Tas,. 7982—7933. 
CYMBIDIUM RHODOCHILUM. 
Native of Madagascar. 
) Nat. Ord. OrncnipEa#.—Tribe Vanpea. 
Genus Crmarpium, Si.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 536.) 
Cyrsripium rhodochilum ; herba, ut videtur, semper in arboribus excelsis supra 
: Platycerii madagascariensis candices crescense, pseudobulbis fasciculatis 
oblongo-conicis 3-5 poll. longis demum nigropurpureis, foliis 8-10 
distichis loriformibus 2-3 ped. longis acutis flexilibus recurvis atroviridibus, 
scapis simplicibus solitariis infra pseudobulbos enatis erectis folia fere 
zequantibus multifloris (scapus solus visus 20-florus), bracteis lanceo- 
litis acutis deflexis quam pedicellis brevioribus, pedicellis cum ovario 
circiter 3-pollicaribns, floribus sanguineo-viridibus splendidis circiter 4 
poll, diametro maximo, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis pallide viridibus reflexis 
circiter bipollicaribus, petalis sepalis similibus erectis apiculatis maculis 
atroviridibus conspersis, labello trilobo lobis lateralibus margine sanguineo 
excepto petalis coneoloribus et 4-plo brevioribus, lobo intermedio obcordato 
circiter 2 poll. diametro sanguineo medio luteo viridi-maculato. 
C. rhodochilum, Rolfe, Orchid Review, vol. ix. (1901) p. 10; x. (1902) p. 184 
(descriptio). Le Jardin, 1901, p. 276, fig. 183; 1902, p. 351. The Garden, 
1902, vol. i. p. 383 cum habitus figura. 
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It will be generally admitted that Cymbidium rhodochilum 
is one of the most striking of recently introduced Orchids. 
Jt is still very rare in cultivation, and the plant figured 
was purchased for Kew from Mr. G. Warpur, the dis- 
coverer, in 1900. Mr. Warpur states (Orchid Review, 
vol, ix. p. 10) that it always grows on masses of Platy- 
cerium, on the branches of tall trees, mostly of Albizzia 
fastigiata, Oliver, along the rivers and on the higher 
forest-slopes, at elevations of 1,800 to 2,100 feet. He 
adds that it seems to prefer a moderate degree of heat 
and humidity, and much light. In its native country it 
flowers from October to December, but the Kew plant 
flowered in May. 
The Kew plant is still attached to, and growing on the 
Platycerium, as it was imported. . 
Only two other species of Cymbidium have been recorded 
from Madagascar, namely, C. jlabellatum, Sindl., and 
C. Humbloti, Rolfe; both very different from (. rhodo-- 
chilum. On the authority of Mr. Warpur, C. Humbloti, 
JANUARY Ist, 1904. 
