7° THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
With few exceptions the species of Pleurothallis can only be termed 
botanical Orchids, and here were the curious P. immersa, something like a 
small P. Roezlii, but with the peduncle united to the leaf for a considerable 
distance, and P. longissima with long racemes of green flowers. Also two 
or three species of Stelis, whose flowers are remarkable for closing at various 
times of the day or night, and the curious little Scaphosepalum ochthodes, 
formerly referred to Masdevallia, were bearing numerous racemes; also 
nt li lanoy were the curious R. ophiocephala, 
together with R. maculata and R. elegans, the two latter invariably being 
attractive. 
Of the Dendrobium group may be mentioned the pretty little Australian 
D. Kingianum, and the very curious Megaclinium falcatum, while Erias 
included E. velutina and E. cristata, the latter bearing two-flowered racemes 
of white flowers from the axils of yellow bracts, the lip also being yellow. 
Tainia penangiana and T. latifolia were flowering freely, with the Philippine 
Pholidota conchoidea. Epidendrum was represented by E. fuscum and E. 
Spondiadum, the latter with light purple flowers, and Ponera by the curious 
little P. juncifolia. Among Saccolabiums were S. hainanense and S. 
M dul while Gomeza was represented by G. crispa. ; 
Of Cypripedi may be ioned C. Bulleni Ge Victoria 
Mariz, and the interesting natural hybrid C. x siamense, also the Brazilian 
lenipedium Sargenti though these are perhaps not more botanical 
than some other things not included in these notes, which might have been 
considerably extended by the inclusion of plants which are more generally 
cultivated. ; f 
See eer 
CATTLEYA LUEDDEMANNIANA VARIETIES. 
THE history of the handsome Cattleya Lueddemanniana was given at 
Page 272 of our last volume, and we may now give an account of the 
different varieties which have been described, some of which are flowering 
at this season. 
The first mentioned is the one called C. speciosissima Lowii by Mr. I: 
Anderson (Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 404), but the description seems to apply 
to an entire importation of thing like a thousand plants brought by 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. from Venezuela, and thus may be considered to 
represent C. Lueddemanniana generally, and not any particular variety: 
The description given seems to refer to an average or fairly typical fone 
of which a figure is given in Reich 
Var. Bt i 
(C. sp 
Moore in Orch. Alb., VI., t. 261) is a fi 
enbachia (ser. 2, I., p. 71, t- 34)+ 
issima var. Bucl i Will. and T. 
ne form, which appeared 10 2 
collection of J. Buchanan, Esq., Morningside, Edinburgh. The sepals 4 
petals are rosy lilac, the latter being three inches broad, and the front 
