. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. SOBHALIA. 713 Imcd; sepals and petals white, faintly tinged with rose; the lip being broad and much flattened out, of a soft rosy-purple colour; throat yellow.—rro^ieai Ainerica. Fia.—Ganl. Mag., 1892, p. 382 ; Jmni. of Hurt., 1893, xxvi. p. 75, f. 11. S. MACRANTHA, Lindl.—A remarkably handsome species, no doubt the fiiiest of the genus. The stems are 6 to 8 feet high, with oral acuminate plicate leaves, and short racemes of flowers, the flowers being indiv
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. SOBHALIA. 713 Imcd; sepals and petals white, faintly tinged with rose; the lip being broad and much flattened out, of a soft rosy-purple colour; throat yellow.—rro^ieai Ainerica. Fia.—Ganl. Mag., 1892, p. 382 ; Jmni. of Hurt., 1893, xxvi. p. 75, f. 11. S. MACRANTHA, Lindl.—A remarkably handsome species, no doubt the fiiiest of the genus. The stems are 6 to 8 feet high, with oral acuminate plicate leaves, and short racemes of flowers, the flowers being individually large, 6 inches across, aromatic, of a beautiful rich purple and crimson, the sepals oblong, the petals broader and crispy in the upper part, and the,lip folded round the column at the base, very , broad at the. roundish i ^ k bilobed apex, and wavy at the |, BT^ ^^'I^R I edge, having a pale yellowish fiV.^.^^Kl I JUlvHKfib/ spot in the centre. It blooms during the summer months, pro- ducing the blossoms succession- ally, each flower lasting three days in perfection. This makes a, flne plant for "exhibition.— Mexico ; Guatemala. 'PJd.—Bot. Mag., ;; JBatem. Orch. J/cx. tt Guat., t. 87 ; Paxtoii, Mag. Hut., xiv. p. 241, with tab. ; Moore, III. Orch. PI. (^Sohralia) t. 2 ; Flore dcs Serves, t. 669; Becuc Iloii. Beige, 1891, p. 86, t. i. S. MACRANTHA ALBIDA, Williams. — This chaste and beautiful variety was exhibited by us before the Eoyal Horti- cultural Society as far back as 1871. The stems are from 3 to 4 feet high, the flowers being upwards of 6 inches across, which are produced in great profusion; the sepals and petals are large and broad, of a soft creamy-white colour; the lip is large and well expanded of a rich soft purple; this contrasted with the white of the sepals and petals produces a charming effect. Yic.—Oard. C/ii-on., 1871, p. 906, f. SOBBALIA MACEANTHA. S. MACRANTHA DELICATA, O'JBrieji.—A variety with white flowers slig
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