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CCELOGYNE PANDURATA 



">-, 1853, p. 791 ; 

 t. 6t, ; Lindeni; 



, scapo c 



disco basi bicarinato, columr 

 Fol. Orch., Ccel., p. 3 ; Bot. 

 , p. 79, t. 86 ; Orchidophile, 



Pseudobulbis ovali-oblongis subcompressis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis breviter acu 

 oblongis, sepahs lanceolato-oblongis acutis, lateralibus carinatis, petalis falcato-lanceola 

 oblongis brevibus, intermedio late oblongo retuso undulato lateribus deflexi 



CCELOGYNE PANDURATA, Lindl. in Gard. CI 

 Orch, II, p. 80, t. 121 ; Warn. & Will. Orch. Album, 

 VI, p. 47, cum xyl.; Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind, V, p. 835. 



HackneJ wkThomi! 6 ^? ^ T f^ * &*,& Low, in 1852, in the Bornean province of Sarawak, and sent by him to Messrs. Lodd 

 ho ^ estT-g £nZtJ^£ tthls T ". 7T "?* ^ T™* ^ *" * ~ deSCribed * Dr « Li " d ^ lt is Said t0 &™ 

 season Itt aid to be not Vnro n T ^ ^ f adjaCent t0 the C ° aSt a " d river banks > in P laces that are almos * inaccessible during the 



natural .ronnZ uncommon. Quite recently ,t has been discovered in Perak, by Scortechini, at about 3,500 feet elevation. It is one of < 



natural group of species, consisting of C. asperata, Lindl, C. Mayeriana, Rchb. f, C. peltastes, Rchb. f, and C. Parishii Hook f 

 - dark brown. C. pandurata is a very striking species. Its large flowers, o 

 the sepals and petals are of a pleasing light green shade, and the lip is yellowish green, streaked 

 arty asperities. It is certainly a noble species. 



:uato multifloro, floribus speciosis, bracteis cucullatis 

 :enuatis, labello pandurato, lobis lateralibus erectis 

 1 clavata alata. 



Mag, t. 5084; Fl. d. Serres, t. 2139 ; Rchb. f. Xen. 

 886, pp. 362, 363, cum xyl. ; Veitch Man. Orch, pt. 



gv.s, < 



very 



colours of the flowers are green and black < 

 :hing raceme ; t 

 sped and the disc covered with black < 



which the prevailing 

 nches in diameter, are borne in an 

 potted with black, the front lobe 

 R. A. Rolfe. 



I cones analytical Labellun 



The species here represented is, perhaps, the most remarkable of the whole genus, which comprises some half a hundred 

 species, so far as our present knowledge carries us. 



Coelogyne pandurata is not so often found in collections as its distinctive merits certainly warrant, nor are its 

 cultural requirements calculated to depopularise it. The fact, remains, however, that a most' attractive and really 

 interesting Orchid— not by any means extravagant in price— is still comparatively unknown to the large majority of 

 Orch.d cultivators, notwithstanding that it is quite an old introduction, it having flowered for the first time in Europe as 

 far back as 1853, Mr. Conrad Loddiges being the fortunate possessor. This plant was described by Dr. Lindley in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle of December 10, 1853. 



In its native habitat— the dense jungles of Borneo— it is found in considerable quantities growing on the trunks 

 of trees, sheltered from the sun's rays, and revelling in the moist, steamy atmosphere predominant in the swamps and 

 marshes bordering the river banks, and which during the pluvial period are impracticable morasses, defying the efforts 

 of the ubiquitous orchid collector to penetrate their solitary depths. 



The flowers of Ccelogyne pandurata are large in size, frequently 4 inches or more across. In different plants the 

 sepals and petals vary somewhat in shades of colouring, but not widely, the normal tones being pea-green or yellowish- 

 green. The hp generally is of a lighter shade, down the upper centre of which run lengthwise black, furry excrescences 

 while on the side lobes are numerous black, wart-like tubercles. The species takes its name pandurata— fiddle-shaped— 

 from the fanciful resemblance that the lip bears to that musical instrument. 



The plant succeeds with little difficulty in a hot, moist house, and as it is of a rambling habit, it is best grown on 

 rafts or in long, shallow baskets, using sphagnum moss and good, fibrous peat around the rhizomes to encourage its roots 

 to ramify-in fact, imitating as near as possible its primitive surroundings. That it can be grown successfully is demon- 

 strated by the fine specimen that exists in Kew Gardens, which last year (1891) threw up two spikes, one bearing ten fine 

 blooms. The subject of our illustration was kindly furnished by A. T. Playne, Esq., Longfords, Minchinhampton who 

 exhibited the plant before the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society on April 14, 1891. This fine 

 specimen then carried a spike of twelve abnormally large blossoms, and was justly awarded a cultural commendation 



