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Anguloa (Peruvian and Colombian Andes)

The Peruvian and Colombian Andes are the home of these plants. To the species and varieties described on p. 79, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

A. Clowesii macrantha (large-flowered). fl. bright yellow, spotted red, larger than in the type. July. Colombia. A fine but scarce variety. A. dubia (doubtful). fl. yellow, the sepals and petals covered on the inside with small, purple spots; lip white, blotched purple inside at base. Colombia. Supposed to be a hybrid between A. uniflora and A. Clowesii. A. intermedia (intermediate). fl., sepals and petals pale honey-coloured, densely spotted with light rosy-purple; lip almost suffused cinnamon-brown, with a few transverse purple bars on the disk. A hybrid between A. Clowesii and A. Ruckeri. 1888.

A. media (intermediate). fl., sepals and petals orange-yellow outside, brownish-purple internally, the lateral sepals being marked with a central, orange line; side lobes of the lip reddish-brown, the disk ochre, the anterior lobe short. A garden hybrid, probably between A. Clowesii and A. Ruckeri. A.Ruckeri retusa (retuse). fl. yellowish outside, spotted dark purple within;lateral lobes of the lip rectangular, the middle lobe small, reflexed, hairy. 1883. A remarkable variety.

A. Turneri (Turner's). fl. pink, the sepals and petals densely spotted inside with bright rose-colour. May and June. Colombia. A beautiful plant. A. virginalis (virgin-white). fl. white, spotted dark brown. June and July. Pseudo-bulbs dark green. h. about 1ft. Colombia.