62 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Sepr.-Ocr., 1919. 
GENERAL REMARKS. —The placing of the plants in their winter quarters 
is one of the main things which should occupy our time during the present 
season, and every effort should be made to eradicate the insect and other 
pests which trouble us, always remembering that a dirty plant cannot 
thrive. With the many difficulties before us at the present time, it is not 
possible for all of us to do as we would like, but it is always advisable to 
have an ideal, a goal to be reached if possible, and it can safely be said that 
if something is attempted with energy and discretion, something will be 
_done. Well thought out plans are great aids in the routine of work which 
is necessary, even in small collections of plants, especially.in these days of 
‘shortage of material and labour. 
CYCNOCHES STELLIFERUM, Lodd.—A plant of the rare Cycnoches 
stelliferuam, Lodd., bearing a graceful raceme of its light green flowers, was 
exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on August 26th last, from the 
collection of H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). 
It was shown under the more familiar name of C. Egertonianum viride, 
under which it was figured and described by Lindley in 1846 (Bot. Reg., 
‘XXXil. t. 46), its distinctness from C. Egertonianum not then being under- 
stood. Asa matter of fact the name C. stelliferum, Lodd., was then given 
as a synonym. The plant had been introduced from South Mexico by 
Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it flowered in August, 1843. It next got 
_ confused with C, Warscewiczii, Rchb. f., under which name it was exhibited 
at a meeting of the R.H.S. by Mr. W. Bull, in October, 1879. This plant 
bore an inflorescence of male flowers and one of females from either side 
of the same pseudobulb. The plant received a Botanical Certificate, 
being afterwards figured in the Floral Magazine (1890. t. ONT). <4, 
Warscewiczii, Rchb. f., has much larger flowers, and is believed to be the 
female of C. aureum, Lindl., a handsome Central American species, which 
it is desirable should be again introduced to cultivation. C. stelliferum, 
like several other species of this remarkable genus, is not common in 
cultivation, though it is occasionally met with. For example, a plant was 
exhibited by Messrs. Sander in 1909, and a year later both sexes appeared 
in the collection of the Rey. J. C. B. Fletcher, Mundham Vicarage, 
Chichester, both of these being recorded in our pages. 
Now that we have correspondents in Central America, it would be 
interesting, and we hope possible, to ascertain the insects by which this 
remarkable genus is fertilised. In the case of Catasetum we know that 
two particular species of bee are concerned, and we should not be surprised 
to find that the same bees, or some closely allied species, are the fertilising 
agents in this case also. Our tropical friends have an advantage over us 
in this respect. 
