530 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
masses, which are attached by a strap-shaped caudicle to a heart-shaped 
gland. The thick leathery leaves are as a rule two-ranked, and in some 
species—P. Lowii for instance—are shed in the dry season when growing 
naturally. Under certain conditions the flower spikes and roots of some 
species are proliferous. The plants are natives of the Indo-Malayan 
Region, where they grow upon rocks and tree-trunks. 
The first living Phalenopsis introduced was P. 
Aphrodite from the Philippines in 1836. It was long 
known as P. amabilis, Dr. Lindley believing it to be the same species 
as that to which Blume had attached that name, and which was for years 
thought to be the only species. Eleven years later the true P. amabilis 
of Blume was introduced from Java, and the first species was re-named 
Aphrodite by Reichenbach. The two species appear to be closely allied, 
but the real amabilis has flowers often two-thirds larger than those of 
Aphrodite. P. rosea came from the Philippines in 1848 ; and from the 
same locality, in 1860, P. schilleriana, the finest yet known, was intro- 
duced. In addition to its lovely flowers, this species possesses the 
attraction of richly-marbled leaves. All the others are of more recent 
introduction, of which the dates are indicated below. A number of 
garden hybrids have been raised. 
PHALANOPSIS AMABILIS (lovely) of Blume. Leaves 
light green. Flowers variable, as much as 5 inches across, 
pure white, the lip streaked with yellow; autumn. Also known as P. 
grandiflora, The var. awrea has the yellow of the lip more pronounced. 
P. APHRODITE (Venus). Leaves shorter and darker than those of 
P. amabilis, Flowers 3 inches across, pure white; lip streaked with 
crimson, orange, and yellow; in long racemes; flowering almost con- 
tinuously. There are several named varieties. 
P. ESMERALDA (Esmeralda’s), Leaves broad, two-ranked, somewhat 
marbled. Flowers 1 inch across, rose-coloured; raceme erect, few- 
flowered. Introduced from Cochin-China, 1877. 
P. LUDDEMANNIANA (Luddemann’s). Leaves oval, 6 to 9 inches long ; 
peduncles as long as the leaves, and bearing about six yellow and brown 
zebra-marked flowers, 2 inches across; lip purple. Philippines. March. 
P. SANDERIANA (Sander’s). Leaves dark green, sometimes mottled. 
Flowers large, rosy; lip white, marked with brown, purple, and yellow. 
Introduced from Philippines, 1882. 
P. SCHILLERIANA (Schiller’s). Leaves dull green, richly mottled 
with grey ; 1 foot to 20 inches long, and 3 to 5 inches broad. Flowers 
21 or 3 inches across, delicate rosy pink, of varying intensity ; lip three- 
lobed, white and rose, with a couple of yellow protuberances at the base ; 
History. 
PrincipalSpecies. 
