bo THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Fesruary, 1914. 
t. 1811), from a plant which flowered with Mr. Knight at the King’s Road — 
Nursery, Chelsea, in the July previous. Shortly afterwards, when 
Maxillaria was broken up by Lindley, a new genus, Paphinia, was 
established for its reception. The plant had been introduced from — 
Trinidad, but afterwards it was found by the brothers Schomburgk on the 
banks of the Kamwatta River, British Guiana, and subsequently by Purdie 
in Venezuela. More recently it has been found in Northern Brazil, where 
a very beautiful albino, var. Modigliana, Rchb. f. (Lindenia, 11..t. 117), Was” 
also met with. The flowers of the type are lined and barred with chocolate — 
brown on a whitish ground, and there is a tuft of white hair-like appendages - 
at the apex of the lip, which are not shown well in the figure. 
There are two other species, P. grandiflora, Rodr., a Brazilian plant. 
which appeared in cultivation in 1883, and has much larger flowers, though 
generally similar in colour and markings, and P. rugosa, Rchb., f., a New 
Grenadan species, discovered by Gustave Wallis in 1876, and introduced to 
cultivation some three years later. It has bright yellow flowers, copiously — 
dotted with red. : 4 
It may be added that Bentham reduced Paphinia to Lycaste, but the 
habit is distinct, while the structure of the lip and the absence of the 
characteristic crest form good distinguishing features. 
Respecting their culture Messrs. Veitch remark: * The plants being of 
small size, with a pendulous inflorescence, they are best cultivated 
shade them from too powerful direct sunlight during the summer months. 
The pans should be filled to about two-thirds of their depth with the usual 
drainage material, and the remainder with a mixture of sphagnum moss 
and fibrous peat, on which the plants should be placed, not inserted, $0 
that the base of the pseudobulbs may be on a level with the rim of the pal 
As the Paphinias naturally grow in a very humid atmosphere, constaml 
attention must be given to the supply of water, and also to keeping the 
plants free from insect pests. 
S| , SOCIETIES. | g 
RoyAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Cc. opening meeting of the year was held at the Royal Horticultura 
| Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on January 13th, in rathe 
cold weather, but produced a fine display of Orchids, the awards consistin 
of seven medals, one First-class Certificate, and five Awards of Merit. Th 
Registration Form of the Society’s Hybrid Orchid Register also made its fi 
appearance, and five hybrids were registered, two of which gained awards: 
