176 THE -ORCHID REVIEW. {| Nov.-DEC., 1920. 
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Real ONCIDIUM PHAL/AENOP ae 
MONG the Orchids which it is desirable to re-introduce to cultivation 
must be included this charming little Oncidium, for we fear that it 
has completely ‘disappeared. It is a native of Ecuador, whence it was 
introduced by M. J. Linden, Brussels, through Gustav Wallis, being 
described by Reichenbach in 1869. It has since been reduced to a variety of 
O. cucullatum, though we should rather consider it as a distinct but closely 
Fig. 15. OnctptumM PHALANopPsiIS. 
allied species, having considerably larger flowers, with some differences 
in structural details. It is said to occur at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 
feet, and thus requires quite cool treatment. The flowers here figured were 
from a plant in the collection of the late Frau Ida Brandt, of Zurich, and it 
is only necessary to add that the markings are bright purple, and the ground 
colour of the lip white. The allied O. cucullatum is still occasionally met 
with, though in weak examples which give little idea if its character in 
native examples. Both are high alpine plants, inhabiting the cooler regions 
of the Andes, and growing under conditions which can only be approxim- 
ately met in the Odontoglossum house. It is much to be wished that a new 
importation of these charming plants could be made. 
