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PHALAENOPSIS STUARTIANA Reis. ¢ 
Radicibus depressis, foliis saltem junioribus marmoratis, nunc concoloribus, panicula effusa, floribus numerosis, sepalis oblongis, tepalis cuneatooblongis 
bene latioribus, labelli laciniis posticis ligulatis medio callosis (!), lacinia mediana lato oblonga apice in lacinias semisemilunatas extrorsas extensa, callo bilobo 
antice apiculato seu emarginato, cornubus in basi externis plus minus evolutis. 
:NOPSIS STUARTIANA Rchb. f, in Gard. Chron., vol. xvi. 1881, p. 748! et xyl. p. 753! xvii, 222! 321 ! xix., 114!; Florist and Pomol., 1882, 
t. 559!; Hook. f, Bot. Mag., 6622!; Warner, Williams, Moore, Orch. Alb., v., 237!; Regel Gartenflora, 1130! 
PHALANOPSIS AMABILIS Lindl., seu Aphrodite Rchb. f. Rolfe in Gard. Chron. xxvi, p. 170: “and Stuartiana from the Philippines. The last- 
named, however, which was found in South Mindanao, is clearly a form of P, Aphrodite.” Tum proxima hebdomate, p. 212, simpliciter recepta est. 
“ Supposed to be a natural hybrid between P. Aphrodite and P. Schilleriana.” Cf. infra. 
Caulis paucifolius more Phalanopsidis Aphroditis. Folia multum varia, vulgo marmorata, nunc demum, nunc ab initio concoloria. Panicula magna. 
Flores illis Phalanopsidis Schillerianae subequales. Sepala et tepala intus alba dimidiis sepalorum lateralium flavidis, vulgo sulphureis cinnamomeo 
marmoratis. Sepala vulgo extus sulphurea. Lacinia labelli laterales aurantiaca: brunneo maculata, apice alba. Lacinia mediana sulphurea disco brunneo 
guttata cirrhis se processubus anticis plurimum albis. Labelli unguis albidus maculis purpureis. Callus aurantiacus maculis brunneis. Caudicula heptagona 
in unguem angustum linearem exiens supra glandulam trullaformem. 
Varietates nonnull descripte. 
@. NOBILIS, Rchb. f, Gard. Chron., xvi, 1881, p. 748!: flore majori, labelli lacinia antica hastata. Flores nunc toti sulphurei, nunc sepala ac tepala 
alba, sepalorum dimidio externo sulphureo brunneo maculato. Warner, Williams, Moore, Orch. Alb. i. 39 !; Ilust. Hort. Ser. 3, t. 540 (sub. Stuartiana). 
PUNCTATISSIMA Rchb. f, Gard. Chron. xvii., 1882, 44! 182!: tepala ac sepala punctis suffusa, Puncti supra sepalum impar ac tepalum ac 
dimidium internum sepalorum lateralium violacei, dum in altero latere sepalorum lateralium cinnamomei. J. Linden, L. Linden, E. Rodigas, Lindenia i, t. 8! 
sub nomine Phalenopsidis Stuartiane punctulate. 
c. HRuBYANA Rchb. f, in Gard. Chron. xxi. 1884, 372!: sepalis tepalisque extus partim purpuratis. Excellentissimo Baroni Hruby Jeleny 
Peckawensi dicata. 
Monstrum recidivum pulcherrimum videtur 
LENDYANA Rchb.f, cf. Report on the Orchid Conference in Journ, Roy. Hort. Soc, 1886, p. 20: tepalis unguiculatis hastato triangulis obtusangulis 
disco jugo triangulo obtuso callosis. Flores majusculi. Sepala albido ochracea brunneo punctata. Sepala lateralia tantum in dimidio externo, Tepala 
margine alba, disco ochroleuca, maculis quibusdam brunncis. Labellum geneticum laciniis lateralibus bene calligeris. 
Crescit in insulis Philippinis unde primus introduxit exc. Stuart Low, cui magno cum gaudio inscripta. Detexerat sagacissimus collector Boxall 
(epist. St. Low, Jul. 16, 1881). 
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Icones analyticae. Labelli lacinia lateralis ut callum videas. Et labelli laciniarum lateralium circumscriptio, et hic callus plantam a Phalenopside 
Schilleriana optime separant. Porro legis in Gard. Chron. xxvi, p. 170, “and P. Boxalli and Stuartiana from the Philippines. The last 
named, however, which was found in South Mindanao, is clearly a form of P. Aphrodite.” — Risum teneatis! Calli varii ex labelli disco + 
Columna cum pollinario + Columna sine pollinario + Antheraa latere + Pollinarium -+ 
WHENEVER a new Phalnopsis is discovered, a rare occurrence now-a-days, the interest of all orchidists is excited, 
for, notwithstanding that the genus as a whole is so capricious under culture, it is universally popular. One can imagine 
with what interest orchidists, in the summer of 1881, awaited the advent of the first living flowers of a magnificent new 
Phalzenopsis that had been discovered in one of the Philippine islands, and which was said to be a white P. Schilleriana. 
The novelty proved to be a plant of exquisite loveliness, rivalling all the Philippine Moth Orchids that had previously 
been introduced. Although considered to be but a geographical form of P. Schilleriana, Prof. Reichenbach discovered 
characters in it that justified him in regarding it a 
a distinct species, and he named it Stuartiana in compliment to Mr. 
Stuart Low, who was the means of first introducing it. Large importations of it arrived soon after its discovery and it 
rapidly became distributed throughout Europe, and is now one of the best known of all the Phalenopsids. It was soon 
found to be a free and vigorous grower and more easily managed than any other large flowered Phalaenopsis, while its 
flowers are as lovely as those of the favourite P. amabilis, grandiflora, Schilleriana, and Sanderiana. 
In growth P. Stuartiana so much resembles P. Schilleriana that it is difficult to recognise the difference between 
them when not in bloom. It has similarly long and broad leaves, usually mottled when young, becoming greener when 
old, and the roots are flattened. The flowers, also, are borne in the same widely branched panicles and are of similar 
