Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

TAB. 6477.
MAXILLARIA PORPHYROSTELE.
Native of South Brazil.
Nat. Oíd. OECHIDEíE.•Tribe VANDEJE.
Genus MAXILLAKIA, Ruiz et Pav. ; {Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 150.)
MAXILLAKIA (Uniflora') porphvrostele ; acaulis, pseudobulbis ovoideo-orbiculatis
compressis subsulcatis lateribus obtusis, foliis 2 ligulatis obtusis basi angus-
tatis, seapis radicalibus 1-floris, bracteis vaginantibus viridibus subacutis inferné
imbricatis supremo subcueullato obtuso ovarium subaequante, sepalis subacutis
incurvis stramineis dorsali oblongo vix fornicato, lateralibus subdeflexis basi
latioribus, petalis angustioribus ascendentibus incurvis linearibus subacutis
stramineis medio basin versus purpurascente, mentó obtuso, labello trilobo, lobis
lateralibus auricul•formibus erectis marginibus incurvis aureis purpureo striatis,
intermedio orbiculari-oblongo obtuso planiusculo basi callo tuberculaeformi
aucto pallide áureo, columna purpurea.
M. porpbyrostele, Reichb.f. in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 978.
A native of the Rio Grande de Sul province of Brazil,
whence it was imported by Mr. Bull, with whom it first
flowered in 1873. Its nearest ally is the M. pida, Hook.,
figured at Tab. 3154 of this work, a native of the Organ
Mountains (Rio de Janeiro), and which differs in the pseudo-
. bulbs, fewer bracts, and in the colouring of the much larger
very sweet-scented flowers. Both belong to the largest
section of the genus, many of which have a good deal the
habits of Indian C•logynes, which genus Maxillaria in
some respects represents in America. Reichenbach describes
the pseudo-bulbs of this species as covered with numerous
wrinkles, which not being the case in the specimen here
figured, is probably due to a want of ripening, or to a too
advanced state of that organ, which in a healthy condition
is perfectly smooth. The flowers, which are copiously pro-
duced, have no scent, but owing to their bright golden
colour the plant is a very attractive one. The specimen
figured is from a plant about a foot in diameter, which is
covered with flowers in the early months of the year.
DESCE. Pseudo-bulbs one inch long and hardly so broad,
EEBBÜAEY 1ST, 1880.