THE ORCHID REVIEW 265 
CORYANTHES MACROCORYS. 
Ir is interesting to note that the remarkable Coryanthes macrocorys has 
just flowered among the Peruvian importations of Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
It was originally introduced by Messrs. Linden, with whom it flowered in 
March, 18g2, when it was described and figured (Rolfe in Lindenia, viil., p. 
15, t. 342). It is a most remarkable flower, with the two lateral sepals 
almost like some expanded bivalve shell, 33 inches long, with the texture 
and colour almost of an Aristolochia. The dorsal sepal and petals are much 
smaller. The hood is conical-oblong, somewhat compressed from front to 
back, 1 inch long, and very fleshy, the cavity not extending half-way to the 
apex. On either side of this stands a curved erect horn, 3-inch long, from 
Fig. 10. CORYANTHES MACROCORYS. 
which drops of water exude and fall into the bucket-shaped lip beneath. 
The stalk of the lip is 13 inch long, and the bucket the same in breadth 
across the top. The flower generally is of a pale apple-green, with the 
lateral sepals and the inside of the lip covered with light purple-brown 
blotches. The helmet is almost suffused with a deeper shade of purple- 
brown. It is a most remarkable flower, and quite unlike any other species 
in the genus in the long fleshy hood, to which the name applies. The 
annexed photograph, which is exactly half natural size, gives an excellent 
idea of the structure of this peculiar flower. As regards culture we believe 
it should be treated like a Stanhopea, but should be placed in a light 
position and not too much shaded. 
