THE ORCHID REVIEW. 331 
On the stems of the trees I met with many fine orchideous plants, one of the most 
abundant, and certainly the most beautiful, being the Cattleya labiata (Travels, ed. 2, 
p. 410). 
Even here the plants were not secure, for we read :— 
In riding along, I could not help feeling deep regret that in these regions many square 
leagues of such forests were being cut down or burned, in order to make room for plantations 
of coffee (p. 409). 
These records leave no doubt about the matters of which they speak. 
Many searches were made for the plant in and around the original localities, 
and so far the belief that the plant had been exterminated was well grounded. 
Its re-discovery in the province of Pernambuco is a happy event, and only 
proves that Orchids are not always so local in their distribution as commonly 
supposed. The only wonder now is that the new habitat was not discovered 
long ago. We need not now go into the controversial matters connected 
with its re-discovery, though we may add that there is no longer any doubt 
about the specific identity of the recent introductions with Lindley’s original 
plant, and the recent names must be relegated to the rank of synonyms. In 
conclusion, we may hope that in one important matter history will not repeat 
itself, for it would be a calamity if so beautiful a plant should be exter- 
minated in its native wilds. 
HYBRID ODONTOGLOSSUMS. 
(Continued from page 278.) 
4. ODONTOGLossUM X GLORIOSO-LUTEOPURPUREUM.—AS already pointed 
out, both Odontoglossum gloriosum and luteopurpureum readily hybridise 
with O. crispum, and we shall now see that they cross as freely with each 
other. This particular hybrid is fairly common in cultivation, and goes 
under qa variety of names, as the following list will show. : 
Although both the parent species grow in company with O. crispum in 
the district around Bogota, they also extend some distance further north, as 
both are found in the neighbourhood of Ocafia. The exact area over which 
the hybrid is found is therefore a little doubtful, though presumably 1t may 
occur wherever the two parent species grow together. 
This hybrid was second only to Odontoglossum x Andersonianum as 
Tegards its discovery, for it appeared with Messrs. Hugh Low. and Co., of 
Clapton, as long ago as October, 1868, and soon afterwards it was described 
by Reichenbach under the name of Odontoglossum * mulus. Its author 
Pointed out that it was intermediate between O. gloriosum and oe 
Pireum, both in size, shape, and colour, and notably in the shape of t 
‘olumn-wings and crest of the lip; the vegetative organs being most like 0. 
