272 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, 1913 
Marshallianum, graminifolium, Harrisonianum, and phymatochilum, and 
Maxillaria by M. Binoti, Meleagris, variabilis, and Fernandiana. Of 
Cypripedium we noted C. Lowii, barbatum, villosum, and various others, 
including the interesting C. Frankeanum, whose history was given at page 
179. Some small seedlings of Zygopetalum xX Lycaste were pointed out, 
and it will be interesting to see what they are like when they flower. 
In a small Cool house we noted in bloom several examples of Pleuro- 
thallis stenopetala, the remarkable P. platystachys, Grobyi, prolifera, 
Lansbergii, and cuneifolia, Octomeria diaphana, Scaphosepalum ochthodes, 
Masdevallia infracta, and various others, with the brilliant Sophronitis 
grandiflora. Many interesting things were pointed out not then in bloom, 
and we must pass them over. 
The ecologic house was particularly interesting, for here one might see 
various epiphytes growing in something like natural conditions, these 
including aroids, ferns, and similar plants of habit, with of course many 
Orchids. Among those in flower were Phalenopsis Lueddemanniana, 
Gongora bufonia, Anguloa Ruckeri, a fine Epidendrum Parkinsonianum, 
Stelis omalosantha, Maxillaria F ernandiana, with a good many not in 
bloom. Most of the plants seemed as much at home as when in pots, and 
the effect was very realistic. 
Lastly must be mentioned the Congo species, and a few others from the 
Malayan region which grow in a similar climate. These are grown in the 
warmest house in the garden, in a stove temperature, with aroids and other 
heat- and moisture-loving plants, and were thriving amazingly. The point 
is emphasized, because formerly an attempt was made to grow them in the 
ordinary Orchid houses, where they made little progress, and some were 
with difficulty kept alive. There were several plants of Dipodium pictum in 
bloom, a really striking Orchid, the remarkable Madagascar Aéranthes 
grandiflora, Mystacidium distichum, Phalenopsis Lueddermanniana, the 
distinct Bulbophyllum Gentilii, Polystachya mystacioides, polychaete, 
affinis, mayombensis, and Laurentii, with a number of others not then in 
bloom. A good many of those from the Congo are types of species 
described by Dr. E. de Wildemann, Director of the Garden, and thus are 
of special interest. Several plants of the striking Sumatran Cirrhopetalum 
campanulatum were pointed out, the flowers being just over, and on one of 
them we counted as many as sixteen old spikes. Vanilla Lujz, Laurentiana, 
and grandiflora are represented by large plants which have not yet reached 
the flowering stage. 
The collection-shows a marked improvement on what we saw five years 
ago, and its present condition reflects the greatest credit on the Curator, 
M. Louis Gentil, and his assistants, who find the usual difficulties in 
growing such a varied collection in few houses. 
