STANHOPE A. 719 



small and trifid, white with u, few purple spots, and the column clavate and 

 incurved, white on the inner face and purple on the outer. The disk bears 

 a saddle-shaped deeply bifid callus. This species and the still more beautiful 

 S. Augustorum will doubtless bring the genus Spaihoglottis, which has hitherto 

 been little esteemed, into more prominent notice. It was introduced by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, from Penang, and was flowered by them about 1844, but has 

 apparently slipped through the hands of our cultivators, as many another 

 choice Orchid has done.— Fenang ; Straits Settlements. 

 Fig. — Liiidenia, ii. t. 51. 



STANHOPEA, Frost. 



(Tribe Vancleae, subtrite Stanhopieae.) 



A genus of beautiful epiphytes, the majority of which have ovate 

 furrowed pseudobulbs, bearing each at their summit a large dark green 

 plaited leaf, some 12 inches or more long, and 6 or more inches broad ; 

 and from their base a deflexed or drooping scape furnished with several 

 large curiously formed flowers, thick and waxy in texture, in most of 

 the kinds highly coloured, and emitting a very strong perfume ; 

 unfortunately, they remain but a few days in perfection, which has 

 probably led many Orchid growers to relinquish their culture — a circum- 

 stance which is much to be regretted, as they are free-flowering plants, 

 and consequently a succession of blooms keeps them gay for a considerable 

 time. The flowers have free spreading sepals and petals, and a very 

 thick fleshy lip, which is variable and remarkable in structure, the hinder 

 portion, constituting what is called the hypochil, being usually saccate, 

 a middle part, called the mesochil, being often two-horned, and the 

 anterior portion or epichil being more or less moveable. Sometimes 

 one or other of these parts is deficient, and rarely they are all 

 blended into a kind of slipper. They all come from Tropical America, 

 some twenty or more species being known. We shall only mention a 

 few of the best sorts, though there are many others well deserving a 

 place in an Orchid collection, especially where room is not an object. 



Cdtare. — Stanlwpeas are of easy culture. They are best grown in 

 baskets with sphagnum moss, and suspended from the roof ; they require 

 a liberal supply of water in the growing season, and plenty of shade. 

 The baskets should be made shallow, and open at the bottom and sides, 

 so that the flower scapes may easily find their way through. After their 

 growth is completed they are the better for a good period of rest, during 



