January, 1918.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 13 
to other matters than Orchid cultivation, this pursuit does not loom so 
largely as it has done in past years. But collections must be maintained, 
even in such a period as that through which we are now passing, for the 
named hybrids and the many thousands of as yet unnamed seedlings repre- 
sent a sum’ of energy which must not be wastefully thrown away. It is 
satisfactory, therefore, to know that in spite of the difficulties connected 
with the printing of journals, the Review is to be continued, and we hope 
that on the resumption of peace it will enter upon a period of increased 
success.” 
We have to thank other correspondents for congratulations and good 
wishes for the future. We rely on their assistance in tiding over the 
difficulties mentioned last month, and will report when the matter has had 
time to mature. We hope to enlist the support of all lovers of Orchids, 
and we anticipate a considerable development when normal times return. 
In the meantime everything should be done to keep alive the interest. 
SCHOMBURGKIA SPLENDIDA, Schlechter.—A fine Schomburgkia has just 
flowered in the Kew collection, which proves identical with S. splendida, a 
species described about four years earlier (Schlechter in Fedde Repert. Nov. 
Sp., xii. p. 212). The Kew plant was presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., 
Colesborne Park, Glos., and on flowering it proved identical with dried 
specimens in the Herbarium. A further search among described species 
not represented there led to its identification. S. splendida was described 
from specimens collected at Boqueron del Dagua, on the western Cordillera of 
Colombia, in 1905, by H. Pittier. The earlier specimens alluded to were 
collected by Ed. Andre on rocks between Jimenco and Marengo, on the Rio 
Dagua, as long ago as April, 1876, and by Lehmann on the Rio Esmita. S. 
splendida is one of the largest specimens in the genus, and bears large, 
fusiform, diphyllous pseudobulbs, and scapes some four feet long, with 
large lanceolate-oblong bracts, and about ten to fifteen flowers. The sepals 
and petals are nearly two inches long, very undulate, and of a dark brownish 
purple colour, while the three-lobed lip is rose-purple, with a paler centre. 
It is most comparable to an enlarged edition of S. undulata. There is one 
marked discrepancy, the peduncle being described as 10 cm. long (about 
four inches), but this probably arose from the omission of a “‘o0,” as such a 
short scape is unknown in the genus. The appearance of the species in 
cultivation is interesting. About ten species of the genus are now known, 
and most of them have appeared in cultivation at one time or other, though 
from their somewhat unwieldy size they have never become popular. 
The species of the S. tibicinis group now constitute a distinct genus under 
the name Myrmecophila.—R.A.R. 
