322 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ NOVEMBER, 1903. 
which it is bright rose colour, and almost the shape of a trowel. It was 
found in Manila by Mr. T. Lobb, who sent it to Messrs. Veitch.” 
Another interesting novelty was Cattleya lobata (p. 403, with fig.), which 
flowered with Messrs. Loddiges in 1847. It was imported from Brazil, 
and is now known as Lelia Boothiana. Oncidium phymatochilum, called 
the “ Long-tailed Oncid.,” was also described and figured (p. 139). Lindley 
remarked :—‘ The plant is common in collections under the name we have 
adopted, but the origin of which we have failed to discover. It is a very 
pretty species, and much more worth having than many of the  yellow- 
flowered Oncids..... The sepals and petals are long and narrow, like 
those of a Brassia..... We first received it from the collection of the late 
Mr. Clowes.” It no doubt came from Brazil, which afterwards proved to be 
its native country. 
The beautiful Vanda suavis was also described for the first time (p. 351) 
Lindley remarking :—‘‘A specimen of this charming plant was-exhibited by 
Messrs. Veitch on the 4th April, in the meeting room of the Horticultural 
Society. . . . The fragrance, after the flowers have been brought into a living 
room, is delicious ; we have preserved a flower ina fresh state for nearly 
three weeks. It is said to have come from Java.” 
Here, also, we find the first reference to a tropical hybrid Orchid that 
we know of. At p. 159 Lindley figured and described what he called “‘ the 
purple-stained Oncid.,” Oncidium luridum var. purpuratum. He 
remarked :—This is the finest variety of the lurid Oncid. yet seen. It has 
the hard spotted leaves of that species, and the same habit. But the sepals 
and petals are richly speckled with purple, and the lip is as rich a crimson 
as that of Mr. Lance’s Oncid. Jt looks, in fact, as if it were a cross between 
the two (the italics are our own). It is slightly and agreeably aromatic. 
The annexed cut was taken from a fine specimen which flowered with 
Messrs. Loddiges in September last.” It is rather curious that when some 
three years later he again described and figured this plant, under the name 
of O. hematochilum (Paxt. Fl. Gard., i., p. 21, t. 6) he made no reference 
whatever to the possibility of its being a natural hybrid. He remarked :— 
“The accompanying drawing was made in September, 1847, from a plant 
in the possession of Messrs. Loddiges, and we believe it is found in their 
list under the provisional name of O. luridum purpuratum. They had 
imported it from New Grenada, but it does not occur among any dried 
collections which we have examined from that country.” It looks as if 
Lindley had forgotten his own description and figure, and it is interesting 
to point out that this shrewd observation afterwards proved to have 4 
foundation in fact, for it is now known that the plant is a hybrid between 
Oncidium luridum and O. Lanceanum (0. R., iii., pp. 174, 175), and that 
it Is a native of Trinidad, not of New Grenada. 
