. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. EULOPHIA. 401 producing inconspicuous flowers. The bulbs of E. guineensis are broadly pear- sliaped, from 1 to 1^ inch in height, and from their crown proceed two leaves which are elliptic-lanceolate, plicate, and stalked; the flower scape is erect, 3 feet high, produced from the base of the pseudobulb, and terminates in a raceme of from seven to twelve flowers; the indi- vidual flowers are about 2| inches in diameter, the sepals and petals dull purplish-gr
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. EULOPHIA. 401 producing inconspicuous flowers. The bulbs of E. guineensis are broadly pear- sliaped, from 1 to 1^ inch in height, and from their crown proceed two leaves which are elliptic-lanceolate, plicate, and stalked; the flower scape is erect, 3 feet high, produced from the base of the pseudobulb, and terminates in a raceme of from seven to twelve flowers; the indi- vidual flowers are about 2| inches in diameter, the sepals and petals dull purplish-green, the lip large, three-lobed, the middle lobo very blunt, undulated, white with crim- son stripes at the base, the lateral lobes rolled and the spur subulate. It flowers in September and Octo- ber.—West Tropical Africa. Fig.—Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 818 ; Bat. Mag., t. 2467 j Bot. Beg., t. 686. E. GUINEENSIS PURPURATA, Rchb. f.—^A very rare and beauti- ful variety of E. guineensis, having flowers much richer in colour than in the ordinary forms; sepals and petals deep rosy-purple, lip rich bright magenta, traversed by deep crimson veins; the pseudobulbs are roundish ovate, and the some- what plicate leaves are oblong- acuminate, 6 inches long, narrowed below into a petiole; the scapes, which rise from the base of the bulbs, are a foot or more in height, and bear racemes of seven to ten pedicellate spurred flowers; the sepals and petals are linear-acumi- nate, deep rosy-purple, all directed upwards, and the broad roundish- ovate pointed front lobe of the lip is of a bright magenta, traversed by crimson flabellate veins, which become deep rosy-purple as they converge towards the base, the extreme base being white, and the short blunt side lobes blush; the slender spur is deep purple, and the column rosy-purple. It is a charmingly beautiful, richly coloured plant.—West Trovical Africa. Fig.—Orclhid Album, ii. t. 89. E. MACULATA, Bchh. f.—An interesting species from t
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