Avueust, 1911.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 238 
AERIDES PALLIDUM. 
At the recent R.H.S. Show held at Olympia a very graceful white Aérides 
was exhibited by Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, whose identity 
was doubtful. The inflorescence has now been sent to Kew, and has been 
identified as probably Aérides pallidum, Blume, a species whose history 
has been much confused. It was described and figured by Blume in 1848 
(Rumphia, iv. p. 53, tt. 192, fig. 3, 197, fig. A), as a native of Timor, and. 
the flowers are shown as white, with the apex of the spur yellowish. 
Shortly afterwards Lindley mentioned the species in an enumeration of 
the species of Aérides (Paxt. Fl. Gard., il. p. 143), where, however, he 
confused it with Dendrocolla pallida, Blume (Bijdr., p. 290), a Javan plant 
which, without seeing, he had transferred to Aérides (A. pallidum, Lindl. Gen. 
& Sp. Orch., p. 241), but which is now known as Sarcochilus pallidus, 
Reichb. f. He also added the locality ‘‘ Philippines, Cuming.” Miquel 
detected this confusion and re-named the Timor plant A. timoranum 
(Fl. Ind. Batav., iii. p. 695), omitting the reference to the Philippine plant, 
and to Paxton’s work, which he probably had not seen. The species was 
afterwards introduced to cultivation by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, for 
we find a painting made by Mr. John Day on July 24th, 1884 (Orch. Draw., 
xliii. t. 65), which is recorded as ‘‘in flower at Messrs. James Veitch & 
Sons, being a plant received by them from the island of Timor, and 
supposed by them to be Aérides timoranum.”’ He then alludes to its 
reduction by Reichenbach to A. quinquevulnerum, adding, “‘it is very like 
the white variety of that species, which I had a plant of formerly, and 
which was called var. Farmeri, after Mr. Farmer, of Cheam. A flower of 
this is drawn in Sk. Book, iii. p. 57, and a fine drawing of plant and scape 
by Mr. Durham.” The date of the sketch alluded to is doubtful, but the 
flowers are described as white, without a spot or stain, and the spur of the 
lip greenish at the tip. It is probably the A. Farmeri mentioned by Boxall 
(Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 3, Nov. App. p. 239). Mr. Day made another drawing 
on June 24th, 1886 (Orch. Draw.,li. t. 3), of what he called A. pallidum 
var. candidum, remarking ‘“‘ This fine pure white Aérides flowered with 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., from a batch of A. Lawrence which they 
imported from the Philippine Islands. The plant was sold afterwards to 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, who sent the scape to Prof. H. G. Reichenbach. 
The plant is not to be distinguished in any way from A. Lawrencee.” 
Whether all the above represent a single species is not quite certain, but 
the Timor plant introduced by Messrs. Veitch agrees well with the A. 
pallidum, figured by Blume from that island. Dried specimens are not 
available for comparison with the plant collected by Cuming, but the 
latter agrees well with the white one said to have been introduced with A- 
