PHALANOPSIS STUARTIANA NOBILIS. . 
 . [PLaTe 39.] | 
y | Native of the Kast. 
roots. Leaves coriaceous, distichous, ligulate-oblong, acute, channelled, equitant at 
the base, the upper surface marbled with transverse grey blotches which disappear 
with age, the under surface purplish red, similar in size to those of Phalenopsis 
Schilleriana. Scape radical, bearing a many-flowered (120 or more) branching panicle 
so ale aera tae 
a ba toma 
across, expanded, cream-coloured at first, becoming white; sepals oblong, or ovate- 
. oblong, about an inch in length, the dorsal one white, the lateral ones white along 
= the upper side, the lower side beingyyellow thickly spotted with cinnamon-red ; petals 
a _ much broader, narrowed near the base, white; lip three-lobed, with a four-horned 
es yellow callosity at its base, the lateral lobes oblong, rounded, the middle lobe oval, 
_ _ with an anchor-like extremity, the apex terminating in a pair of narrow recurved 
with rich cinnamon-red. Column clavate, white. 
3 2 Puatwnopsis Sruartrana, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.S. XVL, 
_ 448, 753, fig. 149; Moore, Florist and Pomologist, 1882, 49, t 559. a 
. Var. Nopttis; flowers larger in all their parts, marked with fewer and larger 
eS spots ; front lobe of the lip rhombic. 
i : all , 
PHALHNopsIs STUARTIANA var. NOBILIS, Reichenbach jil., m Gardeners Chromele, 
fs. xvi, 748 
There can be no doubt that the species of Phalenopsis rank amongst our 
finest Orchids, on account of the purity and soft tinting of their blossoms and oe 
a P rofusion in which they are produced. Unfortunately, at present, we only possess a 
2 Timited number of them. During the last few years, indeed, many new kinds, which 
| are giving a fresh interest to the genus, he 
although it is barely possible that any new introduction 
a i is gratifying to know that there are yet to be found 
great beauty. P. Stwartiana, which we now bring under the no 
* very fine and well-marked species, recently imported : 
pe a Upper Clapton, and fied by pte Reichenbach in honour of Mr. Stuart 
low, who is one of the largest importers of this class of Orchids. * Our plate, 
Which ye . vhana nobilis, was sketched from a plant 
presents the variety called P. Stuartiana nobilis set iiabea 46 
“Tow in the ¢ oe ae  Bisq., of Downs : 
e fine collection of William Lee, Esq., © and we have to thank 
ade. It is to be hoped | 
aay it when in full beauty from the Messrs. Low, 
om Lee for his’ kindness in allowing the drawing to pase 
Epiphytal. Acaulescent, the plants clinging to their supports by stout flattened — 
of very handsomely and peculiarly spotted blossoms. Flowers nearly three inches: 
_laciniz, all the lobes yellow at the base, white upwards and handsomely spotted 
ve been introduced by our collectors; and, — ee 
should surpass the old species, — 
distinct and novel kinds of | 
notice of our readers, 1s 
from the East by Messrs. Low & © 
