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Eriopsis (From Eria and opsis like)

(from Eria, and opsis, like; resemblance). ORD. Orchideae. A genus of three or four species of very ornamental cool-house epiphytal Orchids, natives of Northern Brazil, Guiana, and Columbia. A copious supply of water when growing, full exposure to the sun, and a compost of fresh peat and living sphagnum, are essential. They require the temperature of an intermediate house, such as suits Cattleyas, &c. Increased by dividing the pseudo-bulbs. E. biloba (two-lobed). fl. about 1in. across; sepals and petals oblong, dark yellow, shaded round their margins with brown; lip three-lobed, white, spotted with dark brown; spike 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, curved or drooping. l. broad-lanceolate, borne in twos or threes at the apices of the pseudo-bulbs. Pseudo-bulbs 5in. to 8in. high, conical, dark brown. Native country unknown. 1845.

E. rutidobulbon (rough-bulbed). A species similar to E. biloba. but with larger and more deeply-coloured flowers. New Grenada, 1847. (B. M. 4437.)