Grobya
(named after Lord Grey, of Groby, a munificent patron of horticulture; he died in 1836). ORD. Orchideae. A genus containing two species of greenhouse epiphytal Orchids, natives of Brazil. Flowers yellow or greenish, tinged and spotted with purple, in short racemes; petals broader than the sepals, forming a sort of helmet overhanging the lip; lip small, five-lobed at the apex. Leaves Grass-like, ribbed at the apex. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. For culture, see Stanhopea.
G. Amherstiae (Lady Amherst's).* fl. ochre-spotted, in pendulous racemes. September. l. linear, acute, striated. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, green, terete. h. 6in. 1829. (B. R. 1740.) G. galeata (helmeted). fl. green, purple; petals oblong, obliquely-rhomboid, rounded at top, disposed into a helmet along with the dorsal sepal; lateral sepals deflexed, connate at base; lip tripartite; lateral segments linear, middle one cuneate-truncate, with a toothed disk, warted from shining tubercles. Summer. l. like those of G. Amherstiae. h. 6in. 1836.