a 
Society, extinguish every character except that taken from the form 
of the pseudo-bulbs, and render it probable that further acquaintance 
with varieties from Trinidad will show that this also is unsteady. 
Partly owing to the giant bulk of these flowers, partly owing to 
their fantastic forms, and especially to the perfectly modelled slipper 
represented by the lip of this species, and to the extraordinary man- 
ner in which it pushes its hanging flower stalks through the bottom or 
sides of the suspended pots in which they are cultivated, there are 
scarcely any of the wondrous Orchidacee which excite so much admi- 
ration as the genus Stanhopea. It is a pity that their blossoms are of 
short duration. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. Stanhopea grandi- 
flora, or that form called by Professor Lindley Stanhopea eburnea, 
was originally imported from Rio de Janeiro by Messrs. Loddiges. 
The plant figured has flowered at intervals during the summer in the 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, having been planted in peat soil, and 
kept in a warm damp stove. Some of the pots are suspended, others 
stand upon the tables, and the plants flower very freely, and alike in 
all positions. The Stanhopeas, from their sending their scapes down- 
wards, should, in planting, be elevated, nine inches at the least, above 
the rims of the pots. Or they may be planted in wire baskets which 
will permit the flowers to protrude through the meshes. It should be 
remembered that they produce their singularly curious flowers the 
most luxuriantly when the plants are not allowed to become over 
large. Rough lumps of peat, and broken pots, form the mixture in 
which Stanhopea grandiflora should be planted. It may be increased 
by division, and should be a in the moist stove. 
DERIVATION OF THE NAME. 
STanHopea, in compliment + the Earl Stanhope. 
SyNONYME. 
STANHOPEA GRANDIFLORA. Lindley: Genera et Species of Orch. Plants, 158. 
STaANHOPEA EBURNEA. Lindley: in Bot. Reg. 1529: Ibid. Genera and Species 
of Orchid. Plants, 158. Bot. 3359. 
CERATOCHILUS GRANDIFLORUS. Loddiges’ Bot. Cab. 1414. 
GRaAH. 
