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GONGORA MACULATA, Yah. JENISCHII. 
ivafr Order . Orchid acehs. 
Generic Character. —Gongora, and Pavon. Perianth 
expanded. Lateral sepals free, divaricated, the upper one con¬ 
nate with the back of the column. Petals smaller, adnate to the 
middle of the column. Labellum continuous with the base of 
the column, free, clawed, the spreading hypochilium horned on 
both sides, the epichilium vertical, laterally compressed (oppo¬ 
site faces complicate, connate), acuminate. Column very long, 
arcuate, clavate, margined. Anthers sub-two-celled; pollen- 
masses two, linear, sessile on a cuneate caudicula.—Epiphytous 
herbs, with pseudo-bulbs. Leaves plicate. Racemes very long, 
flexuose, many-flowered. 
Gongora maculata, Lindley.—Leaves five-plicate, obovate- 
oblong, very much narrowed at the base; lateral sepals nar¬ 
rowed from a wide base; hypochilium oblong, convex beneath, 
I obtusely two-horned at the base, the apex truncate with acute 
angles prolonged into two cirrhi; epichilium acuminate.— 
Lindley , Rot. Reg., xix., t. 1616. 
Var. Jenischii. —Jenisch’s Gongora.—Leaves more elon¬ 
gated (?) ; perianth and column coloured alike, yellow, 
finely mottled with reddish brown; peduncle and pedicels 
green. 
^DESCRIPTION.—An epiphyte, with large oval, angled, or furrowed bright green pseudo- 
^ bulbs. Leaves plicate, lanceolate-ensiforra, much narrowed below and acute above. 
Peduncle very long, green, with distant embracing reddish brown linear bracts; pedicels long, 
flexuose, green. Raceme many-flowered, long, pendent, with large spreading flowers. The 
upper sepal adherent about half-way up the column, linear, lanceolate, acuminate; the edges 
reflexed; lower sepals larger, obliquely triangular, acute from a broad base, edges rolled back. 
Lateral petals linear, adherent half-way to the back of the column, not so long as the upper sepal. 
Labellum continuous with the base of the column, free, clawed; the lower part (hypochilium) 
arched, and laterally compressed, with a pair of petaloid processes on the back of the midrib, 
truncate above, with two angles bearing thread-like processes; the upper part (epichilium) 
acutely elongate ovate, with the sides folded together face to face, attenuated to a point above. 
Column very long, semi-terete, arched, thickened upwards, adherent in half its length to the 
upper sepal and lateral petals. Perianth and column all of like colour, yellow, with fine deep 
mottling or blotches, darker towards the edges and points. 
History. —Gongora maculata seems to be very variable in colour, and we can find no 
other point by which to distinguish the form here described.—A. H. 
For the opportunity of figuring this very showy plant we are indebted to the kindness of 
S. Rucker, Esq., jun., of Wandsworth, who received it from his friend the Senator Jenisch, of 
Hamburgh, who had imported it some years back from Venezuela. It flowered in the rich col¬ 
lection at Wandsworth during the present summer, when our drawing was made. 
Culture. —The following remarks upon its cultivation are by our friend Mr. Goode, one 
of the most successful cultivators of Orchids in the country, and by whom, when resident in 
Germany, the distinctive name here adopted, was given, in compliment to the Senator Jenisch, 
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in whose matchless collection it first flowered. 
“ Like all other Gongoras, this beautiful variety is of very easy culture ; but, as in the 
management of all easily-grown plants, there are a few points which must be attended to, in 
order to insure, in the greatest perfection, the development of its graceful pendulous racemes 
of flowers, which, under good management, sometimes attain the length of five feet. It is 
admirably adapted for growing upon blocks of wood, in fancy pots, vases, or baskets suspended 
from the roof of the Orchid-house, in which position its gay and singular insect-like flowers 
have a very interesting appearance. This Gongora should be planted in good fibrous peat 
soil, or in sphagnum moss, liberally intermixed with broken crocks and charcoal. At the time 
of potting, elevate the plant slightly above the rim of the pot or basket, and take care to make 
the potting material quite firm, and fix the mass, if necessary, with a few slight pegs. While 
the plant is in a dormant state it must be kept comparatively dry, until it starts naturally, and 
without any unusual excitement, into growth, at which time the soil must be soaked for a 
few minutes in warm water, so as to get it properly moistened; but take care that no water, 
from drip or otherwise, gets into the new shoots until the pseudo-bulbs are properly formed, 
after which copious syringing may be resorted to with considerable advantage. This treat¬ 
ment must be continued until the growth is completed, by which means you will increase the 
size of the pseudo-bulbs annually, and obtain an increased supply of flower spikes. Being very 
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