262 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (SEPTEMBER, 1923: 
CALANTHE VESTITA AND ITS ALLIES, 
LTHOUGH Dr. Wallich discovered Calanthe vestita in Tenasserim ir 
1826, it was not introduced to cultivation until 1848, when Dr. Kane,. 
of Exmouth, sent it to Messrs. Veitch & Sons, of Exeter, from Moulmein. It 
was exhibited at the Horticultural Society’s meeting on November 7th of 
that year, and appears to have been well received, for a large Silver Medal 
was awarded. It has a short, ovoid pseudo-bulb, large soft plicate leaves, 
which die away before the scapes appear, and comparatively large white 
flowers, in which the lip is four-lobed, yellow at the base in the variety 
called luteo-oculata, and reddish-purple in the variety rubro-oculata. 
C. rosea was discovered in Moulmein by Thos. Lobb, and sent to- 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons, who flowered it at Exeter in December, 1851. 
Lindley described it as Limatodes rosea, a name under which the plant was- 
known until Bentham proved it to be a true Calanthe, and closely related. 
to C. vestita. It is, however, distinguished by having longer, more slender 
pseudo-bulbs, which are strongly constricted about the middle, and smaller, 
rose-coloured flowers, with an entire lip, and a much shorter spur. 
C. Turneri is usually considered a variety of C. vestita. It was 
introduced by Messrs. Veitch through their collector, Thos. Lobb, fronr 
Moulmein, about the same time as C. rosea, and named in honour of Mr- 
J. A. Turner, of Pendlebury, near Manchester. It differs from vestita in 
having a larger and more slender pseudo-bulb, which is constricted above 
the middle, as well as yielding somewhat smaller flowers that appear later 
in the season. The flowers are white, with a red-purple blotch at the base 
of the lip; in the variety nivalis they are pure white. 
C. vestita gigantea was in 1886 figured in the Orchid Album (v., t. 21) 
under the name C. vestita oculata gigantea, and is probably identical with 
C. vestita igneo-oculata of Reichenbach, 1876. It is said to be a — 
robust plant than vestita, and to retain its leaves until the flowering period 
in March or April, after which new growth commences. The flowers are 
very large, creamy-white, and with a fiery-red blotch at the base. It is a 
native of Borneo. ; 
C. labrosa was received from southern Burma by Messrs. Veitch & Sons,. 
of Chelsea, in 1878, and in the following year was described as Limatodes 
labrosa. The pseudo-bulbs are long and narrow, constricted in the middle, 
the sepals and petals light yellowish brown, tinged with purple inside, and 
the lip broad, obscurely lobed, light rosy-purple with some small dark spots, 
and white at the base. : 
C. vestita Regnieri is a native of Cochin China, and was introduced by 
M. Regnier, of Paris. Although the pseudo-bulbs closely resemble those of 
Turneri, and the flowering period is about the same time of the year, the 
