BPIDENDRUM. 



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This is also one of the discoveries of Warscewicz, who detected it 

 growirg upon a species of Ficus on the Cordillera of Chiriqui^ in 

 Central America, at 4,000 feet elevation, where it flowers in January 

 and February. It was introduced by us in 1871. A sub-variety 

 called auratum has a golden yellow lip with a large red disk. 

 The contrast between the bright red labellum and the green sepals 

 and petals is very striking. 



Epiilentlrum Pseudepidendrmn. 



E. purum. 



EuEPiDENDRUM. Steius tuftetl, cyliiidric, 12 — 20 inches high, attenuated 

 below, leafy upwards. Leaves narrowly lanceolate-oblong, 5 — 8 inches 

 long. Peduncles drooping, paniculate, many flowered. Flowers fragrant 

 when first expanded, less than an inch across, of a uniform pale yellow- 

 green ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; petals linear ; lip three-lobed, the side 

 lobes sub-triangular, the middle lobe oblong, acute with two raised lines 

 at the base in front of the column. 



Epidendrum purum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1844, misc. No. 75. Id. Fol. Orch. Ep. 

 No. 289. 



Introduced into the collection of the late Mr. Rucker, at West 

 Hill, Wandsworth, in 1844, by Linden, from Caracas ; it was 

 subsequently gathered by Purdie, near La Paz, in Colombia, from 

 which country it has been since occasionally imported with other 

 orchids. It flowers in the winter months, when its pleasant fragrance 

 forms its chief attraction. 

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