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SCHOMBURGKIA ROSEA inp. 
THE ROSE-COLOURED SCHOMBURGKIA. 
SCHOMBURGKIA. Sepala subaequalia, libera, patentia, plus minus undulata. Petala sepalis similia et aequalia 
vel evidentius undulata. Labellum ima basi cum columna brevissime connatum, erectum; lobi laterales explanati vel 
primum columnam laxe amplectentes, medius rotundatus vel late bilobus planusque, vel angustior et undulatus. Columna 
recta vel incurva, labello incumbens, lobis suis lateralibus saepius brevior, anguste vel superne latius bialata; clinandrii 
lobi seu dentes laterales breves, posticus longior, vel rarius omnes aequales. Anthera apici dentis posticis affixa, incum- 
bens vel subpendula, valde convexa, conica vel dorso bicornuta, loculis 2 discretis septo longitudinali perfecte bilocellatis, 
locellis septo imperfecto transverso divisis; pollinia 8, cerea; in quoque loculo 4, per paria superposita, late ovata, a 
latere parallele compressa, inferiora ascendentia cum superioribus saepius minoribus appendicula granulosa, interdum 
laminiformi, connexa. Capsula ut videtur erostris, matura tamen nobis deest. 
Herbae epiphyticae, pseudobulbis vel caulibus carnosis oblongis fusiformibus vel elongatis plurivaginatis apicem 
versus 1-3 foliatis. Folia ovata oblonga vel elongata, crasse coriacea vel rigide carnosa. Racemus in pedunculo terminali 
elongato simplex, floribus speciosis pedicellatis, Bracteae persistentes, rigide membranaceae vel coriaceae. 
Schomburgkia LinDL., in Sert. Orch., t. 10, 13 (1838). — BENTH. et Hoox., Gen. Plant., III, Pp. 334 (1883). 
Schomburgkia rosea, Labello basi rotundato ante medium trilobo, lobis lateralibus obtusangulis, lobo medio 
ovali obtuso crispo, lobis lateralibus paullo angustiori, carinis septenis ante labelli basin abruptis, quatuor angulato 
extrorsum flexis, omnibus in basi lobi medii elevatis crispulis, lateralibus in venulas excurrentibus. — Pseudobulbus.... 
Folium cuneato-oblongum apice acutiusculum, superne imo siccum valde vernixium. Pedunculus nitidus quasi 
Bambusae, vaginis rectis apice libero acutis vaginatus, apice corymboso racemosus. Bracteae lanceo-acuminatae; 
siccae adhuc violaceae-purpureae, ovaria pedicellata non omnino aequantes. Sepala et petala oblonga crispula, 
petala nunc cum apiculo, Labellum prope circulare. « Flos roseus, » quod imo in sicca planta conspici potest. 
Columna apice utrinque obtusangula. — Summa affinitas cum S. crispa, sed labelli carinis bene recedere videtur, 
etiam colore diversa, — « Rocks on the northern slope of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Martha, 5000’ above 
the sea, between the villages of S. Antonio and S. Miguel, in the territory of the Auruhuacos Indians. 
February 1844. » LINDEN n. 1664. S. Martha. Purdie. 
Schomburgkia rosea LinD. Herb. n° 1664; LinpL. in Bot. Reg., XXXI, sub t. 53 (1845). 
Bletia rosea Reus. F. in Walp. Ann, Bot., VI, p- 420 (1862), et Xen. Orchid., Il, 49 (1863). 
chomburgkias, although decidedly pleasing and decorative, are to some 
extent neglected by amateurs; this may probably be accounted for from 
jj the great length of their pseudo-bulbs and the height which their flower- 
ee attain, frequently reaching the roof of the house and thus preventing the 
beauty of the flowers from being seen. It would be unfair however to apply these 
objections to the whole group, as many varieties do not possess these faults, 
among the latter being Schomburgkia rosea which we now figure — the flower- 
spikes of this variety are not inconveniently long and the flowers, which are 
abundantly produced, are brought well into observation — indeed it is one of 
the finest and most lasting of all. 
The genus Schomburgkia was founded by LinpLey and dedicated to 
D* Ricnarp ScHomBurcGK, who discovered the typical species Schomburghia crispa, 
in the course of the expedition he made with his brother — afterwards created 
