Plate 114. 



PHALENOPSIS AMABILIS, var. GKANDIFLORA 



Large-Jlowered Indian Butterfly-plant. 



Gen, Char. Perianthium explanatum^ patens^ sepalis liberis^ petalis majoribns dilatatis. La* 



cum 



intermedio 



Cohdinia iu uvurluiii remni- 



bens, semiteres; rostello gladiato. Anfhera bilocularis. PoUinia 2, subglobosa, caudlcula plan-l 



•Herba3 efiphytco. Caulcs radlcantcs, simpfices. Folia rujohi, 



maxiiu 



apicG ohliqiie retusa. l^love^ jpanicxthiti, Lindh 



Phalenopsis amahiliSj var. grandlflora; foliis longis^ sepalis latcralibus intemuni pliyllum ru- 



premum non tegentibiis apice mucronatis, labdlo pliyllis lati^ralibiia extcTtiis inulto brorinri, 

 lobo medio lineari-hastato^ lobis latcralibus oblique cuneati*5 obtusnugulis^ cirrbia flavis. LnnJL 



Phalenopsis grandiflora. Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 18i8j2?- ^^> '''^'''' ^^ woodf^uf af ilu^ fovu^r. W^dp. 



Ann. Bot, v. 3. p. 561. 



At the time when he puhlishecl the first representation of this superb plnnt, Dr. 

 Lindley was of opinion that it was specifically distinct from P. amal/His, and lie ^MVf it 

 accordingly the name of grandiflora, in allusion to the magnitude of its blossoms, 

 which are sometimes four inches in expansion. Of late years, however, ^f* -r<5. J.ow 

 and other firms have imported innumerable varieties from Borneo and c]scwher<\ which 

 run into each other in so many ways as to preclude the possibility of any longer re- 

 garding P. amaUlis and P. grandiflora as truly distinct forms; the latter will therefoiv 

 have to be merged in the older name. 



Not only do the flowers themselves vary as to size and tinting, but the Icnve^ nlM» 

 differ considerably both in form and colour, being sometimes found \ox\\i and sharp- 

 pointed, and of a uniform green, while at other times they are short anri blunt, with 

 a purplish tinge, especially on the under-side. All the varitues arc easil) k'^^^^'" '" « 

 strong moist heat, but they should be hung up near the glass, be fixed in .shallow open 

 pans or baskets (so that their roots may pass freely into^the air), and not be allowed to 

 exhaust themselves by over-flowering. 



Fig. 1. Lip, — nia'pifrrd 



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