138 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1912- 
Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition in 1893; and was described as probably the 
most remarkable exhibit in the whole show. It is believed to grow naturally 
on tree fern stems. A single plant is said to have been sent to Messrs. 
Linden, with an importation of Angraecum sesquipedale and Grammangis. 
Ellisii. It was afterwards figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 7387), from 
a subsequent importation, whose history has been given in the early 
volumes of this work. A plant of this species in the collection of Dr. 
Hodgkinson, The Grange, Wilmslow, bore a capsule some years ago, which 
was described as porcelain-colour with purple angles. 
EULOPHIELLA PEETERSIANA (fig. 20) appeared unexpectedly in 1897, 
when plants, which had been obtained from M. Mocquerys, were offered for 
sale by M. Peeters, of Brussels (O.R., v. p. 67). Shortly afterwards it was. 
described (Kranzl: in Gard. Chron., 1897, i. p. 182). In March of the 
following year it flowered for the first time in Europe, in the collection of 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, and the inflorescence was 
exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S. held on April 12th, and received a 
First-class Certificate (O.R., v. pp. 104, 156). This is the plant figured 
on the oppcsite page, from a painting by Macfarlane. The same plant was: 
also figured in the Botanical Magazine (tt. 7612, 7613). It is much larger 
than E. Elisabethz, and the flowers are very large, and purple in colour, 
with an orange yellow disc to the lip, surrounded by a white area within 
the purple margin. 
In 1899 a very interesting article, by Mr. A. E. P. Griessen, appeared 
under the title, ‘‘ Unrecorded discovery of Eulophiella Peetersiana (O.R., 
vii. p. 258). He remarks: ‘A friend of mine, who is well known in the 
Orchid world, thought of sending a collector to explore completely the Isle 
of Nattes, and before finally arranging matters it occurred to him to look 
through some of the collections of the Jardin des Plantes Herbarium at 
Paris, when he found, not without great surprise, a well-preserved specimen 
of Eulophiella Peetersiana, which had laid in the Herbarium for the last 
fifty years, and was still unidentified. The exact locality is indicated, so 
that there can be no doubt about the facts. This clearly shows the 
importance of preserving collections of dried specimens, though they should 
not remain for half-a-century without being looked over to see what they 
contain.” 
He also gives the history of its introduction : “‘ M. Mocquerys, who was. 
previously a collector for M. Godefroy Lebeuf, of Paris, made an agreement 
with M. Peeters, of Brussels, and left Europe for Sainte Marie de 
Madagascar, without anticipating the discovery of such a magnificent plant 
as the one now under notice, and it is surprising what a number of collectors. 
have for the last two centuries passed and stayed for a certain time in these 
regions without having previously noticed the most common plant of the 
