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ZYGOPETALUM (PESCATOREA) KLABOCHORUM rm. 



lateralibus paullo majoribus, 

 ctis, callo amplo multisulcato, 



Warn. & Will. Orchid 



Foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, scapis brevibus suberectis, scpalis elliptico- v. obovato-oblongis obtusis v. apicula 

 petalis similibus paullo minoribus, labello elliptico-oblongo obtuso papilloso basi truncato paullo dilatato auriculis parvis erecti: 

 columna clavata trigona arcuata basi utrinque angulata apiculo anteposito in ungue labelli. 



Zygopetalum KLABOCHORUM, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1879, i., p. 684 (in note); Nicholson Diet, of Gard., IV., p. 246. 



PESCATOREA KLABOCHORUM, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1879, i, p. 684 ; id., ii., p. 167 ; 111. Hort., XXVIII., p. 153, t. . 

 Album, I., t. 17 ; Gartenflora, XXXIX., p. 322, fig. 61 et t. 1324. 



PESCATOREA KLABOCHORUM VAR. BURFORDIENSIS, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1879, ii., p. 167. 



PESCATOREA KLABOCHORUM VAR. ORNATISSIMA, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1884, i., p. 76. 



The present handsome species was described in 1879 from a dried flower and a sketch made by the late Franz Klaboch and sent to Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea. It was described by Reichenbach as a most remarkable species, quite distinct from Pescatorea coronaria in the shape of the 

 callus, and from P. Gairiana by its hairy and styliform processes, as well as by the shorter sepals. It was dedicated to the brothers Klaboch. Later in the 

 same year a plant from the same importation flowered in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, at Burford, Dorking, when Reichenbach identified with 

 it a flower he had received in September, 1878, from Mr. John Day, and another immediately afterwaVds from Mr. Gair, of Falkirk, through Messrs. Veitch, 

 but which he had at first taken for P. Backhousiana. Afterwards it flowered in numerous collections, and proved to be somewhat variable in colour, two of 

 the more distinct receiving varietal names. These were burfordiensis, which flowered in 1879, and ornatissima in 1884, both in the collection of Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence. It is a very handsome species, the flowers being very large, white, with a large, apical, reddish purple blotch on each of the sepals and petals. In 

 most cases this blotch is very sharply defined, though one of the figures shows it much lighter, and gradually suffused into the white. The lip is covered 

 with styliform papillae, which are reddish-purple on a light ground. The crest of the lip is large, and is broken up into about nineteen radiating lamellae, 

 which are reddish purple on the margin. The column is also reddish purple. It is a native of Ecuador. It has now become very rare in cultivation, owing 

 to the difficulty of cultivating the species of this group for any length of time — a circumstance much to be regretted. K. A. Rolfe. 



There is no doubt that some day when the culture of the subjects forming the section of Zygopetalum, known in 

 gardens as Pescatorea, Batemania, and Bollea, is better understood its members will be esteemed among the greatest 

 favourites ; and that that day is not far distant may safely be prophesied in view of the remarkable success which even 

 now attends the efforts of most of the growers who carefully grow their plants in a manner suggested by the conditions 

 under which they are found in their native habitats. 



It should be borne in mind that the whole of this class of Zygopetalum are found in perfect shade, growing on the 

 trunks of trees, very near their bases, and generally not many feet above the humid earth, which is covered with decayed 

 leaves fallen from the trees, and among mosses and other moisture-loving plants. The temperature of the different 

 districts in which the plants are found is remarkable for its equable character throughout the whole year, and the 

 sheltered position in which the plants grow renders the variation of temperature during each day much less than is the 

 case with plants growing in the same districts, but in more exposed situations. But still there is the usual difference 

 between day and night temperature, which is to be found in more or less degree in all parts of the world, and which 

 causes the observance of a lower night temperature than that maintained by day to be such an important matter in 

 successful orchid culture. 



Briefly it may be said that Zygopetalum Klabochorum and the other species of its class require a moist, shady 

 house, of an even temperature, ranging from about 60 deg. to 70 deg. Fahr. the whole year round, and in hot weather a 

 slight dewing over with a syringe in early morning and evening is beneficial. They may be grown either in baskets or 

 pots, but in the material used for them quite one half living sphagnum moss should be given, the other portion being 

 good fibrous peat. 



Speaking generally, if well looked after, these plants thrive where Phalaenopsis do; but care should be taken 

 not to subject them to bright sunlight or cold currents of air, as both these circumstances are among the most frequent 

 causes of damage to Pescatoreas, Bolleas, &c. 



In the Royal Gardens at Herrenhausen, Hanover, they thrive admirably, hung up over the path of a Palm stove, 

 and for some fifteen years past the plants have produced annually their magnificent inflorescences, thus giving tribute to 

 the admirable skill of our old friend, Herrmann Wendland. 



Our pla 



> taken from a plant which flowered in the Royal Gardens, Hanove 



Herrmann Wei ul land. 



