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SCHOMBURGKIA SANDERIANA Roi/e. 



Pseudobulbis ( 



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 ne^Hs ohbrf 1 V hi ^ ^T .""" multlfloro > floribus s P eciosis roseis, sepalis lanceolato-oblongis subobtusis i# poll, longis 5 Hn. latis roseis, 

 fotunltoo^^ angU / EtiS roseis - labelIoob — trilobo 1% lin. longo, lobis lateralis late rotundatis obtusis intermedio late 



rotundato obtuso cr.spo-undulato # poll, lato medio sanguineo-roseo, disco albido obscure quinque-carinato, columna clavata 



SCHOMBURGKIA Sanderiana, Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1891, pt. 1, p. 202. 



This handsome Schomburgkia is allied to S. Humboldtii, Rchb. f!, which species has somewhat smaller flowers, with more elevated and acute keels on 

 the lip, and other differences It also comes from quite a different district in Tropical America. The present species was introduced by Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co., of St. A lb^s upwards of four years ago, and flowered for the first time in their establishment in January, 1891. It is a plant of medium size, with hollow 

 conical pseudobulbs, which are not improbably tenanted by colonies of ants, as in other species of the genus. The leaves are two or three in number oblong 

 obtuse, and very rigid in texture. The scape measures about 2% feet in length, and is occasionally somewhat branched at the base. The flowers are of a rosy 

 carmine shade, considerably darker in the centre of the front lobe of the lip, behind which extends the somewhat obscure white keels. It is a decidedly hand- 

 some species, and an interesting addition to the genus. R q Rolf 



The genus Schomburgkia was established by Dr. Lindley in honour of the eminent botanist, Dr. R. Schomburgk, 

 Director of the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, who, with his brother, the late Sir Robert Schomburgk! 

 travelled in British Guiana some fifty years ago. The genus is represented in collections by but very few species,' 

 the most generally cultivated being S. crispa, S. Humboldtii, S. Lyonsii, S. tibicinis, and S. undulata. To these may 

 be added the subject of our plate, the freest flowering, and with the exception of Lyonsii, the most handsome of all the 

 known kinds-not excepting the very fine form flowered in 1887 by Mr. W. J. Thompson, of St. Helens, Lanes., named 

 Thompsoniana by the late Professor Reichenbach, and who cynically said of it, " If this was not a Schomburgkia, how 

 it would be admired." Another species is that in the possession of Mr. W. H. Kimball, of Rochester, and named 

 Schomburgkia rhionodora Kimballiana by the learned Professor. Once more the celebrated orchidist grows sarcastic : 

 " I am quite aware," he said, " that Schomburgkias are not in fashion. Happy plants ! which, therefore, will not be 

 killed in hecatombs." 



Schomburgkia Sanderiana is a distinctly beautiful form, and quite new to science. It was introduced by us 

 in 1886 from Tropical America, and flowered for the first time in January, 1891. A spike of bloom was exhibited 

 by Baron J. H. W. Schroder before the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society on December 8 1891 

 and received an award of merit -as much as could be expected from the committee, seeing that only the 

 inflorescences were shown. 



We do not consider that justice has been rendered to this interesting and beautiful genus, and if growers would 

 give them more sunlight, with a high temperature, when growing, many of our orchid houses would be enriched by 

 members of this gorgeous genus, which are far too rarely seen. 



Our pla 



aken from a plant in the collection of Baron J. H. W. Schroder, The Dell, Egha 



