The variety xanthina, which flowered with Baron Hrusy, Peckau, Kolin, 
Bohemia, in 1884, differs in having orange-yellow flowers. 
Evidence is now to hand of the presence of the species in Eastern Peru, for 
specimens oppeared among the importations recently received from that country 
by Messrs Linpen, L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, one of which is 
represented in the annexed plate. It is very interesting to be thus able to extend 
the known range of the species, and in time we may hope to become better 
acquainted with the distribution of Orchids on that stupendous mountain range, 
the Andes, one of the most interesting regions of the globe. Numerous indications 
are continually coming to light which suggest that many Andine Orchids of what 
may be called middle altitudes are more widely diffused than was formerly 
supposed, and that these generally have a wider range than those from more 
alpine situations. 
It is a free growing species, and is said to thrive well in baskets, suspended 
from the roof of the Odontoglossum house or the coolest end of the Cattleya 
house, and shaded from the hottest sun in summer. Good fibrous peat, with 
sphagnum moss and a few broken potsherds or nodules of charcoal, is recom- 
mended as the proper compost, and plenty of water must be given during the 
growing season. After the growth is mature the plant should be subjected to 
a season of rest, but the pseudobulbs should never be allowed to shrivel, or the 
plants rapidly deteriorate, and dwindle away. 
R. A. Ro.re. 
