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brought to our notice by the late Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, who thought that 
some reply should be made. He remarked that Orchid growing was a 
large industry, and that plants in many cases represented years of enter- 
prise and experiment, and if lost could not be replaced. Many Orchid 
growers were away at the front, and already there was difficulty in getting 
men to look after the plants, and he thought that every effort should be 
made to keep things going until the return of normal times. 
LUEDDEMANNIA VYVEREANA.—About three years ago a plant was 
received at Kew from Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, as ‘‘ Houlletia 
sp., Peru.” It was then thought to be an Acineta, but now that it has 
flowered it proves to be a Lueddemannia, differing from those previously 
known in having the sepals closely spotted with red-brown on a pale yellow 
ground, while the petals are similarly spotted at the base and apex, leaving 
a small yellow area in the centre. The lip is clear deep yellow, with the 
small front lobe crimson and a dark purple area at the base. There is a 
Lueddemannia Vyvereana (Schltr. in Orchis, 1912, p. 113, t. 27, fig. 7-13), 
which flowered with Herr Van de Vyvere, and which had been obtained 
from Messrs Sander & Sons as ‘“‘ Acineta sp., Peru,” and although the 
colour is not stated, and is not indicated in the outline sketch, it seems 
probable that the Kew plant belongs to the same species. The plant bears 
a pendulous raceme of very numerous flowers, with a general resemblance 
to L. Pescatorei, Lind. & Rchb. f., whose history is given at page 240 of 
our first volume. The appearance of another species is interesting, for this 
remarkable genus has been almost lost sight of during recent years.—R.A.R. 
BULBOPHYLLUM AVICELLA.—A curious little Bulbophyllum has just 
flowered at Kew. It is a piece from the collection of the Hon. N. C. 
Rothschild, which was collected on trees about twenty-five miles from the 
coast, at Sawarinda, Borneo, and proves identical with B. Avicella, Rid. 
(Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxii. p. 270), a species originally described in 1896 
from specimens collected at Singh Kranji, Singapore. The author 
remarked that it was very common in the mangrove swamps, but seldom to 
be met with in flower, and that it climbs on the stems and branches, bear- 
ing solitary flowers on very short scapes, which somewhat resemble the 
head of some large-billed bird. It was in allusion to this character that 
the specific name was given. The species was afterwards found on Govern- 
ment Hill, Penang, and its discovery in Borneo indicates a possibly wider 
range. It bears slender creeping rhizomes, with small pseudobulbs at 
intervals of an inch or more, and elliptical-oblong leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, 
the small flowers being dull purple with some yellow on the dorsal 
sepal.—R.A.R. 
