THE ORCHID REVIEW. 41 
After speaking of Schomburgkia and Diacrium, which provide homes 
for ants in their hollow pseudobulbs, Mr. Rodway proceeds :—“‘ Another 
and quite distinct harbour for an ant garrison is that of the Coryanthes. 
There are several species, all of which appear to grow in the same manner, 
attached to bush-ropes rather than perched on limbs of trees. This 
Fig. 2. CORYANTHES MACRANTHA AT HOME, 
is so obviously suited to their peculiar manner of growth that it is quite 
conceivable the plants may have been first carried up from the sand by the 
tightening of the stem of a creeper, as a growing tree carries its mass of 
foliage higher and higher. Otherwise, we might fancy they pushed off from 
a branch, and being caught as they fell to make themselves at home under 
new conditions. However this may have been, the fact remains that the 
