152 ABOUT ORCHIDS. 
Mr. Rand, dwelling on the Rio Negro, in Brazil, 
where he has established a plantation of Hevza 
Brazilienses, a new caoutchouc of the highest 
quality, indigenous to those parts. Some years 
ago Mr. Rand wrote to Mr. Godseff, at St. 
Albans, begging plants of Vanda Sanderiana and 
other Oriental species, which were duly for- 
warded. In return he despatched some pieces of 
a new Epidendrum, named in his honour &. 
Randii, a noble flower, with brown sepals and 
petals, the lip crimson, betwixt two large white 
wings. This and others native to the Rio Negro 
Mr. Rand is propagating on a large scale in 
shreds of bamboo, especially a white Cattleya 
superba which he himself discovered. It is pleas- 
ing to add that by latest reports all the Oriental 
species were thriving to perfection on the other 
side of the Atlantic. 
Vandas, indeed, should flourish where Catéleya 
superba is at home, or anything else that loves the 
atmosphere of a kitchen on washing-day at mid- 
summer. Though all the Cattleyas, or very 
nearly all, will “do” in an intermediate house, 
several prefer the stove. Of two among them, C. 
Dowiana and C. aurea, 1 spoke in the preceding 
chapter with an enthusiasm that does not bear 
repetition. Cattleya guttata Leopoldi grows upon 
