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TRICHOTILIA MARGIXATA. 
TEICHOPILIA MARGINATA. 
Nat. Order.— C-RCniijACiLE. 
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Generic Character, — Trichopilia, Lindley. — Sepals and 
petals of the spreading perianth equal, linear, crisped. Label- 
lum large, convoluted, parallel to the column, three-lobed, the 
intermediate one somewhat two-lobed, flattish, naked inside. 
Column round, club-shaped, the clinandrium hooded, three- 
lobcd, villous-fringed. Anther one-celled, compressed, convex 
in front. Pollen-masses two, furrowed at the back, adherent to 
slender wedge-shaped eaudicles ; gland very Small. — Mexican 
herbs, with fleshy pseudo-bulbs, clothed with spotted scales, 
one-leaved ; leaves leathery, flat or slightly folded ; flowers 
axillary, solitary. — (Endlicher Gen. Plant., H51.) 
TnicnopiLlA margixata, nov. sp. — Bordered-lipped Triclio- 
pilia. — Pseudo-bulbs long and narrow, compressed, bearing 
one folded leathery leaf at the summit, clothed with brown 
scales at the base ; scapes arising in the axils of basilar scales, 
short, thick, and fleshy, clothed with several small fleshy imbri- 
cated scales at the base, decurved, one - flowered ; flowers 
large ; sepals and petals pale greenish, with purple shading 
above ; labellum large, deep purplish-crimson or plum-coloured 
in the middle, shading off into a white margin. 
Syn. — Trichopilia coccinea, of gardens. 
Y'JESCPJFTIOX. — A pseudo-bulbous herb ; the pseudo-bulbs occurring in groups, fleshy, 
«-' long, narrow, and compressed, bearing one leaf at the summit, which is folded below and 
channelled to the summit ; the base of the pseudo-bulbs clothed with a few rather large brown 
scales, closely applied. The scapes, arising from the axils of scales at the base of the pseudo- 
bulbs, are short, thick, and fleshy, and clothed with several small fleshy imbricated scales at the 
base. The flowers large, spreading, and solitary, with the sepals and petals alike, narrowly 
linear-lanceolate, acuminated, crisped, with a thickened midrib, pale green, with purplish 
shading, chiefly on the upper side, leaving a light margin. Labellum very large, narrowed into 
a long claw, parallel to and adherent nearly half way up the column, the margins of the 
expanded portion rolled over the column, so as to produce a funnel-like aspect in the labellum, 
the mouth of the funnel being recurved. The limb, when opened out, obscurely three-lobed, 
the middle lobe squarish, emarginate ; the central part of the limb deep purplish rose or plum- 
coloured, shaded off, and with veins radiating into the broad white recurved margin. Column 
continuous with the ovary, terete, club-shaped, with a fringed membranous hood. — A. H. 
History, &c. — This very pretty species was recently introduced into this country by Mr. 
Linden, from the interior of New Grenada, in the western hemisphere, and has already flowered 
in several collections. "We believe J. H. Schroder, Esq., of Stratford, was the first to bloom it ; 
and our plate is prepared from a drawing we were kindly permitted to make from Mr. Schroder's 
plant, after the Royal Botanic Society's May Show, at which, as well as at the Chiswiek fdc, 
one or two flowering plants were produced. 
Culture. — This plant is found on trees in the higher parts of New Grenada, and therefore 
it may be concluded that it does not require the heat of the Indian orchid-house. It thrives 
best in a pot, in a compost of peat, leaf mould, chopped sphagnum, broken potsherds and char- 
coal, mixed in equal proportions, and used in as rough a state as possible. An important point 
is drainage : every pot should have at least half of its depth filled with broken potsherds ; these 
should be in three sizes, the largest at the bottom, the middle sized upon them, and then a 
covering about half an inch thick of the smallest size. Upon the whole place a thin covering of 
moss. In proceeding to pot the plant, divest it of any old compost which may hang about it, 
clear the leaves, and the surface of the pseudo-bulbs, of any intruders of the insect tribe which 
may infest them, and wash the leaves quite clean; then fill up the pot to the level of the 
rim with the compost, set the plant in the centre, fill up all round with compost, and by means 
of some hooked pegs fix the plant firmly ; give a good watering, and the putting is completed. 
The proper time for potting is as soon as the young growths have got to the length of from one 
to two inches. The season of growth should commence with us about March, and be carried 
slowly on till September. The season of rest should be the remainder of the year. The tem- 
perature to which the growing plants should bo subjected is about 65° by day, and 60" by night ; 
when the plant is at rest, 55° by day, and 50° by night, will be hot enough. 
The progagation of this, as of other pseudo-bulbous ( )rehidace03, is effected by careful division 
of the plants. — A. 
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