THE ORCHID REVIEW. 273 
TRICHOPILIA SUAVIS. 
THE accompanying illustration represents a beautiful specimen of Tricho- 
pilia suavis from the collection of R. le Doux, Esq., Marlfield, West 
Derby, Liverpool, to whom we are indebted for the photograph. It is 
grown in a six-inch pot, suspended from the roof, and when photographed 
bore twenty flowers, part of them, of course, being hidden by the pot in the 
figure. The species is well known to be one of the best, and grown in this 
fashion is certainly very effective. A light position in the Intermediate 
house is usually considered the most suitable for it, good drainage and 
Fig. 11. TRICHOPILIA SUAVIS. 
careful watering being also essential. It is a native of Costa Rica, and was 
discovered about the year 1848 or 1849 by Warscewicz, at an altitude of 
5,000 to 8,000 feet on the volcano of Chiriqui. Plants were introduced, 
and the species flowered in three different collections in rasn.: °° The 
brilliantly-coloured T. coccinea was also sent by the same collector from 
the same place. According to E. Morren, Warscewicz found the plants 
growing on oaks, and a tree called Cupania glabra, at from 20 to 40 feet 
above the ground, never lower down, and if the trees fall down from 
accident or old age the Trichopilias upon them languish and die. During 
the dry season, from November to April, there is neither rain nor dew, and 
