118 EPIDENDRUM. 



it to Mr. Bateman in 1885, in whose collection at Knypersley, in Cheshire, 

 it flowered in January of the following year. It grows upon trees on 

 the mountains near the city of Guatemala at a considerable elevation, 

 where the temperature is intermediate or ranging from 13° — 21° C. 

 (55° — 70° F.). It has long been well known under the name of 

 Baikeria Skinneri as one of the handsomest of winter-flowering 





Bpidendrum Skinneri. 



orchids, but it is now rarely seen in British gardens; it is said to 

 be nearly exterminated in its native country by the clearing of 

 the forests for coffee plantations. 



E. spectabile. 



Bahkkria. Stems terete, 3 — 5 inches high, each bearing at its summit 



2 — 4 oblong-lanceolate, acute leaves, 3 — 4 inches long. Peduncles issuing 



from a scarious broAvnish sheath, racemose, .5 — 10 flowered. Flowers 2 — 3 



inches across vertically, rosy lilac, the lip paler and spotted with deep 



purple ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; petals ovate-lanceolate ; lip ovate-lanceolate, 



traversed by 3 — 5 raised lines. 



Epidendrum spectabile, Rclib. Walp. Ann. VI. p. 375 (1861—5). Benth. at 

 Hook. Gen. Plant. III. p. 529 (1883). Barkeria spectabilis, Batem. Bot. Reg. 

 1842, misc. No. 45, Id. Orch. Mex. et Guat. t. 33. Bot. Mag. t. 4094. Paxt. 

 Mag. Bot. X. p. 169. 



A very handsome species, now very rarely seen in collections, but 



where cultivated is known under the name of Barkeria .spectahilis. 



It is a native of southern Mexico and Guatemala, inhabiting the 



mountains near the Pacitic Coast at a moderate elevation.* It was 



first sent froni the last-named country by Mr. G. Ure Skinner about 



the same time as the preceding species, and was subsequently sent 



* The localities in which it occurs do not appear to have been recorded. 



