PESCATOREA. 645 



described it in the Oardenere' Chronicle, 1889, v. p. 9, as follows : — " The bulb is 

 as long as and shaped like a good hen's egg, most obscurely two-edged, shining, 

 green; the leaves appear not to be distinct from those of P. pendula; the 

 raceme had five flowers equal to those of the just-named species ; they have the 

 same sepals and petals, only the reddish spots on light ochre ground are confined 

 to their anterior parts ; the lateral wings of the lip have callous nearly adnate 

 blades inside; these are connected by a very thick strong transverse bar in 

 P. pendula, while the corresponding bar in P. Bosaiana is quite thin, much lower 

 and with a median apiculus ; the moveable mid-blade is pandurate, curved at 

 the blunt apex, and it has two strong crescent-shaped keels." — Native country 

 'iwt stated. 



P. SELLIGERA, Bchb.f. — Like P. laeta, this is nearly allied to P. ^eracJttZa, and 

 described in the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1887, ii. p. 273, as follows : — " The flowers 

 have nearly the same colour as P. pendula, the epichile being perhaps more yellow ; 

 it may be distinguished at once by its armless column, on which account it comes 

 near P. cerina ; it has, however, a saddle-like callus, with deep argute margins 

 covering the whole disk ; it is therefore quite distinct."- — Quiana : Demerara. 



PESCATOREA, Reichenbach fil. 



(Tribe Vandeae, subtribe Cyrtopodieae.) 

 This genus consists of epiphytal plants scarcely forming pseudobulbs, 

 but having bold distichous evergreen leaves, and one-flowered scapes 

 issuing from amongst them, bearing large flowers, which have a clawed 

 lip, with an ovate acute lamina, a deeply fimbriated crest, and a very 

 broad column. The few species are from the Andes of South America. 



Culture. — The Pescatoreas are easily grown if they get the treatment 

 required, but they are often killed by not having sufficient heat and 

 moisture. We find they do best in the warmest end of the East Indian 

 house, with plenty of water all the year round, for they seem never to 

 require any rest. The attention that may be given them will be well 

 repaid by a profusion of their elegant, curious, and delicately scented 

 flowers. The plants will do well either on blocks or rafts or in pots ; if 

 on blocks, live sphagnum should be packed about their roots ; if in pots, 

 they should have a compost of peat and moss, with good drainage. 



P. BACKHOUSIANA, Bchh. f. — A very distinct and beautiful species in the 

 way of P. Klabochorum. The sepals and petals are creamy white heavily tipped 

 with bright purplish-violet, the deeply three-lobed lip is also creamy-white, 

 having a deep yellow hippocrepiform callus of nineteen ribs, with brownish lines 

 to the keels, the ^pterior portion yellowish with a number of small purplish warts. 

 It blossoms during the summer months. Introduced by Messrs. Backhouse 

 & Son, York. — Ecuador. 



Syn. — Xijgopvtaluni SacUlwusianum . 



