336 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NoVEMBER, 1915, 
CALANTHES.—As the pseudobulbs of the early-flowering Calanthes of 
the C. Veitchii section. are now fully grown, and the bloom spikes are 
pushing up, a moderate amount of water must be afforded till all the 
flowers are expanded, when it may be gradually withheld. From the 
present time no more manure water is necessary for these plants, but’a 
little may still be afforded to those of the C. Regnieri section till their 
growths are completed. When the Calanthes begin to open their flowers 
put them together in one part of the house, where it is possible to keep their 
immediate surroundings somewhat dry. The Cattleya house. is a suitable 
place for them when the flowers commence to open, as those that open in 
the lower temperature will fade less quickly when cut than if opened in 
their growing quarters. 
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N inflorescence of this pretty little rose-coloured Orchid has been sent 
from the collection of G. Hodgson, Esq., The. Grange, Hemsworth, 
Wakefield. ._ It is said to have been gathered in Venezuela, at 1000-2000 
feet elevation. It is a very old garden plant, and before the advent of so 
many showy hybrids was deservedly popular, though it seems to have 
become rare of late years. It was described and figured a century ago 
(H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp., i. p. 367, t. 92), from materials collected in the 
neighbourhood of Carthagena, where it was found growing on the trunks of 
the Calabash tree. It was introduced to cultivation about the year 1818, 
from Trinidad, and was figured some seven years later (Bot. Reg., t- 930); 
by which time it had two synonyms, for Messrs. Loddiges, who also 
obtained it from Trinidad, figured it as R. lanceolata (Bot. Cab., t. 676); 
mistaking it for Ruiz & Pavon’s Peruvian plant of that name, and shortly 
afterwards it was again figured as Pleurothallis (?) coccinea (Hook. Exot. Fi., 
il. t. 129). It is a widely diffused species, ranging from Panama, St. 
Vincent and Trinidad to Colombia, Guiana, and Brazil. In Guiana it 
seems to be very widely diffused, and, according to the late Mr. E. S. 
Rand, it is very common around Para, Brazil, the Mango trees being full of 
it, and it is almost the only Orchid found within the city itself (Vetch Man. 
Or ch., ix. p. 175). It also varies in colour from pale to deep rose, and the 
variety sanguinea represents a dark-coloured form that the brothers 
Schomburgk found growing on the banks of the Demerara River- The 
plant may be grown in well-drained pans or baskets suspended from the 
roof of the Intermediate house, and is very attractive when seen in good 
condition, its one-sided racemes being produced very freely. R.A.R. 
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