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P. rosea. 



Leaves oval-oblong, 4 — 6 or more inches long, i;sually notched at the 

 apex Peduncles racemose or paniculate, ascending and pale green as 

 far as the lowermost flower or branch ; slightly zigzag, thickened, and dull 

 purple along the rachis, whicli is nodding, manj'-flowered, continuing to 

 lengthen and produce flowers for many weeks in succession. Flowers 

 1| inches in diameter; sepals oblong, acute, white with a light rose- 

 purple stain in the middle ; petals narrowly rliomboidal, with a larger 

 and deeper stain than on the sepals ; lip three-loVjed, the lateral lobes sub- 

 spathulate, incurved, light rose-purple, with 4 — 5 longitudinal dark purple 

 streaks on the inner side ; the intermediate lobe shortly clawed, ovate, 

 acute, brown at the l)ase, the blade bright rose-purple ; crest two-lobed, 

 bright yellow spotted witli red. Column terete, stained with rose-purple; 

 anther beaked. 



Phalfenopsis rosea, Liudl. in Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 671. icon. xyl. Id. in Paxt. 

 Fl. Gard. II. t. 72 (1852). Bot. Mac,, t. 5212. Van Houtte's Fl. dcs Serves, XVI. 

 t. 1645. Jeniiiiig-s' Orch. t. 27. Williams' Orch. Alb. VI. t. 268. P. equestris, 

 IJchb. in Linn. .XXII. p. 864 (1849). Id. Xen. Orch. II. p. 4. 



var.— leucaspis. 



Flowers somewhat smaller, with shorter and broader segments ; sepals 



pale rose-purple mottled with white ; petals and lip deeper in colour 



than the sepals ; callus whitish with yellow-brown dots. 



P. rosea leucaspis, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. XXVI. (1886), p. 276. P. equestris 

 lencaspis, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XV. (18S1), p. 688. 



This is the commonest of the Philippine Islands' Phalaenopses ; it 



is abundant in the hot valleys and along the streams in the 



neighbourhood of Manila, and is spread generally over the island 



of Luzon, often associated with Phalcenopsis Aphrodite and P. 



Schilleriana. It was introduced in 1848 by our Exeter firm, through 



Thomas Lobb. The variety is said to have first appeared in the 



collection of M. Pescatore, at St. Cloud, near Paris, soon after the 



introduction of the species. 



P. Sanderiana. 



Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 6 — 10 inches long, 2| — 4 inches broad, 

 usually dark green, but occasionally more or less spotted and marked with 

 grey, which sometimes disappears with age. Peduncles 20 — 30 inches 

 long, pale greenish purple spotted with white, terminating in a loose 

 7 — 12 or more flowered raceme.* Flowers 3 inches in diameter; 

 sepals oval-oblong, the upper one light rose-pink, the lateral two 

 paler and mottled with white ; petals shortly clawed, the blade very 

 broad, sub-rhomboidal and coloured like the upper sepal ; lip three- 



* Probably branched in the stronger plants. 



