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SEPTEMBER, 1911.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 270 
HOULLETIA WALLISII 
‘THIs interesting Houlletia has reappeared in cultivation, a plant which was 
introduced by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, from the 
Cattleya Dowiana aurea district, proving identical with that originally 
described, which has been lost sight of for many years. It was originally 
described in 1869 (Lind. & Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 611) from 
materials collected by Gustav Wallis, but the habitat was not stated. Two 
years later H. chrysantha was described and figured (Lind. & Andre in 
Ill. Hort., xviii. p. 138, t. 71) from a plant which flowered with Messrs. 
Linden, Brussels, and which was said to have been discovered by Wallis, in 
1868, in the province of Antioquia. - Reichenbach afterwards pointed out 
that the two were identical, and added a variety odontoptera (Linnea, xli. 
p- 111), differing from the type in having some rough teeth on the side 
lobes of the lip. According to Reichenbach this flowered at Kew, and is 
also said to have been collected by Wallis, at about 8,000 feet altitude, near 
Frontino. Another plant flowered at Kew in August, 1882, and was again 
figured under the name of H. chrysantha (N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron., 1882, 
ii. p. 437, fig. 73). H. Wallisii is a striking plant, bearing an erect 
inflorescence of several deep buff yellow flowers, with numerous red-brown 
blotches on the sepals and petals, and a large blackish red blotch at the 
base of the lip. It should succeed in the Intermediate house.—R.A.R. 
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CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII, 
A CORRESPONDENT writes: ‘‘ Some time ago I purchased a dozen Cattleyas 
which were sold as C. gigas. For the past two years they have made 
vigorous growth, sending up two and three very strong pseudobulbs each, 
but no flower sheath. I should feel exceedingly obliged if you could tell 
me the probable cause of this, for the plants appear to be particularly 
healthy and very strong. This season some of the plants have as many as 
four strong pseudobulbs, but no sign of flower sheaths. I am not quite 
certain about them being C. gigas, but I think they are.” 
[Cattleya Warscewiczii—generally grown under its later name of C. 
gigas—has sometimes the reputation of being a shy flowerer, though we think 
that the cause is often incorrect treatment—that is when the plants are 
strong and properly established. It likes a light position, and we have 
known plants to flower with the greatest freedom when suspended from the 
roof and disturbed at the root as little as possible. Williams’ Manual 
says: “We have had the best results with it when it was grown in a basket 
or pot suspended from the roof as near the light as possible, at the warm 
end of the Cattleya house.” We should be glad to have,the experience of 
our readers.—ED. | 
