. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . nd dotted with purple onthe inner face, the spotsbeing many of them ocel-late; the lip is whitishspotted with purple, thehypochil being in additiondeeply stained with purple; stanhopea insignis. the hypochil is globose, split in front, the mesochil bears falcate incurved horns, andthe epichil is roundish ovate entire. The column is remark-able for its broad winged margin. The flowers are producedin August and September. There is a variety named flavaby Dr. Lindley which has yellowi
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . nd dotted with purple onthe inner face, the spotsbeing many of them ocel-late; the lip is whitishspotted with purple, thehypochil being in additiondeeply stained with purple; stanhopea insignis. the hypochil is globose, split in front, the mesochil bears falcate incurved horns, andthe epichil is roundish ovate entire. The column is remark-able for its broad winged margin. The flowers are producedin August and September. There is a variety named flavaby Dr. Lindley which has yellowish flowers, and is unusuallysweet-scented.—Brazil. ¥iO.—Bot. Mag., tt. 2948—9 ; Bot. Reg., t. 1837; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1985 ;Rchb. Fl. Exot., t. 265. S. Martiana, Bateman.—A magnificent species, quite dis-tinct in character and appearance. The pseudobulbs are ovateand furrowed, the leaves lanceolate plicately venose, and thepeduncles two-flowered; the sepals are very pale straw-coloured sparingly marked with small vinous spots, the petalswhite with larger spots, and a broad blotch of crimson at the. 582 okchid-groweks manual. base of each, and the lip white ; the hypochil is short, scroti-form, the mesochil short with cirrhose horns, the epichil ob-long-linear, obscurely three-toothed, and the column blooms during the autumn.—Mexico. EiG.—Batem. Orch. Mex. et Guat, tt. 1, 27; Bot. Reg., 1843, t. 44 (bicolor);Moore, 111. Orch. PI, Stanhopea 5; Flore des Serres, tt. 2112—3. Syn.—^. implicata. S. OCUlata, Lindley.—A free-flowering and extremely showyspecies. It has small ovate furrowed pseudobulbs, each of whichbears at the top a large broadly lanceolate nervose leaf, and fromthe base a peduncle supporting half a dozen large and hand-somely spotted blossoms in a drooping raceme. The flowersare of a lemon-yellow, the sepals covered with a large numberof lilac spots, often annular, the petals less thickly spotted,the centre yellow, with two or someti
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