Stenocoryne
(from stenos, narrow, and koryne, a club; alluding to the club-shaped spur of the lateral sepals). ORD. Orchideae. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, epiphytal Orchid, now regarded, by Bentham and Hooker, as a member of the genus Bifrenaria. For culture, see Maxillaria. S. longicornis (long-horned). fl. orange, spotted with brown; lateral sepals ovate, acute, extended into a long, slender, clavate spur; lip long, unguiculate, three-lobed at apex; raceme loose, many-flowered. April. l. oblong-lanceolate, sub-plicate, shining. Pseudo-bulbs elongated, tetragonal. h. 1ft. Demerara, 1843.