Plate 178. 



PHAL^NOPSIS CORNU-CERVI. 



Stafs'horn Fhalan o]f)sis , 



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



Phalenopsis cornu-cervi ; foliis disticMs coriaceis cuneatis oLlongis, peduncuHs lateralibus crcctia 



sursiim clavatis multifloris sub^qualibus^ racM alata, sepalis explanatis carnosis angustis 



iibcris lateralibus subfalcatis leviter incurvisj petalis minoribus conformibus, labello postico 



iingniculato, in disco foveato, tripartito^ laciniis lateralibus runcinatis^ terminali lunato 

 apiculato. 



PoLYCHiLos cornu-cervi. Kuhl van Eass, Orclu tab. 1. Bot. Mag. t. 5570. 

 ^^^^^^ovsi& cornn-cervi. Bchh.fil.Xen.OrcJi. 



Although long since discovered in Moulmein by Lobb, this curious plant had 

 leached England in a living state before the year 1864, when, through the kind- 

 the Rev. C. S. P. Parish, a few specimens of it were safely transmitted to 



♦ essrs. Low, some of which have already flowered 



1^1'. Lindley had doubt 



s as to whether Polychilos 



lly 



rom Fhalmopsis, while Professor Reichenbach is decidedly of opinion tl 

 8«nera ought to be combined. Certainly the two species that have lately flowered 



ediate 



betiv "^^^^^^'^ ^^^<?^^?/^«?^?^m/^« and P. Sumatram), and which are nearl) 



x\2T^c ^^^^ ^^^^^' ^^^^^ ^^ Phalcenopsis and the present, go far to strengthen the 

 "" " ^^ the German Professor, which on the whole I have thought it better to adopt. 



other I ^^.^^"■^^^'^"*' flo^^'ers freely in the summer months, and is readily grown among 

 r^r..l ."^ Orchids. Not more than four or Ave flowers on the same scape arc cAcr 

 ^P^n '-^t the same time. 



di.fi,.} ^^^^' ^^ ^P^P^y^^ with the habit of Phalmnopsis. Leaves nearly a span long, 

 erpct 'T'' ^^^^^'^''^^' cuncate, oblong, about equal to the peduncles, which are nearly 

 flower ^ ""' ^"'^ forming a broad racMs, on which from six to a dozen or more 



' ""pen in succession. Sepals expanded, fleshy, narrow, acute, the lateral ones 



