THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
[November, 
BROMHEADIA FI N DLAYSONI AN A. 
IliHEN Lindiey examined a curious Orchidaceous plant that has been 
found in Singapore by Findlayson he referred it, “ with great doubt,” 
to Grammatopf^llum, under the name G. ? Findlaysonianum (Gen and S£* 
Orch., p. 173). Subsequently it flowered in South Wales with J. D* 
Llewellyn, Esq., who received it from Cuming, with the memorandum that 
it had been “ dug out of a bog in Sumatra.” Lindiey afterwards had the 
advantage of examining a perfect specimen in flower, and found that 
although nearly related to Grammatophyllum it was, in fact, very distinct* 
He availed himself of the opportunity of adding to the list of genera the 
name of Sir Edward F. Bromhead, Bart., who was an investigator of the 
natural affinities of plants. A little later it flowered in the collection of the 
Duke of Northumberland, and was figured as Bromheadia palustris 
\Bot. Reg., 1844, t. 18). 
Mr. H. N. Ridley describes the plant as the finest in the genus (Journ~ 
Linn. Soc., xxxviii., 331), but considered it most inaptly named B. palustris, 
for it prefers hot sunny places as its habitat. It is a stiff plant, from one to 
six feet in height, with spreading distichous leaves rather distant below and 
gradually passing into sheaths at the top of the otherwise bare stem. The 
flowers open singly, are large and conspicuous and sweetly scented, opening 
in the early morning and closing very soon, which is characteristic of 
the genus. They are visited by the common carpenter bee and are oftep 
fertilised. All the plants produce their flowers at the same time. The 
species is common in Singapore, growing usually among the ferns and long 
grass, in open districts, rarely in shady or damp places. It is distributed 
over the whole of the peninsula, from Siam southwards, and in the Malay 
Islands as far east as the Philippines. 
Positions of Plants in Houses.— A great deal is dependent on the 
positions in which plants are placed in our Orchid houses. They will often 
be found to thrive better in one part of the house than in another. This is 
found out by experience and persevering observation. If a plant does not 
do well in one spot, try it in another, and when a suitable place is found let 
it alone. It is astonishing how differently various plants will thrive in 
different houses. We have found this out by reason of want of space in 
our Orchid Houses compelling us to place certain plants in house having a 
different temperature, and in which it has turned out that they have 
succeeded far better, made better growths, and bloomed more freely. 
When we find they succeed in this way, we keep them under these 
conditions, treating them otherwise according to their especial wants.— 
B. S. Williams* Orchid Manual. 
