B. Lindleyana inhabits the thickets of Costa Rica, where it was discovered by Mr. Skryner in an 
excursion along the coasts of the Pacific; but it would seem to be a scarce plant, having never been met 
with but on that occasion, and then only to a small extent. Through the kindness of Mr. Skinner, the 
species was added to the collection at Knypersley in 1839, but did not flower until November, 1841, when 
the accompanying drawing was made by Mrs. Wirners. Coming from the mild shores of the Pacific, it 
does not require a great degree of heat, but appears quite at home in a temperature of little more than 60°. 
Neither will it succeed in broken peat, but prefers a mixture of small sticks and twigs, into which, after 
the fashion of a true air-plant, it delights to thrust its little store of fleshy roots. Other species of Barkeria 
are already in English collections; one in particular, called in its native country “Flor de Izabal,” is a 
plant of great beauty, and through Mr. Skrnnur’s liberality, has been extensively distributed, but unfor- 
tunately all attempts to induce it to flower have hitherto proved unavailing. 
Among the varied labours of the distinguished Botanist to whom the present Barkeria is dedicated, 
his researches into the vast and intricate family of Orchidacee stand pre-eminent. Not only was he the 
first to call public attention to the extent and attractions of the tribe; but he was the first, also, to 
reduce into harmony, and refer to their proper genera, the confused multitude of species of which it was 
composed. ‘The manner in which he executed this difficult task must ever entitle him to the gratitude not 
less of the cultivator than the botanist; extending, as he did, the views of the one, while to the other he 
may almost be said to have introduced that greatest of rarities—a new pleasure. 
The Vignette affords another and familiar example of the conchology of the Pacific. 
on the wave-worn bank he lay, 
Stretch’d forth, and panting in the sunny ray.” 
Pops. 
