E I P I I D IE irai ) IRi[TM M A C m © CMITLUDU var. R iE F M ,
TAB. XVII.
EPIDENDRUM' MACROCHILUM VAR. ROSEUM:
B R O A D - L I P P E D E P i D E N D R V M :
{Rose-colovred Variety.)
EfiDEN'OKUM macrocJùhm ; pseuclo-bulbis ovalis diphyllis, ioliis lincari-obloiigis coriaccis aciiLis xcapo
simplici vcl piiniciihito siibii'ti unii bus aut brcvioribus, sepalis petalis{|u<; confonnilnis obovatis apicibiis incurvis,
labello libero alte trilobo lobis lalcmlibus ovatis acuLis coliininain aiiiplectentibus intermedio maxinir)
obcordato sub-sellivforiui disco calloso, columnà uptenl.
EPIDENDRUM macrocliilum, HDOKKR, liot. Mag. 35S'i.
Desci'iption.
PSEUDO-BULBS ovate, froiuone Lo three indm long, of an c.vtreìmdì/ hard laxlure, smooth or
icniMml, bill: never furrowed ; hearbig two or three shiniiit/, ri<jid, coriaceous, .sharp-pointed LHAVES,
vsiuilli/ froin four to sic inchta in length. FLOWER-SPIKE creel, simple in culticated. but oecasionallg
branched in native, .specimens; bearing from two to twelve large, handsome FLOWEUS, which are
nearly three inche.^ in diameter, from, the tip of the upper sepal to the extrfrmUg of the Up.
SEPALÌÌ obocatc. mucronate, spreading, inevrml at their extremities, an inch and a quarter long,
choeolute-coloured, except at the base, where they have an olivneeous hue. PETALS similar in. form
and colour to the sepals, excepting that the.g are rather smaller. LIP, on its upper surface, of a
bi-ight rose colour, which is deepe.'it at the apex, paler underneath, not united with the column,
deeply S-lobed—lhe lateral lobes enveloping and almost concealing the column, ovate, acute,—the
middle lobe verg large and broad, obcordate, and saddle-shaped in consequence of its edges being
dejle.ved;—at the base there is a Jlattish Jkshy disk. COLUMN not attached to the lip, triangular,
eovipressed, destitute of wings, surmounted bg the large, conspicuous, orauge.-coloured ANTUEU.
THIS is one of the most attractive ai ¡¡pidendra, even in t!ie comparatively feeble state in which it is usually met
with in our stoves: but when seen in all its native luxuriance, it must be, iudeetl, magnificent I In cultivation, not more
than six or eiglit (lowers arc ordinarily produced, «'liereas in wild specimens, gathered in Guateniaia by Mr. SKINNER,
we find many-flowered panicles, iike the one represented in the plate. The species succeeds best in iiouses where air
is freely admitted, and appears to suffer from excessive moislurc : if alloivcil to rest during the winter months, it rarely
fails to"flower in April or May. Its blossoms emit a powerful odour, which though agreeable at a distance, is pungent
and slightly nauseous when too closely inhuled.
E. macrocliilum is found ahuutlantly in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Venezuela: and, a.s is usmilly the case witli
widelv-distributed species, its varieties arc exceedingly numerous: in some of these (like the one figured hy Dr. HOOKER),
the labcllum is white, while in others it is of the beautiful rose-colour shewn in the plate;—Mr. SKINNBU was, we
believe, the first to eurich European collections with the latter.
The Insect figured below, is a species of Mimlis, from the shores of the Pacific. Us vernacular appellation
(according to Mr. SKINNEU) is " Quebra Patita," and its bite is said lo cause death.
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