GALEANDRA. O 



var. — purpuratus. 



Pseudo-bulbs and flowers larger than in the original form, the sepals 

 deep purplish brown, the petals and middle lohe of lip bright canary- 

 yellow, the side lobes chocolate-purple streaked with darker lines. 



L. Krebsii purpuratus, H. N". Ridley in Gard. Chron. XXIV. (1885), p. 102. 

 Williams' Orch. Alb. VI. t. 259. 



Originally described by Reichenbach from specimens sent to Europe 



by the collector whose name it bears. It was introduced to the 



Royal Gardens at Kew, in 1867^ by Mr. Sanderson, who sent living 



plants, along with other species, from Natal.* The variety, which 



is superior to the original form as a horticultural plant, was 



introduced from Natal in 1885 by Mr. E. A. Heath, F.L.S., who 



kindly sent us flowers for description. 



GALEANDRA. 



Lindl. lUus. Orch. PI. t. 8 (18-30 38). Id. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 186 (1832). Benth. et 

 Hook. Gen. Plant. III. p. 536 (1883). 



The Galeandras may, in a restricted sense, be regarded as the 

 representatives in the western Continent of the Eulophias of Asia 

 and Africa, for the number of species is scarcely a sixth of that 

 of Eulophia, and although spread over a considerable area it is a 

 limited one compared with the range of the Eulophias. The 

 Galeandras occur sparingly in tropical America, from Mexico south- 

 wards, none, so far as we know, having been reported south of the 

 Amazon. The broad funnel-shaped spur of the labellum and the 

 almost sessile pollinia chiefly separate Galeandra from Eulophia. 



Cultural Note. — The Galeandras require the same cultural treatment 

 as that applied to Eulophia and Lissochilus, with imremitting attention 

 throughout the year to watering, shading, freeing the plants from 

 insect pests, etc. 



Galeandra Batemanii. 



Pseudo-bulbs variable, conic or ovoid, elongated, 4 — 6 inches long, 

 marked with concentric scars and prolonged at the apex into a deciduous 

 leafy stem. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 6 — -12 inches long. Racemes 

 terminal, many-flowered. Flowers 2^ inches long ; sepals and petals 

 similar and sub-equal, bent backwards, spathulate-oblong, acute, variable 

 in colour, buff-yellow, or green tinted with brown, tawny brown, etc. ; 

 lip large, sub-orbicular, with a deep cleft in the anterior margin, the 



* Bot. Mag. sub. t. 5861. 



