This very rare epiphyte has long been known as a 
native of trees in different parts of the West Indies. The 
elder Jacquin discovered it in the small island of Baru, off 
the coast of Carthagena, filling the woods at night with its 
fragrance ; Sloane observed it in Jamaica; and lastly, the 
plants from which this figure was taken were received from 
Mexico by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., and by him presented 
to the Horticultural Society in 1828. 
It requires a hot damp stove, where it grows freely 
among moss and decayed vegetable matter. Its habits 
are the same as those of Cattleya. 
Drawn in the Garden of the Horticultural Society last 
October. 
At the time of publication of the second part of the 
Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants, we had not seen 
any specimen of this. We now improve its character from 
the living plant. 
Jo La. 
