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PHAL^NOPSIS. 



the present Phalrrnopsis SchiJleriana has held a foremost place in 

 the estimation of orchid amateurs.* 



Phalcenopsis Schilleriana grows under the same conditions as 

 P. Aphrodite, with which it is sometimes found associated; both 

 species grow on the trunks and branches of trees, to which they affix 

 themselves by means of their clasping, flattened roots, often so 

 high up as to render the ascent both difficult and dangerous. A 

 small village named Lueban, near Manila, has been for many years past 

 one of its best known stations, but owing to the frequent inroads 

 iiiade upon it, it is now becoming very scarce there. 



Besides the sub-varieties described above, which are simply colour 

 variations, variability has also been observed in the labellum of Phalce- 

 nopsis Schillericma, especially in the form, size, and colour of the 

 anchor-like apical appendages of the front lobe. The late Mr. John 

 Day, who seems to have been the first to notice this variability, has 

 illustrated it in one of his valuable " Scrap-books " by drawings of 

 fifteen different forms. 





Phalsnopsi*; spcciosa. 



P. speciosa. 



Leaves obovate-oblong, 7 — 12 inches long, and 2^ — 3 inches broad, 

 of a uniform bright green. Peduncles drooping, longer than the leaves, 

 sometimes branched, 9 — 12 or more flowered. Flowers 2 inches in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals spreading in a stellate manner, amethyst- 

 purple with a pale margin, the lateral sepals with a yellowish mucro ; 



* A veiy fiue lot of PhaJcempsis Schilleriana i.s cultivated at Heuliam Hall, "Wangford, the 

 seat of Earl Stradbroke. 



