﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Vol. XII.] DECEMBER, 1904. [No. 144. 



CATTLEYA LODDIGESII AND C. HARRISON IAN A. 



having been transposed, and the question has just cropped up again in 

 a communication from Mr. Mackay, Orchid grower to the Right. Hon. 

 J. Chamberlain, M.P. Mr. Mackay sends two flowers of what is 

 correctly regarded there as the true C. Harrisoniana, and states that the 

 point has been disputed. In short, he confirms what we have already 

 had evidence of, that in some way importations of both species have been 



species may serve to clear up the confusion pointed out. 



Cattle ya Loddigesii may be traced back as far as 18 19, when it 

 was originally described and figured under the name of Epidendrum 

 violaceum (Lodd. Bot. Cab., iv., t. 337)- It was then remarked : " This 

 superb plant is a native of South America, and has been very lately 

 introduced." Shortly afterwards, when Lindley established the genus 

 Cattleya, on the now well-known C. labiata, he remarked: "The only 

 other species of the genus with which we are acquainted is one which has 

 been published by Mr. Loddiges, with the name of Epidendrum violaceum. 

 We propose to call it Cattleya Loddigesii" {Lind. Coll. Bot., sub t. 33). 

 In the following number of the work the plant was figured (t. 37)- In 1827 

 another figure appeared {Hook. Exot. Bot., iii., t. 186), when its history was 

 considerably extended, it being remarked: "Although recently figured by 

 Mr. Loddiges, it was introduced for the first time into Great Britain at the 

 Botanic Garden of Liverpool, from the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, 

 Brazil, by Mr. Woodforde, as long ago as the year 1S10. It blossomed 



believes have'originated all the individuals that exist in other collections." 



In 1843, a species was described under the name of Cattleya Arembergii 

 (Scheidw. in Allg. Gartcnz., 1843, p. 109), whose identity remained un- 

 certain for a long time, but Reichenbach at length obtained an authentic 

 living flower from the collection of Prince Camille de Rohan, which proved 



