PREFACE.

INDEX TO PLATES.

INDEX TO NOTES AND SYNONYMS.

ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR. [ Plate 1 .] Native of the Organ Mountains of Brazil.

LAELIA SCHRODERII. [ Plate 2 .] Native of Bahia.

CATTLEYA MENDELII GRANDIFLORA. [ Plate 3 .] Native of the United States of Columbia.

EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM MAJUS. [ Plate 4 .] Native of Mexico.

MASDEVALLIA SHUTTLEWORTHII. [ Plate 5 .] Native of the United States of Colombia.

CATTLEYA MORGANAE. [ Plate 6 .] Native of the United States of Colombia.

PROMENAEA CITRINA. [ Plate 7 .] Native of Brazil.

CYPRIPEDIUM STONEI. [ Plate 8 .] Native of Borneo.

LAELIA PURPURATA WILLIAMSII. [Plates 9 -10.] Native of St. Catherine's, Brazil.

PHALAENOPSIS AMABILIS DAYANA. [ Plate 11 .] Native of the Eastern Archipelago.

ONCIDIUM GARDNERI. [ Plate 12 .] Native of the Organ Mountains of Brazil.

DENDROBIUM SUAVISSIMUM. [ Plate 13 .] Native of Burmah.

TRICHOPILIA SUAVIS ALBA. [ Plate 14 .] Native of Central America.

VANDA PARISHII. [ Plate 15 .] Native of Moulmein.

CATTLEYA GUTTATA LEOPOLDII. [ Plate 16 .] Native of the Island of St. Catherine, Brazil.

PESCATOREA KLABOCHORUM. [ Plate 17 .] Native of Ecuador.

BURLINGTONIA CANDIDA. [ Plate 18 .] Native of Demerara.

ANGULOA RUCKERII SANGUINEA. [ Plate 19 .] Native of Colombia.

DENDROBIUM AINSWORTHII ROSEUM. [ Plate 20 .] A Garden Hybrid.

AERIDES LOBBII. [ Plate 21 .] Native of Moulmein.

CYPRIPEDIUM LAWRENCEANUM. [ Plate 22 .] Native of Borneo.

LAELIA XANTHINA. [ Plate 23 .] Native of Brazil.

MASDEVALLIA HARRYANA COERULESCENS. [ Plate 24 .] Native of New Grenada.

CYMBIDIUM PARISHII. [ Plate 25 .] Native of Moulmein.

CATTLEYA VELUTINA. [ Plate 26 .] Native of Brazil.

ODONTOGLOSSUM BREVIFOLIUM. [ Plate 27 .] Native of the Cordillera of Peru.

ZYGOPETALUM GAUTIERI. [ Plate 28 .] Native of St. Catherine's, Brazil.

COELOGYNE MASSANGEANA. [ Plate 29 .] Native of Assam.

LAELIA ELEGANS ALBA. [ Plate 30 .] Native of Brazil.

CALANTHE VEITCHII. [ Plate 31 .] A Garden Hybrid.

ONCIDIUM HAEMATOCHILUM. [ Plate 32 .] Native of New Grenada.

CATTLEYA SUPERBA SPLENDENS. [ Plate 33 .] Native of Brazil in the region of the Rio Negro.

PAPHINIA CRISTATA. [ Plate 34 .] Native of Trinidad and Guiana.

ODONTOGLOSSUM ANDERSONIANUM. [ Plate 35 .] Native of New Grenada.

CYPRIPEDIUM POLITUM. [ Plate 36 .] Garden Hybrid.

CYPRIPEDIUM CHLORONEURUM. [ Plate 37 .] Garden Hybrid.

DENDROBIUM BIGIBBUM. [ Plate 38 .] Native of Tropical North-east Australia.

PHALAENOPSIS STUARTIANA NOBILIS. [ Plate 39 .] Native of the East.

ODONTOGLOSSUM KRAMERI. [ Plate 40 .] Native of Costa Rica.

ANGRAECUM EBURNEUM. [ Plate 41 .] Native of Madagascar and Bourbon.

DENDROBIUM SUPERBUM [MACROPHYLLUM]. [ Plate 42 .] Native of the Philippine Islands.

ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRAE FLAVEOLUM. [ Plate 43 .] Native of New Grenada.

LAELIA ANCEPS DAWSONI. [ Plate 44 .] Native of Juquila in Mexico.

CATTLEYA TRIANAE. [ Plate 45 .] Native of Colombia.

MILTONIA CUNEATA. [ Plate 46 .] Native of Brazil.

ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRAE. [ Plate 47 .] Native of Bogota, New Grenada.

VANDA COERULESCENS. [ Plate 48 .] Native of Burmah.

Transcriber's Notes

COMPRISING
COLOURED FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF
NEW, RARE, AND BEAUTIFUL
ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS.

CONDUCTED BY
ROBERT WARNER, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.,
Author of SELECT ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS,
AND
BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.,
Author of the ORCHID-GROWERS’ MANUAL, etc.

The Botanical Descriptions by THOMAS MOORE, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.,
CURATOR of the CHELSEA BOTANIC GARDENS.

THE COLOURED FIGURES BY JOHN NUGENT FITCH, F.L.S.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:
Published by B. S. Williams,
AT THE
VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, UPPER HOLLOWAY, N.
MDCCCLXXXII.