192 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aucust, 1916. 
shrivelling until they commence to grow in the spring. The cooler- 
growing species, as P. Hookeriana and P. humilis, must still have liberal 
supplies of water at the roots until their season’s growth is completed. 
RENANTHERA IMSCHOOTIANA.—Plants of this brightly-coloured Orchid, 
having now passed out of bloom, will be pushing new roots from their 
stems, and the compost may be renewed if at all decayed. They should be 
potted in the same manner as Vandas, using very small pots. A position 
close to the glass in the Cattleya house is to their liking. 
GENERAL REMARKS.—We shall soon have to anticipate the placing of 
the plants in their winter quarters, and under the existing circumstances it 
will be advisable to clean them when possible, so that when the time comes 
there may be no delay or hindrance to their being satisfactorily dealt with. 
During the present month it is a wise precaution to examine the heating 
apparatus and other things appertaining to the successful working of the 
houses, to see that they are in thorough repair, and capable of passing 
through the winter without much fear of accident. It is during times of 
stress that a breakdown is most likely to occur, and a little attention now 
may prevent an accident later on, when fire heat cannot be dispensed with. 
EPIDENDRUM PH@NICEUM.—A rare and handsome Epidendrum has 
just flowered in the collection of J. Ramsay Drake, Esq., Batchwood, St. 
.Albans, which proves to be the West Indian E. phceniceum, Lindl., a 
. species originally described by Lindley, in 1841 (Bot. Reg., xxvii., Misc. p. 
57), and soon afterwards figured (Lindl. Sert. Orch., t. 46; Paxt. Mag. of 
Bot., ix. p. 97, with plate). In the latter work it is remarked: ‘‘ Messrs. 
Loddiges, who have introduced so many noble epiphytes to this country, 
and in whose magnificent collection several new ones develop their flowers 
every month, imported this very handsome Epidendrum, from Cuba some 
time in the year 1840, and it bloomed with these gentlemen in the summer 
of 1841.” It belongs to the section Encyclium, and is a near ally of E. 
atropurpureum, Willd. It has large, ovoid, two-leaved pseudobulbs, and a 
terminal, occasionally branched raceme of large flowers, with dark red- 
purple sepals and petals, and a brighter purple lip. It was subsequently 
collected at St. Jago, Cuba, by Linden, and by Wright, specimens from 
both being preserved in Lindley’s Herbarium. Subsequently it was 
collected at Fresh Creek, Andros, in the Bahamas, by Northrop, and a 
specimen cultivated at Hope Gardens, Jamaica, also preserved at Kew, is 
recorded as a native of the Cayman Islands, these localities somewhat 
extending its area. A variety vanillosmum was subsequently figured (Fl. 
des Serres, t. 306), to which Lindley added as a synonym E. Grahami, 
Hook. (Bot. Mag. t. 3885), but these are, however, quite distinct. It is 
interesting to find this handsome species again in cultivation —R.A.R. 
