Plate 162. 



TRICHOPILIA TURIALV^ 



The Turialva TrkJiopilia. 



Gen. Char. {Vide sujpra, Plate 115.) 



llmcnoviUK TurialvcB ; sepalis petalisque lineari-ligniatis acuminatis, labello cuueato flabclbto 



trilobo. lobis lateraUbus obtusatis dilatatis, lobo medio renifonui bilobo angustion canms 



cum column^ basi connato, androcllnii cucuUo bene fimbnato lobia 



ungue 



carm 



fil 



Turialvae. Bchh. fil. in Otto Hamh. Qartmz. v. 19, 1 8G3, i^. 1 1 . Qard. Chron. Aug. 1 0. 



18G5,p. 770. 



rty 



Trichopilias seem to be almost exclusively confined to that remurk.bl 



isthmus, so rich in Orchids, which connects the northern and southern portion 

 vast American continent. They are especially numerous on the mountam ranges nt 

 Veraguas where, as its name implies, the present species was found on the slopes oi 

 the snow-capped Turialva.* Professor Eeichenbach, by whom it was first descnbed 

 thus speaks of the plant in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' (Aug. 19, 18S5, p. 7r(l) a 



species in the way T. alMda, Wendl. fil. ; T. oicophylax, Kchb. fil ; and T. nacMa 



Rchb. fil. ; none of which can boast much beauty. The erect fimbriate membra., 

 sm-rounding the anther reminds one of an old-fashioned, stiflF, erect lady s coUai. i 

 flower is yellowish-white, the lip deeper yellow. It was discovered by Mr. WcnUlau 

 the son (or rather the grandson, since he is already the third of the Wendlands), on the 

 volcano Turialva, in Central America. Later it was also observed by a t>--"" »Jf ^ 

 Sell." I would add that in its colouring and general appearance it is not unlike 



w 



Judging from the specimens I have examined, the species seems to vjiry cons der- 

 ably in the size and tinting of its blossoms. Mr. Fitch's drawing «- t;J- f;™; 

 plant exhibited in July, 1864, at South Kensington, by Mr. Williams, of the 1 aia^r 

 Nursery. Like the rest of the genus, it is very easily managed, provided it bo not kept 



* The n^e of tKe mountain (literally " wWte to.er ") wa. given to it by the V-"''" ^ 



describe its remarkable appearance from tlie sea. 



