Plate 146 



PHAL^NOPSIS SUMATRANA 



Sumatra PJialanopsis. 



Gen. Char. {Vide supra^ Plate 114.) 



LiENOPSlS 



carinatis 



bumatrana ; foliis acutis^ pedunculo plurifloroj sepalis oblongis acutis extus iion 



iiim 



fomicat 



extus oblique carinatis^ lacinia nieditl 



pilosa, ligulis forcipatis duabus deinceps inter partitiones lateralcs^ columntl scmitereti prin- 



androclinio 



PHAL.ENOPSIS Sumatrana. Korthals, Echb.Jil in Otto, Ham. Gartenzeit, 1860, 115, alias V. z( 

 Hort. Bog. in Annates d'Hortic. et de Bot. ou Flore des Jardins du Foyamne des Pays-Baff. 

 fasc. 10, cum ic. 



P. zehrina in Plantce Nov. in Hort. Bog. Cidtce, and. T. E. Teijsman et Binnendijk, 18G3, 15. 



An interestiDg account— for which we are indebted to Professor Reichenbach— of 

 this remarkable Phalfenopsis appeared in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' the first week of 

 June, 1865. From this we learn that the species is a native of the pro 



t 



b 



bang, in Sumatra, where it was originally discovered by Korthals more than a qur 

 ^'f a century ago. By him it would seem to have been sent to the Botanic Gardei 

 I^eyden, where it flowered about the year 1856, and where an imperfect figure— su 

 qiiently published in the ' Annales ' as P. zebnna^was prepared. But although long 

 since introduced to Continental collections, the species was never seen in this country 

 before the spring qf the present year (1865), when it flowered beautifully in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Day, who exhibited at South Kensington the specimen from which 

 ^11". Fitch's drawing was taken. 



Professor Eeichenbach remarks that the antherAid is fringed after the manner of 

 ^^^^chopilia^ and that the aj^e:, of the lip is furnished with " hairs quite as dense ns 

 ^^ a good hat-brush." It is as easily managed as any of its congeners, but is stiii 

 exceedingly rare. 



I>ESCH. Leaves pointed, about six Inches long. Flower-sp/ce about the^ length 



of 



e 



five- to ten-flowered. Sepals oblong, poin 



I 



inch 



