. SEPTEMBER, .19TI.] .. THE ORCHID. REVIEW. 265 
CYNORCHIS COMPACTA.: 
THE annexed figure represents a pan of the charming. little Cynorchis 
‘ “ompacta, which flowers freely at Kew every year, and is reproduced from a 
photograph taken by Mr. C. P. Raffill. The species is a native of Natal, 
and was originally discovered by Sanderson about 1869, and ultimately 
described by Reichenbach (Flora, 1888, p. 149). In 1895 it was rediscovered 
by Mr. J. M. Wood, on rocks near Emberton, at 2100 feet elevation, and 
~:soon afterwards it appeared in cultivation, and was figured in the Botanical 
Fig. 28. CYNORCHIS COMPACTA. 
Magazine (t. 8053). The plant somewhat resembles a small Orchis, 
seldom exceeding four inches high, and the flowers are pure white, with 
minute purple dots on the disc of the lip. Each plant bears a single leaf, 
-oblong or ovate-oblong in shape, as shown in the figure, but elongating 
when fully developed. It succeeds well in a Cool house, forming compact 
‘tufts, which remain several weeks in beauty. It should be grown in pots or 
_-deep pans, in a mixture of loam and humus, and is of the easiest possible 
* -culture. 
