. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . epals and petalsare whitish rose outsidewith rows of purpleblotches, purple insidewith a few white bars atthe base of the petals,the side lobes of lip yel-low, white at the top andbase, the mid lobe whiteand rosy purple, orwholly purple, with atuft of hairs at the species seems to vary a good deal, some of the varieties havirg the blossomsmuch blotched and showing very little white. The flowersare also said to be very fragrant.—Andaman Islands. -Fig,.—Orchid Album, iv. t.
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . epals and petalsare whitish rose outsidewith rows of purpleblotches, purple insidewith a few white bars atthe base of the petals,the side lobes of lip yel-low, white at the top andbase, the mid lobe whiteand rosy purple, orwholly purple, with atuft of hairs at the species seems to vary a good deal, some of the varieties havirg the blossomsmuch blotched and showing very little white. The flowersare also said to be very fragrant.—Andaman Islands. -Fig,.—Orchid Album, iv. t. 158 ; Gard. Chron., N S., xviii. 745, figs. 130—132, P. Stuartiana, Bchh. f.—K very distinct and strikinglybeautiful species of Phalanoims, introduced by & Co., Clapton, and named in compliment to Low. In growth it resembles P. Schilleriana, as itdoes also in the shape of the flowers. The plant has flattenedroots, and bears oblong acute leaves, which are marbledwhen young, but become almost green as they get flowers are produced in large braoching panicles, and z 3. SPECIOSA. ^38 ORCHID-OKOWEK S MANUAL. are about two inches across, with the anchor-like tips of thelip, as seen in F. Schilleriana; the rhomboid petals andoblong upper sepal are pure white, the lateral sepals arewhite on the upper side, and very pale sulphur on the lowerside, where they are thickly spotted with cinnamon red, as isalso the central part of the lip, which has white edges andwhite horns. It flowers in the winter months.—TropicalAsia. ¥iG.—Bot. Mag., t. 6622; Card. Chron., , xvi. 748, 753, fig, 149;Florist and Pom., 1882, 49, t. 559, P. Stuartiana Hrubyana, f.—A fine variety whichhas bloomed in the collection of Baron von Hruby, Peckau,Bohemia. The sepals and petals are purple at the back, witha broad white margin on the petals, and a narrow one on theupper sepal, the inner border of the lateral sepals being alsowhite. —Trop ica I A
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