ORCHID SPECIES 



It was the wish of Warscewicz, the original discoverer, that his plant 

 should bear the name Lawrenceana, in compliment to Mrs. Lawrence 

 of Baling, a generous patroness of Horticulture, but as his specimens mis- 

 carried, this fact was not made known until after Bateman had named it 

 in compliment to Captain J. M. Dow of the American Packet Service, to 

 whose kindness orchidists and men of science owe so much. It has 

 proved potent as a parent for hybridizing, many fine seedlings now in 

 cultivation being due to its influence. 



CATTLEYA IEICOLOE, Bchb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1874, p. 162; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 40; Orchid Review, 1893, 



vol. i. p. 63. 



The only known plant of this interesting orchid was obtained at one of 

 the orchid sales at Stevens' s Eooms, where it was sold without any specific 

 name or intimation of its origin. 



Flowered at Chelsea in 1874, the flowers proved cream-white in colour 

 with W-shaped yellow markings, on the lip on either side of which are 

 maroon-purple stripes. 



CATTLEYA SKINNBBI, Bat&ni., var. ALBA, Bckb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. vii. p. 810 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 47. 



Discovered in Costa Kica by Endres, and sent to us. 



It has ever since its introduction been acknowledged one of the 

 loveliest white orchids in cultivation ; the pure white flowers, with a 

 yellowish blotch on the disk of the lip, are produced in the same manner 

 as those of the type. 



CIEEHOPETALUM EETUSIUSCULUM, Bchb.f. 



Syns. Bulbophyllum retusiusculum, Rchb. f . 

 Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 1182. 



Introduced through Colonel Benson, by whom it was discovered in 

 Moulmein. A botanical species not now in cultivation. 



CIEEHOPETALUM EOBUSTUM, Bolfe. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 771, fig. 116 ; Veitcha' Catlg. of PL 1896, p. 4, fig. 



reproduced. 



This Cirrhopetalum , probably the largest species known, and one of the 

 most remarkable yet introduced, was sent from New Guinea by David 

 Burke. 



The flowers are produced on a short scape, almost sub-umbellate. The 

 sepals are yellowish -green, tinged with red in the centre, and have a 

 varnished surface; the petals are small, brown-coloured, whilst the 

 mobile lip is reddish chocolate. 



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