AucusT, 1922.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 237 
THE ORCHID COLLECTION OF CORONEL PEDRO 
F. M. AMORIM, BAHIA, BRAZIL. 
HERE are several important collections in Bahia, varying, of course, 
in the number of plants, but all of interest to the lover of Orchids. 
Probably the largest is that owned by Coronel Pedro F. M. Amorim, 
Avenida de Brotas, Bahia, whose ardent enthusiasm has brought togethera 
remarkable assemblage of Cattleyas and other warm-growing Orchids. 
There are, as may be expected, some very fine varieties of Cattleya labiata, 
ranging in size and form as well as in depth of colour. One special plant 
produces green coloured flowers, the sepals showing a little purple, and the 
throat golden. Among the white varieties are some superb plants at present 
not represented elsewhere. All the other Cattleyas of importance are to be 
seen in quantity, and also in remarkable vigour. They include Schrédere, 
Trianz, Mossiz, Eldorado, Harrisoniana, Warneri, and many of the long- 
bulbed section, such as intermedia, Leopoldii, and Schofieldiana. During 
many years of collecting, a large number of pure-white varieties have been 
obtained, and these are much prized. 
The Phalzenopses include some fine examples of Schilleriana. These 
particular plants, it is said, were collected on the trunks, and not on the 
branches, of trees in the Philippines. There are also pleasing varieties of 
P. amabilis, which in this collection yield excellent spikes of large flowers. 
Among the Oncidiums one may discern the richly-coloured Lanceanum, 
the bright yellow concolor and flexuosum, as well as divaricatum, barbatum, 
and crispum, the latter being a difficult plant to cultivate in Europe. 
Leliocattleya elegans is thoroughly at home, and the fine examples of 
this natural hybrid between L. purpurata and C. Leopoldii are always 
admired. It grows naturally on the coast of Brazil, and plants are even 
found on the rocks by the seashore. A fine selection of variously-coloured 
varieties has been obtained. There is a grand specimen of Batemania 
Meleagris—the flowers are about three inches across, waxy, the sepals and 
petals white at the base, yellow in the centre, and the apical half red-brown 
speckled with yellow, the fringed lip white with the apical area yellowish 
brown. 
At the end of one house some thirty, or more, fine plants of Cattleya 
Trianz alba are arranged so that they may be treated equally and prepared 
for the flowering season. Near by are about twenty plants of Cattleya 
amethystoglossa, which is also known under the name C. guttata var. 
Prinzii. In this same house is a pretty earthenware basket containing a 
well-cultivated plant of Anguloa Clowesii, with flowers of a bright citron- 
yellow colour, and the lip milk-white. Brazil is the home of Lelia 
purpurata so it is not necessary for a long journey to be taken in order to 
