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PL. CCCXXIII. 
ZYGOPETALUM CERINUM xcup. F. 
THE WAXY ZYGOPETALUM. 
ZYGOPETALUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol, I, p. 27. 
Zygopetalum cerinum. Epseudobult + Folia « 
» pedalia, obl 1 blonga, i basi cuneata, 
obtusa, concava, basi cuneata, Petala paullo minora. Labellum 
o-angulatum; lobo medio obtusissimo convexo subreflexo; lobis 
lateralibus parvis ; crista crassa semicirculari plicata, margine crenulata. Columna clavata, 
Zygopetalum cerinum Reus. F. in Walp. Ann., V1, p. 651. — Fl. des Serres, 
p. 228, t. 838. 
Huntleya cerina Linpv. in Paxt. Fl. Gard., II (1852-3), p. 62, fig. 263. — Bot. Mag., t. 5598. — BaTem. 
Sec. Cent. Orch., t. 183. 
Pescatorea cerina RCHB. F. in MOHL & SCHLECHT. Bot. Zeit. (1852), p. 667. — Renp. r. Xen. Orch., I, 
p- 184, t. 65. — Fl. Mag., n. s. (1873), t. 93. — WARN. & WILL. Orch. Alb. IX, t. 394. 
Scapi validi, breves, uniflori. Sepala obovato- -oblonga, 
late obovato-rotundatum, obscure trilobum basi cordat 
t. 1815. — Gartenflora, XXIV, 
=q his interesting plant was originally described by D* Linptey, in 1852, as 
! Huntleya cerina, in the third volume of Paxton’s Flower Garden, where 
BGS we are told that “ it was found i in Veragua, by M' Warscewicz, on the 
Chiriqui volcano, at 8000 feet above the level of the sea, and was sold by 
auction by M‘ Srevens some time in 1851. ” M. Rucker was the first to flower 
it, and for a long time is said to have been the only possessor of the plant. 
Immediately afterwards ReicuensBacu, who observed some differences between it 
and the original Huntleya meleagris, founded upon it the genus Pescatorea, which 
he dedicated to M. Pescarore, of St. Cloud, near Paris, whose celebrated collection 
was formerly the finest in Europe. The genus, however, with others, was after- 
wards reduced to a section of Zygopetalum. 
In its native home it is said to grow on trees of the genera Trichilia and 
Cupania, at an elevation of between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. Although grown with 
success by different cultivators, and in different ways, it is said not be a long- 
lived plant under cultivation, probably because its requirements are not yet 
sufficiently understood. It is recommended not to let the plants become too 
large, otherwise the roots decay, and unless the old soil is carefully removed 
and the dead roots cut away, fatal consequences may result. They should be 
cultivated in baskets, with plenty of drainage, in a small quantity of very fibrous 
peat and sphagnum moss, mixed with some pieces of charcoal, and should be well 
elevated above the top of the basket, and placed at the warm end of the Cattleya 
house. They should never he allowed to become at all dry, as being entirely 
destitute of pseudobulbs they have no reserve stores of food to draw upon. 
Although requiring an abundant supply of water throughout the year, it should 
