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PHALAENOPSIS LUEDDEMANNIANA rcup. F. 
M. LUDDEMANN’S PHALAENOPSIS. 
PHALAENOPSIS. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 21. 
Phalaenopsis Luedd i Folia elliptico-oblonga, subobtusa. Scapi descendentes, laxiflori. Flores 4-5 cm. 
diametri. Sepala elliptico-oblonga, subobtusa v. apiculata, lateralia subobliqua, paullo latiora, Petala sepalis similia 
v. paullo parviora. Labellum breviter unguiculatum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus erectis oblongis bidentatis, intermedio 
obovato-oblongo subobtuso carinato disco piloso. Columna clavata. 
Phalaenopsis Luedd iana RcuB. F. in Bot. Zeit., XXII (1865), p. 146. — Ip. in Gard. Chron., 1863, p. 410. — 
Bot. Mag., t. 5523. — Fl. des Serres, t. 1636. — Revue Hort., 1872, p. 390, cum ic. — Flor, & Pomol., 1865, 
Pp. 257. — Lindenia, Il, p. 95, t. 94. ; 
Var. delicata Reup. F. in Gard. Chron., 1865, p. 434. 
Var. hieroglyphica Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., 1877, pt. II, p. 586. 
Var. ochracea Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., 1865, p. 534. — Revue Hort., 1872, pp. 390, 391, fig. a. 
Var, pulchra Rous. ¥. in Gard. Chron., 1875, pt. II, p. 36. 
his charming Phalaenopsis is a native of the Philippine Islands, and is 
| said to be abundant in the neighbourhood of Manila. It was introduced 
by Messrs Hucu Low & C?, of Clapton, in 1864, who, not at first 
distinguishing the species from P. rosea, sold some of the plants under that 
name. As soon as flowers were produced, the mistake was at once apparent. 
M. Luppemann, of Paris, was the first European cultivator who flowered the 
plant, and to him the species was dedicated by Prof. ReicHEenBacn. 
In the spring of 1865 it flowered almost simultaneously in several collec- 
tions, and at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held on May 2 nd. of 
that year, it was shown by five different exhibitors, Messrs Hugh Low & (CP, 
J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, S. Ricker, Esq., of Wandsworth, R. Barnett, Esq., 
of Blackheath Park, and Dr. Pattison, of St. John’s Wood. Immediately after- 
wards it also flowered in the collection of the late Mr. Wentwortu BuLteEr. 
From the outset it has been recognised as a very variable species in the 
colour of its flowers, and several forms have received distinctive names. The 
general ground colour is a light yellowish white, variously suffused with rose 
and barred with amethyst-purple. In the typical form the flowers are transversely 
barred with amethyst-purple on a light ground. The variety delicata has clustered 
cinnamon spots on the upper part of the segments and the amethyst confined to 
the very base. The one called hieroglyphica has the sepals and petals cream-white 
covered with small cinnamon spots and markings. The variety ochvacea is 
characterised by having the stripes on the sepals and petals light ochre-yellow. 
Lastly comes the beautiful variety pulchra, which has the upper part of the sepals 
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