358 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
original name must be used—it is said to be very variable and floriferous in 
its natural habitat, the clumps often attaining large dimensions. It is 
distributed over the valley of Cauca from Tulna down to the neighbourhood 
of Fredonia and Concordia in Antioquia, and restricted to a region that 
extends from about 2,000 to 3.600 feet above sea level. It grows on trees, 
high up on their branches in dense woods. The climate is very damp for 
some six months of the year, and very dry during three months in the time 
at which the plant flowers. The temperature ranges from about 71° to 
77° F. It is said not to growin the Choco Valley at all, hence the name - 
is not appropriate. The flowers appear in spikes of three to five, mostly 
the former, and are borne aloft free of the leaves. In the best forms the 
flowers are pure white, with the lip pearl-rose at the tube, yellow at the 
base, and crimson at the apex. It is very variable in the colour of the lip, 
which varies from deepest crimson to tender rose, but always leaving a white 
margin. Two conspicuous varieties occur, one with pure white flowers, 
except some yellow at the base of the lip, the other with the sepals and 
petals deep rose, and the lip glowing crimson-purple. 
This definite information is very interesting, and to some extent supple- 
ments that given at page 307 of the last volume by Mr. John E. Lager. 
The same gentleman gives some further notes on the habitats of the New 
Granadan Cattleyas on the next page to Mr. Lehmann’s article above 
mentioned, in an interesting article on “Orchids in their home.” The 
State of Tolima, he remarks, may be considered as the home of Cattleya 
Triane. It follows the eastern foothills of the Central Cordillera trom 
about the second degree to about the fifth degree ot north latitude, 
and at its southern limit is distributed over all the three Cordilleras. 
C. Warscewiczii takes the place of C. Triane further northward, where it 
extends between the sixth and eighth degree of north latitude, on both the 
central and eastern chains, where also C. Dowiana chrysotoxa is found. 
Further northward, in the State of Santandar, C. Mendelii occurs, and on 
the eastern foothills of the eastern Cordillera grows Cattleya Schroedere. 
On the western chain, along the Rio Cauca, Cattleya chocoensis is found. 
Unlike its allies, it grows to a great extent in forests on level land, stretches 
of which are swampy and unhealthy. This Cattleya is very abundant in 
certain places, and grows invariably on trees. The flowering season is 
August and September. I do not find this Cattleya in the list given on 
page 266. It is often considered a variety of C. Trianz, but from the above 
it would appear to’ be a distinct local form. I believe it is not common in 
cultivation. 
The above remarks are from an interesting lecture given by Mr. Lager 
