JANUARY, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 9 
EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM 
HIS elegant species was discovered by Warscewicz in 1849, on the 
Chiriqui Volcano, Central America, at an elevation of from 4,500- 
5,000 feet. It was described by Reichenbach in 1852, and introduced to 
cultivation by Bridges in 1856. In its native home it is said to flower in 
the month of November, but under cultivation in Europe the period 
is 
EPIDENDRUM PRISMATOCARPUM, 
usually from May to August. The inflorescence is erect in habit, and bears 
many flowers 14 inch in diameter; the sepals and petals greenish-yellow, 
with blackish purple spotting; the lip trowel-shaped, rose-purple tipped 
with yellow, and with two raised lines o1 
the disc, as well as a pair of 
rounded auricles at the base. The specific name refers to the three sharp 
angles of the short ovary. Our reproduced photograph shows one of three 
spikes that was produced on a specimen plant in the collection of the late 
Mr. J. J. Neale, of Oxton, Kenton. The species is one that can be well 
recommended for inclusion in an amateur’s collection and succeeds 
admirably in the intermediate house. 
