48 THE ORCHID REVIEW. : 
observing them critically in the Malay Archipelago T found that the pla 
flowered throughout the year at intervals of about six ween i 
tremely abundant in Singapore, where it is known as the “ Pigeon Ona 
in allusion to the shape of its flowers. a 
The inland form found in Burma is not worth growing, both plantsai 
flowers being too small. The Ceylon and Malayan varieties are well a 
a place in the Orchid house, especially the Ceylon form, which | 
compact in habit. These plants are easy to grow, and thrive best in 
India house, in a teak-wood hanging basket. They require no restit, 
season. 4 
(To be continued.) 
CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII AUTUMNALIS. 
CAaTTLEYA WARSCEWICzII (or C. gigas, as it was afterwards called) 
well known to be a summer flowerer; that is, its blooms are produced # 
the young growths, without an interval of rest. A plant in the collection’ 
Mr. F. L, Ames, of North Easton, Mass., U.S.A., has for several years! 
succession flowered in November and December, which gives it an enhantt | 
value for decorative purposes, After the growths are matured the i) 
rests for a considerable period, as in the case of C. labiata. This plant 
introduced by Messrs, Hugh Low & Co., of Clapton, and was purchased 
an imported C. Mendeli. Its characteristics are noted in Garden and fe 
for I8go, p. 114, It is interesting to record that a second plant has .% 
appeared, in the collection of W. G. Marshall, Esq,, Norton Manor, Taunt) 
Somerset, where it flowered in December last. 
the petals four inches long by three and three- 
as the sepals, of a light rosy mauve. 
crimson-purple, with a light rosy 
straw-coloured blotches, 
side lobes are rich crimso 
characteristics of C. War 
It is a magnificent th 
quarters broad, and, as. 
The front lobe of the lip is of the ne! 
mauve margin. In the throat are two ke 
which are yellow on the side nearest the disc. — 
n-purple at the tips, but paler behind. It has all 
Scewiczil, of which it must be considered an au o 
r plants, occasionally produce flowers out of se 
y check of some kind, but in the pres 
ter has become fixed. It may be a geographical ven 
Mendeli occurs on the eastern Cordillera of New Granada, fu 
north than C. Warscewiczii, and it is believed to have been imported 
the former, 
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