JANUARY, 1907.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 3 
OTHER EVENTS. 
Several other interesting events of the year may be mentioned in passing. 
‘The discovery of Goodyera repens in Norfolk and the rediscovery of Cypri- 
pedium Calceolus in Yorkshire have been recorded in our pages, the Mendelian 
“* Laws” of Inheritance, and Rules of Nomenclature have been discussed, as 
well as the question of Fungus Co-operation in Orchid roots—and, by the 
‘way, has also been illustrated in our pages. A good many of the specially 
interesting Orchids of the year have also been illustrated, but considerations 
of space prevent us enumerating them, and they are given in detail at page 
384 of our last volume. 
Losses DURING THE YEAR. 
It has been our melancholy duty to record the decease of several well- 
‘known and highly-respected Orchidists, Count Kerchove, H. M. Pollett, 
J. E. Vanner, Reginald Young, and G. W. Law-Schofield, while that of 
Prof. Pfitzer is recorded in our present issue, but their work is known, and 
in several cases it would be no exaggeration to say that their names will be 
remembered as long as Orchidology lasts. 
So much for the past year, which has been one of marked progress. And 
the future is full of promise. Orchids were never more popular than at 
present, and the hybridist is abroad, and what he may have in store for us 
can be awaited with confidence. 
ONCIDIUM WALUEWA. 
A NOTE respecting the history of this pretty little Orchid, which was 
exhibited by H. T. Pitt, Esq., at the R.H.S. Scientific Committee meeting 
on November zoth last, may be interesting. It was originally figured and 
described by Regel asa new genus, in 1891, under the name of Waluewa 
pulchella (Gartenflora, xl. p. 80, t. 1341, fig. 1), being dedicated to Count 
P. A. Walujew. It is a native of the Province of Minas Geraes, Brazil, 
and was sent by Herr Lietz to the St. Petersburg Botanic Garden, where it 
flowered. It was described as nearly allied to Gomesa. A comparison of 
characters, however, shows that it is an Oncidium of the pubes group, and 
as there was an Oncidium pulchellum, Hook., a native of the West Indies 
(Bot. Mag. t. 2773), the generic name had to be utilised, and the species 
was called Oncidium Waluewa (Rolfe in Kew Hand-List Orch. ed. 2, p. 167). 
It is a very dwarf species, scarcely three inches high, and produces dwarf 
racemes of whitish flowers, prettily barred with pink on the petals, and 
‘spotted on the lip. It belongs to Lindley’s group Tetrapetala micropetala, 
and is nearly allied to O. pubes, Lind!., though much dwarfer in habit. 
Prof. Cogniaux has recently referred it to Leiochilus, as L. pulchellus (Mart. 
Fil. Bras. iii. pt. 6, p. 450, t. 94, fig. 11). R. A. RoLFE. 
