Plate 115. 



TRICHOPILIA CRISPA. 



Crisp-lipped Tricho^nlia 



Gen. Char. Sepala et petala sequalia, patentia, angusta. Lalellum magnum, pctaloiacnm, 

 convolutum, cum columna parallelum, trilobum, lobo intermedio subbllobo planiusculo, mtus 

 nudum. Columbia teres, clavata. Olinandrium cucullatum, trilobum, villoso-fimbriatum. Autheni 



unilocular! s, compressa, antice convexa 



haereutia: glandula minima. — Pseudobulbi earn osi^vaginis 



Scapi axillares, l—^-Jlori. lAndl. 



, Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, mudicuhi- toiiul cunoatiu ad- 

 Ibi caynosi, vaginis maruJaHs snpertcrti, monoj.il tjUi, cvriaai 



Trichopilia crisp 



lanceolat 



volutis intermedio dilatato, bifido; columnas cucullo tvilobo, laciniis omnibus nmbnati.-,. 

 TfiiCHoriLiA crispa. W( 



Mag. t 48 5 7, nee Li 



to its 



time. 



This is the handsomest of the Trichopilias. Its blossoms are larger and more 

 highlylcoloured than those of T. coccinea-v^iih which it is sometimes confounded 

 while its scapes are three-flowered like those of T. suavis, and they arc so freely pro- 

 duced as to surround the pot in which the plant is grown with what loolv<^ hke a rn li 

 and beautiful frill. It succeeds perfectly under the treatment ordinarily given ^ - 

 family, but flowers somewhat later in the season, the month of June being its usual 



It was introduced a few years since from Central America by Mr. Warner, in whose 

 « Select Orchidaceous Plants' it is well figured. Mr. Kucker's collection furnished tbe 



specimens from which the Plate is taken. 



Descr. Pseudohulhs two or three inches long, broadly ovate, slightly furrowed, 

 one-leaved. Leaves broadly lanceolate, bent backwards, acuminate, about a span long. 

 Flower-scapes about six inches long, bearing two or three large and beautiful /o//-m, 

 which, when expanded, measure fully five inches across. Scpah and petals nearly equal, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, waved at the margin, but not twisted; thry are of a pott-^une 

 red, with frequently a narrow border of white. Lip externally white, mternall) o a 

 rich rosy-crimson; it is funnel-shaped, and three-lobed, the side lobes being roun.U'd 



