238 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aucust, 1908. 
and miniatum. An example of an Orchid with a swollen rachis is given in 
Bulbophyllum inflatum, a species having greenish hairy flowers, and when 
these have fallen away “the persistent rachis strongly resembles a small 
pickling cucumber, two or three inches in length, three-quarters to one inch 
in diameter, and quite rough from the scars left by the fallen flowers.” 
Among giant Orchids for which space is found at Glasnevin are the 
handsome Eulophiella Peetersiana, which succeeds well—and curiously 
enough Mr. Moore attributes his success in cultivating it to want of space 
—the striking Arachnanthe Lowii, remarkable for its dimorphic flowers, 
which has been in the collection for twenty years, Cyrtopodium Andersoni, 
and Cypripedium Lindleyanum, which has been at Glasnevin since 1885, 
and is still healthy and vigorous. 
Pigmy Orchids are abundant, and Mr. Moore remarks that there is “a 
growing taste for them, and collectors are disappointed because there are 
not long lists of them in nursery catalogues and because they are not cheap. 
How,” he continues, “could it be otherwise? For years relegated to the 
limbo of what was contemptuously called ‘botanical stuff, they were 
unheeded and unasked for, and to this fact many owe their presence in the 
Glasnevin collection.’’ Pleurothallis astrophora Mr. Moore considers to be 
a typical plant in this class. ‘‘ I consider this to be one of the most beautiful 
of all minute Orchids,” he remarks. ‘I got it in 1891, but not for nothing. 
When I look at this pigmy I have always felt ashamed of the price I paid 
for it, but I have never regretted it; it has given so much pleasure to 
visitors. The plant when in flower is not more than three inches high 
leaves about { inch by ¢ inch. It is very floriferous; the flowers are 
numerous, very minute, and bright glistening purple. When held towards 
the light they seem to sparkle all over.’ Several other tiny species are 
mentioned, and among them Pleurothallis hypnicola, a native of Brazil, 
“nearly the smallest of all Orchids. It grows in dense tufts, the leaves 
from } to } inch in length, the flowers pale yellow, with tiny purple lip. 
They are so inconspicuous that they can hardly be seen.” 
“Every collector,” Mr. Moore remarks, “ occasionally has a slice of 
luck, and the acquisition of Arachnanthe annamensis was such a slice. 
When looking through the importations of Orchids sent to Messrs. F. Sander 
and Sons, from Annam, I selected one from a number of distichous-leaved 
plants. I got it in June, 1904, and it flowered in June, 1905, and it has 
flowered every year since.” It is one of the striking species figured. 
Among Orchids which have a pendulous habit, and which “ absolutely 
refuse to grow, or even live, in any other position,” 
rare Masdevallia deorsa, Brassavola nodosa, 
mention is made of the 
Cattleya citrina, Scuticaria 
Steelii, Lycaste Dyeriana and Epidendrum vesicatum. The latter has thick, 
glaucous leaves, which are “ sharply folded inwards at the midrib, united 
