274 THE ORCHID REVIEW. . (Serremeer, 19 
the size of a man’s leg, and stretched over a stream at about 25 feet above 
the water.” He then went on to describe the bulbs as 7 to 8 inches long 
by 14 inches broad, surmounted by a tuft of five or six leaves somewhat 
resembling those of Angraecum sesquipedale. He brought the plant home, 
and it grew well, throwing up with the young growth a spike about 2 feet 
long, and bearing between 30 and 4o flowers. This was sent to Lindley, 
together with a painting by Mrs. Ellis, from which the illustration in the 
Botanical Magazine was prepared. 
For some years it remained very rare, in fact in 1878 Reichenbach 
remarked that until then the known specimens numbered scarcely half-a- 
dozen, so that the plant was little known in the horticultural world. At 
this time, however, a fine lot had been introduced by M. Leon Humblot 
(Gard. Chron., 1878, ii. p. 333). 
It was on a plant from this importation, which flowered with Mr. John 
Day, that Reichenbach based his var. Dayanum (Gard. Chron., 1880, ii. ps 
326), which he described as a surprising and totally unexpected novelty, 
and might at first be regarded as a new species. The difference largely 
relied on by Reichenbach was the absence of the transverse bars shown on 
the sepals in the Botanical Magazine figure. But they are also absent from 
the original painting in Lindley’s Herbarium, and we think they must have 
been introduced in making up the figure, for we have never seen them s 
any living plant. Fortunately, on its flowering in September, 1878, the 
variety was painted by Mr. Day (Orch. Draw., xxvii. t. 9), and we cannot 
find any essential difference from the type, so that the variety may 
abolished. 
The plant is still rare, though more examples have been imported by 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., and it was to one of these that 4 Cultural 
Commendation was awarded by the R.H.S. at the Holland House Show 1 
1913. The plant bore two racemes and an aggregate of 64 flowers (0.R» 
XXi. p. 246). ; 
The general character of the plant is shown in the figure, but owing . 
the amount of reduction the details of the flowers are not as cleat ae 
be wished. The colour of the sepals is yellow with sepia eee 
markings, and the ground colour of the petals and lip nearly — 
former with a brown zone at the apex and the latter with purple lines a8 
some yellow on the disc. pady 
It is a rather refractory subject, and succeeds best in a moderately § , 
position in the Warm house. Baskets or pots may be used, with @ of 
drainage, and a good fibrous compost, finishing off with a surfacing 
sphagnum moss. It requires a liberal supply of water at the roots id a 
the growing season, but as soon as the growths are matured it sb i 
given a decided rest. . 
