January, 1911.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 17 
CATTLEYA DOWIANA AUREA., 
THE annexed figure represents the very beautiful Cattleya Dowiana aurea, 
and is reproduced from a photograph sent to us many years ago by the late 
firm of Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. It is reduced to about half natural size. 
The variety is a native of Colombia, and was discovered. in 1868, near 
Frontino, in the State of Antioquia, by Gustav Wallis, when collecting 
plants for M. J. Linden, who distributed it under the name of C. aurea 
before its specific identity with the earlier C. Dowiana, Batem., was 
Fig. 2. CATTLEYA DoWIANA AUREA. 
recognised. Four years later it was also collected by Butler when collect- 
ing in the same region for Messrs. Backhouse of York. According to 
Roez] it is found near the River Cauca, at a considerable distance above 
its confluence with the Magdalena, a locality upwards of 600 miles distant 
from the habitat of the typical C. Dowiana in Costa Rica. The figure 
shows well the characteristic shape and markings of the flower, and we 
need only add that the sepals and petals are nankeen yellow in colour, and 
