346 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ NOVEMBER, 1922. 
PHAL/ENOPSIS VEITCHIANA. 
HIS very rare Phalenopsis has recently flowered in the collection of 
A. C. Burrage, Esq., Boston, Mass., U.S.A. In sending a photograph 
of it, Mr. George I’Anson remarks that it is the only plant of its kind in 
America, and that he has only seen two in England. P. Veitchiana first 
appeared as a solitary specimen among one of Messrs. Veitch’s importations 
prior to 1872, in which year it flowered with them: for the first: time. It 
was described by H. G. Reichenbach (Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 935)s who 
suspected it to be a natural hybrid between P. rosea and P. Schilleriana, 
both natives of the Philippines. He stated that ‘“‘ the leaves look like those 
of an exceedingly pale marked P. Schilleriana; it is best to have oblique 
light in order to recognise the marking.” And after giving details of the 
flowers he remarked, “I feel happy to dedicate this very great curiosity to 
Harry J. Veitch, Esq., whose zeal for the introduction of rare and new 
plants appear to increase from year to year.” 
Messrs. Veitch, in their Orchid Manual, describe the flowers as two inches 
in diameter, sepals white with a flush of light purple below the middle; 
petals sub-rhomboidal, broader than the sepals, white, with a deeper purple 
stain; the side lobes of the lip broadly spathulate, incurved, the basal half 
white spotted with red, the apical half crimson-purple; the front lobe 
‘somewhat lyre-shaped, with two straight, pointed teeth at the apex, 
rimson-purple ; column purplish. 
The above remained the only plant till 1883, when a second was 
imported by Messrs. Low & Co. This differed but little, except in the 
shorter, thicker, apical teeth of the front lobe of the labellum. Reichen- 
bach named this variety P. Veitchiana brachyodon (Gard. Chron. 1884, 
p. 271), because of the great stoutness of these teeth. Messrs. Low & 0. 
state that the plant on arrival was set aside and marked owing to its 
peculiar appearance. The leaves resembled those of P. leucorrhoda, lightly 
mottled on the upper surface, and with a light purple tinge underneath. 
Imported leaf 6 inches long and 2} wide. Roots round. The plant had a 
very sturdy habit. Flower spike like a very strong rosea, 15 inches high, 
standing very erect. Flowers well thrown out from the spike. 
Mr. I’Anson also sends a photograph of P. Stuartiana, the branched 
inflorescence carrying the unusually large number of eighty-two flowers. 
slcilleeaics 
RENANTHERA PULCHELLA.—A very pretty plant which flowered in the 
establishment of MM. A.A. Peeters & Cie., Brussels, in August, 1913- It 
is believed to have come as a single plant in an importation of R. 
Imschootiana, but the flowers are only half as large, and different in 
Structure. In colour yellow, with crimson on the lip. 
