Fernandezia
(named after George Garcias Fernandez, a Spanish botanist). ORD. Orchideae. A small genus of epiphytal stove orchids, allied to Brassia. They are not of much horticultural beauty. The species best known if f. robusta. For culture, see Brassia. f. robusta (robust). fl. bright yellow, barred and spotted with red on the lower portion of the lip; sepals oblong apiculate, bent backwards; petals ovate, obtuse, stretching a little forwards; lip longer and larger than the petals, three-lobed. May. l. keeled, 1 1/2in. long, sharp at the extremities. Guatemala, 1841. This, the largest species of Fernandezia, is closely allied to Lockhartia lunifera, figured in Reichenbach's "Xenia." (B. M. 5592.)