo lubentissime dicata, 
Vivam plantam in templis Orchidaceis Sanderianis ac in pulcherrimis adibus exc. dominorum equitis Trevor Lawrence, M.P., ac exc. Lee vidi, 
Siccam attulit optimus Ed. Klaboch floremque vivum habui ab exc. F, Sander ex horto Ch, Dormaniano paucis notis coloris ab icone nostra recedentem. 
H.G. Rehb. f. 
bl. Houl ] 
Icones analytic. Labellum antice. Columna cum pede a latere. Columna et labellum a latere. Rostellum. Anthera inferne. Pollinaria duo. 
THE first appearance of this magnificent Orchid in flower in Europe was on the occasion of the Orchid Conference, held 
by the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kensington in May, 1885, when it was exhibited by Baron Schréder. From 
the evidence afforded by dried specimens and drawings sent home by our collector Edward Klaboch, we knew we were 
about to introduce to cultivation a grand new Orchid, certainly the queen of the genus, grander and more beautiful than 
Maxillaria grandiflora and venusta. 
It is one of the finest discoveries of Klaboch, who with his brother has been the means of enriching European 
gardens from the plant treasures of the tropics. He found it while travelling in Peru, on the mountains at elevations of 
about 4000 feet, hence it must be regarded more as a cool house Orchid than a tropical one. Very few plants are in 
Europe at present, for out of a large number collected nearly all perished during the long journey from their native 
haunts to London, notwithstanding the exceptional skill and care bestowed upon their preparation and packing. Owing 
to the peculiarly soft nature of the bulbs, the importation of this Orchid must always be attended with great risk and 
expense. 
The beauty of the plant is so well portrayed in Mr. Moon's drawing that a description of it is not necessary. The 
noble flowers are shown just in the way they are usually borne on the plant, and up to the present little or no variation 
has been detected in either the size or colour of the flowers. They are always of a beautiful ivory whiteness, adorned with 
bold blotches and spots of the richest shades of vinous crimson. 
No one is able to speak’ positively as to the best treatment to give Maxillaria Sanderiana as it has been such a 
short time in this country, but the few who have grown it best speak of it as a plant of easy culture when once it has 
become well rooted. Imported plants are established with difficulty as they do not possess much vitality ; we find it 
best, after freeing the bulbs of all decaying parts, to put them in nothing but potsherds, broken rather fine. They are 
then placed in a rather warm and moist house, such as a Cattleya house, and when the bulbs have pushed out roots the 
plants should be put in pots or teak-wood baskets, in the usual compost of fibry peat and sphagnum moss. When the 
plants are quite established they must be grown in an intermediate house, and allowed abundance of light and air, 
especially while forming new bulbs, which takes place during summer, after the flowering season. During winter the 
plants must be kept drier, indeed much water should not be given until the peduncles appear from the bases of last 
year’s bulbs, when the plant requires liberal treatment so as to fully develop the flowers. 
Drawn from a plant in the possession of Ch. Dorman, Esq., The F 
Sydenham, near London. 
