THE ORCHID REVIEW. 43 
CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA VAR. AQUINII. 
A FIGURE of the remarkable Cattleya intermedia var. Aquinii was given in 
a recent issue of the Gardeners’ Chronicle (1900, xxvii, p. 83, fig. 25), and by 
the courtesy of the Editor of that journal we are able to reproduce the same, 
together with the accompanying note from the pen of Mr. Rolfe :— 
“The accompanying illustration represents a very remarkable Orchid, 
which was described by M. Barbosa Rodrigues, Director of the Botanic 
Garden at Rio de Janeiro, in 1893, as Cattleya Aquinii: (Journ. des Orch. iv., 
p- 144). The photograph, together with dried flowers and a coloured 
drawing, have been sent by Sefor Graciano A. de Azambuja, of Porto 
Alegre, S. Brazil, in the belief that it will‘ greatly interest many readers of 
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the Gardeners’ Chronicle, as a notable case of fixed peloria. All specimens 
which exist of this Cattleya have been taken from the one and only plant - 
which was discovered here (at Porto Alegre, in the province of Rio Grande 
do Sul), many years ago by a Portuguese gardener uamed Valladares. The 
flowers are identical from year to year. I believe that the Cattleya sent to 
the botanical garden at Rio by Sefior F. de Aquino was taken from this 
parent plant.’ It has been figured by M. Rodrigues in his Plantas Cultivadas 
no Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, p. 23, t. 4, fig. c. 
‘Although originally described as a distinct species, it has long been 
known as a peloriate state of Cattleya intermedia, in which the petals are 
