APRIL, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 115° 
TRICHOPILIAS. 
HE genus Trichopilia was founded by Lindley on the Mexican species: 
T. tortilis, the generic name being derived from the hairy-like cap at 
the apex of the column. The geographical area which they inhabit is 
somewhat limited; they are found on the Andes of South America at a 
moderate elevation, from the equator northwards to Caracas, and through 
Costa Rica into southern Mexico. In vegetative habit they are dwarf 
plants, the pseudobulbs being more or less crowded on account of the short 
rhizome. The bulbs are often elongated and nearly flat, with a single leaf, 
the latter rather leathery in texture and dark green. The flower spikes 
usually pendulous. As regards the floral segments, the sepals and petals 
are nearly equal and similar, narrow in proportion to their length, and ina 
few species spirally twisted. The lip 
is large, more or less funnel-shaped, 
but rather obscurely so in T. sanguino- 
lenta and T. hymenantha, and pro- 
jecting forward mostly at a right angle 
to the other segments. 
Trichopilias are by no means diffi- 
cult subjects to cultivate, a fibrous 
compost and shallow pots, or pans, 
with a fairly light place in the inter- 
mediate house suit them admirably. 
T. fragrans, however, is best grown 
in the Odontoglossum house, as it 
comes from a cooler climate. 
T. coccinea is one of the best of eee one ie 
the genus. It is sometimes confused 
with T. marginata, but differs in having longer, narrower, and more’ 
compressed pseudobulbs, longer and narrower leaves, as well as in other 
Points. It was discovered in Central America by Warscewicz in 1849. 
Sepals and petals about 2} inches long, more or less twisted, brownish 
green; lip, 3 inches long, four-lobed, the basal lobes rolled over the 
column into the form of a wide-mouthed funnel, white externally, deep’ 
Carmine-crimson within. Several Trichopilias that have been called 
Species are more properly termed varieties of T. coccinea; they are crispa, 
lepida, and marginata. 
T. fragrans was originally discovered by Hartweg about the year 184r 
near Popayan in southern Colombia. The flowers are very fragrant, pure 
white, with a circular yellow spot near the base of the lip, the sepals and 
