BULBOPHYLLUM. 97 



B. Lobbii. 



Pseudo-bulbs produced from a scaly rhizome at intervals of about an 

 inch, ovoid, 1^ inches long, monophyllous. Leaves petiolate, oblong, 6 inches 

 long. Scapes shorte rthan the leaves, one-flowered. Flowers spreading, 

 3 — 4 inches across ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, buff-yellow, the dorsal 

 one marked with lines of purple spots at the back, the lateral two 

 falcate, and stained with rosy purple in the centre ; petals like the 

 dorsal sepal but smaller ; lip shorter than the other segments, cordate, 

 acute, reflexed, yellow spotted with purple, as is the short and broad 

 column. 



Bulbophyllum Lobbii, Lind. in Bot. Reg. 1847, sub. t. 29. Bot. Mag. t. 4532. 



var. — siamense. 



Leaves longer and more leathery than in the type. Flowers lemon- 

 yellow, veined and dotted with reddish crimson. 



B. Lobbii siamense, Rchb. in Saunder's Ref. Bot. II. t. 116. B. Siamense, Rchb. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 592. 



This and Bulbophyllum Dearei are almost the only Bulbophyls that 



have flowers sufficiently large and showy to gain admission into the 



orchid collections of many amateurs. B. Lobbii was sent to the Exeter 



Nursery, in 1846, from Java, by Thomas Lobb. The variety was 



introduced 20 years later, by the late Mr. Day; it was also sent 



about the same time to Messrs. Low and Co., from Moulmein, by 



the Rev. 0. Parish, and shortly afterwards to the Royal Gardens 



at Kew, by Colonel Benson. 



B. reticulatum. 



" Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, about an inch long, monophyllous. Leaves large, 

 ovate-cordate, acuminate, much nerved, the longitudinal and transverse 

 deep green nerves producing a beautiful reticulation on the paler green 

 of the blade. Peduncles short, covered with sheathing bracts, two- 

 floAvered. Flowers whitish striped with red-purple, the stripes sometimes 

 broken up into spots ; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; lateral 

 sepals much broader at the base, falcate and decurved ; petals like the 

 dorsal sepal, but smaller and more pointed ; lip trowel-shaped, recurved." 

 Botanical Magazine. 



Bulbophyllum reticulatum, Batem. M.S. Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5605. 

 This is also one of Thomas Lobb's discoveries, which he sent to 

 the Exeter Nursery, from North Borneo, about the year 1852. 

 Its handsome leaves and singular flowers render it a very interesting 

 species. 



B. umbellatum. 



Pseudo-bulbs not crowded, oblong-ovate, compressed, 1£ — 2 inches long. 

 Leaves oblong, petiolate, 5 — 8 inches long. Scapes from the base of the 



