dt THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE GENUS PESCATOREA. 
AT a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held on November 21st 
last, two handsome Pescatoreas were exhibited by Frau Ida Brandt, of 
Zurich, as P. Gairiana and P. Dayana splendens (ante vii., p. 375.) The 
former was also figured in the Gardeners’ Chronicle as Zygopetalum Gair- 
ianum (1899, xxvi., p. 401, fig. 129). Doubts having arisen as to their 
correctness, I have, with the aid of living flowers, photographs, and two 
most beautiful paintings kindly lent by the exhibitor, compared them with 
the materials available, and as no attempt has yet been made to arrange the 
species systematically, I have drawn up the following outline, with the hope 
that, in time, it may lead to a better knowledge of the genus. At 
present, however, about half the species are only known from Reichenbach’s 
original descriptions ; had specimens been available, the result might have 
been somewhat different. 
The following are the species at present known :— 
I. P. CERINA(Rchb. f. in Bot. Zeit., 1852, p. 667) is the original species 
of the genus, and one of the best known. It was discovered by Warscewicz 
on the Chiriqui Volcano, at 8000 feet altitude, and was sold by auction at 
Stevens’ rooms in 1851. It flowered for the first time in Mr. Rucker’s 
collection, and was described by Lindley as Huntleya cerina (Paxt. Fl. 
Gard., iii., p. 62, fig. 263), the specific name being given in allusion to the 
waxy texture and colour of the flower. It is figured in Bot. Mag., t. 5598 
and several other horticultural works. 
.2. P. LAMELLOSA (Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1875, iv, p. 225) much 
resembles the last in colour, but differs in the details of the lip and crest. 
It isa native of New Grenada, and was collected by M. Gustav Wallis, 
when collecting for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons. It is figured in Bot, 
Mag., t. 6240. 
3. P. RussEvLvyiana (Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1878, x, p. 524), accord- 
ing to description, is allied to the preceding, and is similar in colour, except 
that the lip and the tips of the sepals and petals are of a reddish purple 
hue. It flowered with Mr. J. Russell, of Falkirk, in 1878, but its habitat is 
not stated. When describing it, Reichenbach remarked :—-“‘ There is no 
end of new Pescatoreas and Bolleas, though it is perhaps not as astonishing 
as it may appear. The majority of these plants are collected by the native 
collectors out of flower, one as like the other as one egg to another; hence 
all are believed to be the same as those collected in the flowering state.” 
ae P. BACKHOUSEANA (Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1877, viii, p. 456) was 
introduced by Messrs. James Backhouse and Sons, of York, it is suspected, 
from Ecuador; and the flower is described as equal to that of a good, well- 
fed P. cerina, but the anterior parts of the sepals and petals are of a purplish 
