[Plate 21.] 



KLABOCH'S PESCATOREA. 



(PESCATOREA KLABOCHORUM.) 



A Stove Epiphyte, belonging to the Order of Orchids. 



Specific Character. 



PB80ATOKEA KLABOCHORUM.— Quite distinct from P. coronaria in the shape of the callus, and by the minute side 

 auriculas, and from P. Gairiana by its hairy and styliform processes, as well as by the shorter petals. Sepals and 

 petals white, with deep well-defined chocolate-brown blotches at the extremities. Lip furnished with styliform 

 asperities. Callus ridged, with brown bar-lines of keels. Column yellowish, with brown spots. 



H. G. Reichenback, f. Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., vol. xi., p. 684 ; xii., 167. 



PESCA.TOREAS and Bolleas, as we said recently in describing B. ccelestis, are very nearly 

 allied. Not alone is this so in the formation of the organs of the flowers, bnt relatively 

 so in the appearance of the flowers and the form of growth which the plants possess. Like 

 the Bolleas, the flowers of Pescatoreas are produced singly on stout erect peduncles, which 

 rise from the base of the leaves, but do not attain a length equal to that of the leaves. 

 There is another similarity between the Bolleas and these Pescatoreas : they are both very 

 variable in the colours or shades of colour in their flowers. The variety which is represented 

 in the accompanying plate was bloomed in the collection of W. Cobb, Esq., Silverdale 

 Lodge, Sydenham, to whose kindness we are indebted for an opportunity of figuring it. 

 It is far in advance in the clear ground-colour of the sepals and petals, as also in their 

 beautifully-distinct markings ; in fact, it is one of the most handsome Orchids we have met 

 with for some time, and this, be it observed, is saying a good deal when every part of the 

 world where Orchids are likely to reward the collector is being ransacked to an extent that 

 has never before been equalled. There is one thing arising from this which is a decided 

 advantage, looking at the matter from a cultural point of view. The quantity of new 

 species that have of late years been introduced has had the effect of causing those who form 

 collections of these plants to be more particular in their selection. Time was when a new 

 Orchid, however little intrinsic beauty it possessed, was eagerly bought up at a price very 

 much above that which its merits as a flower deserved. 



These Pescatoreas have not the best reputation for being easily managed ; on the 



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