ANGULOA RUCKERIT SANGUINEA. 
{PuaTE 19. | 
Native of Colombia. 
Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs large, ovate-oblong, four to six inches high, furrowed when 
mature. Leaves several, growing from the apex of the younger pseudobulbs, broadly 
lanceolate, acute, two to two and a half feet long and four to six inches broad, 
strongly ribbed and plaited. Flower-scapes radical, one-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves, clothed below with imbricated sheathing bracts. lowers large, fleshy, nearly 
erect ; sepals roundish with an apiculus, strongly convex, conniving into a semi-globular 
shape, which with their nearly erect position gives them a somewhat  tulip-like 
appearance, creamy yellow outside, and of a deep sanguineous red on the inner 
surface ; petals similar in form and colour to the sepals; lip clawed, subeonvolute, 
three-lobed, the lateral lobes broadish and obtuse, the middle portion hairy, funnel- 
shaped and two-lipped, the front lobe tridentate, and with the middle part crimson 
blotched and barred with white. Column entire, creamy white, spotted with crimson. 
ANGULOA Rucker sancuringa, Lindley in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1852, 271; Hooker, 
gees Magazine, t. 5884; Williams’ Orchid Growers’ Manual, ed. iv., 90; 
ed. v., 92. 
The subject of our present illustration is an exceedingly rare plant, and is met 
with in only a few collections. In its habit of growth and general appearance it 
resembles the type Anguloa Ruckerii, but it is very distinct in colour, and is 
altogether a more desirable plant, the flowers being of a much richer colour—a deep 
rich blood-red spotted with a darker tint of the same—whereas in the original 
- Ruckerii they are of a fine orange colour spotted with dark brown. 
; The growth of this plant is very majestic, producing as it does bulbs four to 
Six Inches high, and leaves from eighteen to thirty inches long, by four to six 
inches broad. The flowers, which proceed from the base of the pseudobulb, are erect, 
tulip- Shaped, and of ereat substance and size, lasting as long as four weeks in 
perfection. A. Rucherii sanguinea is a very suitable plant for exhibition purposes 
on account of the distinct appearance produced by its massive flowers when inter- 
mixed with other Orchids. : 
The temperature best suited for this plant is that of the cool Orchid-house. 
We have found it succeed well in pots in a compost of good fibrous peat, with 
Plenty of drainage. It requires a good season of rest, during which period the plant 
a be kept rather dry until it begins to show renewed signs of growth, when 
‘a Supply of water may be increased. It is propagated by division of the pseudo- 
bs just before they start into growth. .We are indebted for the opportunity of 
