ONCIDIUM PHALANOPSIS. 
[PLATE 96.] 
Native of Ecuador. 
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Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs oblong, furrowed, about two inches long, of a dark 
* green colour, with abortive leaves at their base. Leaves ligulate, broadest upwards, 
acute, somewhat narrowed and channelled towards the base, six to eight inches long 
or-more, pale green. acemes from the axils of the abortive leaves at the base 
of the bulbs, the flowers seated on longish pedicels having small appressed bracts 
at their base. Flowers narrow-oblong in outline, an inch and a half or more in 
length, and a little over an inch broad, the lip comparatively large and conspicuous; 
sepals thige, the dorsal one oblong, acute, venosely marbled with purple, and having 
a white margin, the lateral ones of the same colours, concealed by the lip, oblong- 
lanceolate, united in the lower half and directed downwards; petals spreading, 
oblong-obovate apiculate, white, with two or three broad transverse blotches of deep 
rich purple, the apex white; ip pandurate, an inch long by an inch and a half 
broad, three-lobed, the lateral lobes broad, rounded, white, flushed with purple and 
spotted with dark purple-crimson, the middle lobe dilated, deeply bilobed, spotted at 
the narrow basal part, but almost wholly white in the broader front part, the disk, 
with a prominent yellow crest, having two projections at the base, and two acute 
lateral arms in front, with an elevated angular keel between. Column. short, with 
the sides of the lower edges rounded, green at the tips, the apex and margins of 
the stigmatic hollow purple. , 
_ . QOnectprum PuHauznorsis, Linden and Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
1869, 416; E£. André, L’Illustration Horticole, 3 ser., t. 3 
~The Oncids form a large genus of Orchids, some of which are large-growing 
plants with showy flowers. They form a most useful group, and many of them 
are of easy cultivation, especially the large-growing kinds, which we find in the older 
collections of Orchids, these being cultivated for their long spikes of golden blossoms, 
which are useful for cutting purposes, and where large vases of flowers have to be 
| supphed the eraceful effect produced by their light airy panicles and their bright 
colours is very charming. ae oe 
The species we have now to bring under notice is of the small-growing "e 
_ and requires more care and attention than some others, being one of those kinds 
which are more difficult to cultivate. This section contains many beautiful plants. 
Our specimen was received from the well-grown collection of HE. Salt, Ksq., 
Ferniehurst, Shipley, near Leeds, who has been successful in growing this rare 
species, which is not often met with. 
