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|* a note on the two sexes of Cycnoches Diane (pp. 108, 109), we alluded 
to the recorded occurrence of four species of Cycnoches at Chiriqui, 
one of them being C. ventricosum, Batem. This record occurs in an 
enumeration of the Orchids collected by Warscewicz, the statement being 
that C. ventricosum grows on trees of the Chiriqui Cordillera, at 1,000 to 
3,000 feet elevation, flowering in October (Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr. Amer., 
p. 23). Warscewicz’s plants were sent to Reichenbach for determination, 
eG) CYCNOCHES VENTRICOSUM FROM CHIRIQUI. 
and samples were sent by the latter to Lindley. The question having been 
raised whether the Chiriqui plant agrees with Bateman’s original, we 
referred to the sheet in the Lindley Herbarium, and found an inflorescence of 
three Aowers, labelled by Reichenbach himself, “‘C. ventricos. Tipi Happa, 
Warscewicz.’"” Wondering where the locality could be, we searched a little 
further, and found Oncidium (Brassia) Helene, Rchb. f., recorded from the 
same place, with the further information that the locality is near ‘‘ Punt 
Helena.” Turning to the Royal Atlas, we find that Punta Sta. Helena is 
on the coast of Ecuador, west of Mt. Chimborazo, and that Warscewic2’s 
locality, there recorded as Xipixapa, is a little to the north-east. Andre’s 
more modern Atlas gives the spelling as Jipijapa, and as both X and J are 
pronounced as H, it is pretty evident that Warcewicz’s spelling was a . 
somewhat unsuccessful attempt to write the word phonetically. Veitch’s 
Odontoglossum map (Man. Orch., pt. i,), by the way, has the spelling 
Jypapa. This quite disposes of the Chitiqui habitat of the three-flowered 
inflorescence mentioned. 
The sequel is interesting. Warscewicz’s so-called C. ventricosum is not 
identical with Bateman’s original Guatemalan plant, but agrees well with 
C. Lehmannii, Rchb.f, an Equadorean species of the same section, 
described at a later date, of which good specimens from Lehmann are 
preserved at Kew. Only male flowers are known. As to the so-called 
“Sexus?” of C. ventricosum from Chiriqui (a flower is preserved in Herb. 
Lindl.), this is different from the female of C. ventricosum, Batem., and is 
probably that of C. aureum, Lindl., another handsome Chiriqui species 
which has long been lost sight of. This also was collected by Warscewicz, 
and there are specimens preserved in the Lindley Herbarium, probably 
collected at the same time as the female, so that, in view of the known facts, 
it is a fair inference that the two represent the sexes of a single species. 
This will remove C. ventricosum, Batem., from the list of Chiriqui species, 
for the supposed “sexus” is apparently the female of C. aureum. The 
female of C. Dianz, Rchb: f., has been accounted for (see page 107). 
The botanical history of Cycnoches ventricosum is thus a remarkable 
