296 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OCTOBER, 1907. 
The above notes form a very useful addition to our knowledge of hea 
distribution of the Brazilian Cattleyas, and at the same time afford some i 
important cultural hints. Their effect is to confirm the suggested parent: 
_ age of most of the hybrids given at page 236 of my paper, at the same time 
showing that a few of them require to be reconsidered. The question now = 
is whether the mysterious Cattleya X Measuresii is not a form of either C. “a 
X Schroederiana or of C. X eximia. Also whether the lost C. x Lucien- 
jana may not be an older name for C. X venosa. But further material 1s 
necessary in several cases, and it may be better to leave the matter for the 
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present. 
In conclusion, M. Forget remarks that Lelio-cattleya Wavrinii (O.R. xv. 
p- 249, fig. 29) cannot have originated from Cattleya Walkeriana and either — 
C. labiata or Lelia Boothiana. He says it has no doubt L. crispa in it, 
which confirms my suggestion of habitat and parentage. R. A. ROLFE. 
PHALANOPSIS LINDENI, ifs 
THis interesting plant has now appeared in cultivation, having flowered in % 
the establishment of M. Paul Wolter, of Magdeburg, Germany, who has = 
sent it for determination. It was originally described in 1895 by M. Loher a 
{Journ. des. Orch. viz-p. 103), who discovered it in the Philippines, and its 
history has already been briefly given in this work (O.R. xiii. p. 230). 1 : 
then suspected it to be a natural hybrid, and a form of P. x Veitchiama, — 
because M. Loher remarked that it was somewhat like P. Schilleriana in — 
the leaves, and P. rosea in the flowers, except that they were much larger. 
He, however, remarked that no other Phalenopsis grows in the spot where 
he found it. The exact locality was not stated, nor does it appear with a | 
sketch of the plant and a dried inflorescence sent to Kew by M. Loher, but 
now that living flowers are available for examination I believe it to be 4 — 
distinct species, allied to P. rosea. The flowers are quite distinct in 
structure from P. X Veitchiana, and the lip is simply apiculate, without any — 
trace of the anchor-shaped appendages seen in the latter. The inflorescence 
is not branched, and the flowers are rather larger than in P. rosea, and the 
segments broader, while the front lobe of the lip is nearly orbicular. The 
flowers sent by M. Wolter are 1} inches across, whitish suffused with light ; 
rose, and with a few rose-coloured dots at the base of the sepals and petals. 4 
The front lobe of the lip is amethyst-rose at the apex, and whitish behind, ‘ 
with seven radiating lines, shading into brownish at the. base, while the 
erect side lobes are white, with minute orange dots at the base and three 
purple lines above. The crest is orbicular, glabrous, and slightly concave; 
this and the unguis of the lip being dotted with orange-brown, while y 
column is purple. The leaves are said to be silvery-green with a few white 
spots. It is an interesting addition to the genus. R. A. ROLFE : 
