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the year, lasting long in beauty. It sometimes produces from twelve to fourteen 

 spikes of bloom, and then makes a very handsome specimen. If the old spikes 

 are left, they will keep blooming for several years, as in most other species of 

 this genus, and as the spikes elongate the flowers come larger. — Philippine 

 Islands. 



'Fig.— Paxton, Fl. Gard., ii. t. 72 ; Lem. Jard. Fl., iii. t. 283 ; Sot. Mag., t. 5212 ; 

 Jennings, Oi-oh., t. 27 ; Flore des Sevres, t. 1646 ; Gard. Chi-on., 1848, p. 671, with fig. ; 

 Orchid Album, vi. t. 268. 



Syn. — P. eduestris ; Stauroglottis eguestris, 



P. ROTHSCHILDIANA, BcKb. /.—A hybrid between P. ScMlleriana and 

 P. amahilis, the leaves having the shape and the variegation of P. Schilleriana. 

 The petals are white, and the sepals are pale sulphur-yellow, the lateral ones 

 being spotted with purple at the base; side-lobes of lip yellow spotted with 

 purple; mid-lobe white, sparingly spotted with red at the base and faintly 

 marbled with orange. Raised in the nurseries of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, and 

 dedicated to Lord Rothschild. 



Yia.— Veitch's Man. Orch. PL, vii. p. 51. 



P. RUCKERIANA. — See Sakoochiltis tjnguiculatus. 



P. SANDERIANA, Rchh. f. — A most charming plant, whioli it is suggested 

 may be a natural cross between P. amahilis and P. Schilleriana. Its general 

 appearance is that of a rose-coloured form of P. amahilis ; the foliage is similar 

 to that of P. amahilis, but the upper surface is a dark silver-grey, similar in 

 colour to the markings on the leaves of P. Schilleriana ; the sepals, petals, and 

 lip resemble those of P. amahilis, but are deeply flushed with a pleasing rose- 

 colour, some being whitish-rose, some rose-purple, with well-defined areas of 

 darker purple ; the lip is white, marked with cinnamon or purple stripes, and 

 some touches of yellow. The tendrils of the lip assume the anchor-like 

 form seen in P. Schilleriana ; the callus, which is peculiar, being horse-shoe 

 shaped with one blunt angle outwards on each side, is white or whitish with 

 brown or purple freckles. It flowers during the autumn months. In the var. 

 MARMORATA the lateral sepals have numerous rows of small purple spots at 

 the base, and the lip has three broad basal purple bars on the side lobes, and 

 a middle lobe with purple dots in the central line and fine purple stains at 

 the sides. There is a white form of this species called ALBA. — Eastern 

 Archipelago. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, V . t. 209; Zindenia, i. t. 23; L'Orchidophile, 1885, p. 18; 

 Meichenbachia, 2nd ser., ii. t. 68 (upper figure). 



P. SANDERIANA PUNCTATA, O'Brien.— A distinct variety, first flowered 

 with Messrs. H. Low & Co., of Clapton. The sepals and petals are more tinged 

 with lilac than those of the type; the lower portion of the lateral sepals is 

 spotted similarly to P. Stuartiana, the side and front lobes of the lip are spotted 

 with crimson. Mr. O'Brien suggests that it is probabl}' a natural hybrid 

 between P. Schilleriana and P. amahilis. — Eastern Archipelago. 



P. SCHILLERIANA, lichb. f. — A magnificent plant, undoubtedly one of the 

 finest Orchids in cultivation, and quite dissimilar from all other kinds. The 



