. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. AXn THE IK MAXAGE-MEyr. 4S1 Stanhopea. red spots. It IS ditticult to convey any idea of the extraordinary form and rich colouring of the flowers of this species. Sonic- times the scape is two-flowered. Introduced from Colombia b)' Messrs. Low and Co., and first flowered by Mr. Day in 1S67. (Ref. Bot., t. loS.) 5. tig"rina {Batent.).—One of the most striking of all Orchids : its huge, strangely-formed blossoms, the thick, waxy consistence of the lip and column, the singular colours of the flowers, and the powerful fragrance they exhale, bei
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. AXn THE IK MAXAGE-MEyr. 4S1 Stanhopea. red spots. It IS ditticult to convey any idea of the extraordinary form and rich colouring of the flowers of this species. Sonic- times the scape is two-flowered. Introduced from Colombia b)' Messrs. Low and Co., and first flowered by Mr. Day in 1S67. (Ref. Bot., t. loS.) 5. tig"rina {Batent.).—One of the most striking of all Orchids : its huge, strangely-formed blossoms, the thick, waxy consistence of the lip and column, the singular colours of the flowers, and the powerful fragrance they exhale, being a combination of. Fig. 163. Flowers of .Stanhopea tigrixa (much reduced). characters of a very extraordinary nature. The pseudo-bulbs and leaves are dark green, the latter being broad and about gin. long. The pendulous scape is clothed with large, boat-shaped, thin, brown bracts, which remain after the flowers have opened. The waxy, fragrant flowers are fully 6in. across. The sepals are almost as broad as long, concave : and the petals are much narrower and wavy—the colour of both being dingy yellow, with large blotches of dull purple, sometimes a single irregular blotch over two-thirds of the entire sepal. The cavity of the lip is broad and short; the horns are about lin. in leuL^th, and 2 I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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