Plate 163. 



EPIDENDRUM MYRIANTHUM. 



Many-flowered Epidendnim. 



Qen. Char* [Vide supra^ Plate 109.) 



Epidendrum (Araphiglottium, Zindl.) myrianthum ; foliis linearl-lanccolatis acutis vagiuis nigro- 



punctatisj paniculse compositse effus^e ramis divarlcatis, bracteis setacois, podiccllis ovanioritio 

 longissimisj sepalis membranaceis oblongis obtusis, petalis lincari-spatliulatis, labello longiore 

 4-partito bicalloso laciniis truncatis linearibus sequilongis rccurvis lateralibuB submtcgris, 

 intermediis apice tantum laceria, clinandrio utrinque obtuso^ appendice dorsali mcmbranace& 

 cucullatu bifida. Lindl. 



Epidendrum myriantlium. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 



This most charming Epidendrum was discovered many years ago by Mr. Skinner 

 at a very high elevation on the mountains of Guatemala, and a few of the specimens 

 that he transmitted to this country have lingered in our collections but— owing no 

 doubt to their having been kept too warm— could never be induced to flower. As one 

 of these happened to be still alive at Knypersley, though its shoots were no thicker 

 than a crowquill, I directed it to be put in a cool house, in which some of the old and 

 feeble stems speedily blossomed, and new shoots, thrice the strength of the others, 

 almost immediately presented themselves. When these are sufficiently advanced, T 

 have no doubt that masses of flowers will be produced, equal to the dried specimens 

 preserved in the Lindleyan Herbarium (now at Kew), and which have assisted Mr. 

 i itch in preparing the representation on the opposite page. 



The plant flowered in June, 1866, in one of the cool houses at Knypersley, and 

 continued long in beauty. Some idea of its habit may be gathered from the rcdured 

 sketch in the Plate. The stems are a yard or more high. 



