PESCATOREA LEHMANNI. 
[PLATE 57. | 
Native of the Andes of Ecuador. 
Epiphytal. Stems none, or consisting of a short crown or growing point, from 
which the leaves, with their narrowed overlapping bases and the stout fibrous roots 
proceed. Leaves lorate-lanceolate acute, upwards of a foot long, and from an inch 
to an inch and a half wide, of thin, firm texture, ribbed. Scapes radical, much 
shorter than the leaves, bracteate, one-flowered. Flowers large, upwards of three 
inches across, showy, white striped with le; sepals and petals broadly cuneate 
oblong, obtusely rounded, with a short projecting point, white, with contiguous curved 
parallel lines of reddish purple extending nearly to the edge; lip deep mauve-purple, 
the basal segments small, triangular, erect, the interposed calli forming a ruff of 
chestnut-brown, consisting of about eleven ridges, the anterior mauve-coloured portion | 
oblong, revolute, retuse, covered with lines of long bristle-like purple papillae. Colwmn 
stout, curved forwards, purple and rounded behind, brown in front, the anther case 
whitish green. 
PEScCATOREA LEHMANNI, Reichenbach” fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.8., xil., 424. 
ZyYGoreTaLuM Lxeumannt, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.8., Xil., 424. 
The genus Pescatorea is one of recent introduction. A few years ago the plants 
referred to it were unknown, but latterly they have been met with by botanical 
collectors, and have gradually found their way to our Orchid houses, some very 
beautiful species being included amongst them. Pescatorea Lehmanni, represented in 
the accompanying illustration, is one of these. It was exhibited a short time since 
at the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, by Messrs. Vervaet & Co., 
Nurserymen, of Ghent, Belgium, and on that occasion was deservedly awarded a First 
Class Certificate. It was from this specimen, which was a well-grown one, that our 
plate was taken. The plant was grown on a block of wood, and thus placed had a 
really beautiful and attractive appearance. The species was collected by Mr. Lehmann, 
in whose honour it is named, and who has sent home many fine Orchids. 
Pescatorea Lehmanni is an evergreen plant, with broadish light green ribbed 
foliage, which grows from twelve to eighteen inches in height. The flowers are 
produced from the axils of the leaves at the base of the very short stem, several 
proceeding from each tuft; they have the sepals and petals white, striped with 
purple lines, while the lip is mauve-coloured, covered with a number of hair-like 
papille, and having a rich brown ruff or throat. The plant blooms after it has 
completed its growth, and the flowers continue fresh for some considerable time; it 
appears to yield its blossoms at different times of the year. 
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