168 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1923. 
scrub growing sometimes in the leaf-mould at the base of trees. This plant 
does not do well in cultivation with me, being very bare of leaves, and the 
flower buds turning brown and refusing to open; doubtless due to some 
error in cultivation. 
In the moist boggy woods is found an Epidendrum with a leaf somewhat 
like that of E. odoratissimum, but distinguished by being nearly always 
curled. This is the prettiest of the lot, no two plants having the same 
shade in the flowers. I have in my house about six plants that have 
flowered, and the colours ranged from nearly white with purple streaks to 
intense pinkish-purple. It ‘is not common here. The graceful arching 
spikes are many-flowered. On leaving the woods and getting into the pine 
land the eye is greeted by the sight of acres and acres of Bletia verecunda. 
Here we see this Orchid by thousands, their branched spikes covered with 
the bright pinkish-purple flowers waving above the grass and low vegetation 
being very beautiful, and one lingers a little longer, being rather reluctant 
to go away. I have some very bright specimens growing in pots in great 
contrast to some of their paler sisters. 
Along the seashore in the very dry, sandy soil, with the salt breeze blowing 
constantly, is where Epidendrum odoratissimum grows in great quantities, 
and in all sizes from the little plant not very long born to the huge masses 
with dozens and dozens of bulbs all looking very fit and seeming not to care 
a button for the parched, miserable-looking vegetation about them. These 
plants seem to grow quite well on the lower part of the trunks of the 
Palmetto Palm, and, in fact, on almost anything they come in contact with. 
The odour from these plants when in flower is noticed long before the 
plants themselves are seen. 
Vanilla articulata is found in the low rocky scrub land running over the 
bushes and rocks like a green snake for dozens and dozens of yards, 
apparently without end. There are other Orchids to be met with: of less 
importance, such as Cranichis, Spiranthes, Ibidium, Ponthieva, etc. I 
have always kept a good look-out for Lzliopsis domingensis, but up to the 
present have not found it, although it is fairly common in the coppice on 
the island of Andros, to the south about 20 miles, and on the island of 
Abaco, to the north about 100 miles. 
There are several other Orchids found on the other islands of the 
Bahamas that do not occur here, and I feel quite sure that there are some 
yet to be found awaiting the careful and diligent searcher. I hope to take 
in some of these islands on a future occasion, and give a thorough search. 
I found a curious thing, and only on one occasion, and that was a Bletia 
growing out of the top of a tree stump, and so firmly fastened that it was 
impossible to move it the least bit without breaking it, and I could not very 
well see the roots. 
