SEPTEMBER, 1903,] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 281 
PAPHIOPEDILUM GODEFROYAZ LEUCOCHILUM. 
Tuis charming little plant is grown with great success in the collection of 
R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, by Mr. Smith, who 
has kindly sent us the photograph here reproduced, representing a group of 
plants which flowered there during the present summer. It is interesting to 
see the considerable range of variation, and it may be added that in a few 
cases the lip is more or less dotted with purple, a character more distinct in 
the original photograph than in the illustration. It may be remembered 
that a figure of a plant in the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge 
Hall, Bury, appeared at page 145 of our second volume, when a note on 
its culture was given. Comparatively little is known as to the exact 
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history of the plant, though the question of its origin has been pretty fully 
discussed (O. R., v., pp. 231-233), when the conclusion was arrived at that 
it was probably a natural hybrid. But the point has not yet been fully 
cleared up. It would be interesting to compare the hybrids of this group 
which have been raised in cultivation with some of the wild forms to see 
how far the characters correspond, and also to have clearer evidence of the 
parent species growing together than we have at present. Will not some 
of our collectors come forward and throw some light on the question? The 
original habitat of P. Godefroye was given as the cliff of a limestone 
island near the Bird’s-Nest Islands of Champon. 
