THE ORCHID \\'ORLD. 



[December, 191 5. 



bicolor, and others. In September, 60 baskets 

 of Orchids were despatched to England. 



At the end of November, despite a 

 revolution that had broken out at Ocana, 

 Arnold managed to send home one of his 

 largest and finest collections. It occupied no 

 less than 74 large cases and consisted of 400 

 Anguloas, 450 Cypripedium Schlimii, 150 

 Rodriguezia secunda, 30 Stanhopea eburnea, 

 100 Odontoglossum naevium, 5,000 O. 

 triumphans, 5,000 O. Pescatorei, 50 Maxillaria 

 venusta, 500 Epidendrum atropurpureum 

 roseum, 400 Xylobium hyacinthinum, 1,500 

 Miltonia Phalaenopsis, 25 Acineta Humboldti, 

 85 Burlingtonias, 150 various Epidendrums, 

 300 Physurus, 360 Sobralia virginalis, 600 

 Warscewiczellas, as well as Catasetums, 

 Mormodes, Oncidiums, and others. 



Towards the end of December he 

 despatched another immense collection, 

 despite the battle in the immediate vicinity. 

 No less than 60 bullets passed through his 

 slender house. On the very last day of the 

 year he shipped 4,000 Ada aurantiaca, and 

 then appears to have left the district for a 

 safer place near Caracas. 



1885. 



About this period Masdevallias were in 

 great request, so Arnold set out to collect a 

 further supply of M. tovarensis, some 3,000 

 plants, and M. picturata 3,500. Other species 

 included M. triangularis and M. Wageneriana. 

 With these were despatched 300 Epidendrum 

 tovarense, 20 Ponthieva maculata, some 

 Barkeria elegans, found near Cumana, and 

 Oncidium Papilio and Cycnoches Loddigesii 

 from the Colonic. 



Early in June Arnold made plans for 

 a full season's collecting, reserving June- 

 August 1 5th for Cattleya Gaskelliana ; 

 August i5th-October 15th for C. Percivaliana; 

 November-December at Merida ; January- 

 February for Anguloa Clowesii ; March for 

 white C. Mossia? ; and March-April for 

 Cattleyas from San Felipe. During July 

 Cumana was in a state of revolution, yet 74 

 baskets of plants were despatched. In August 

 102 baskets of C. Gaskelliana were sent via 



La Guayra to Europe, Stanhopea Wardii 

 being included. C. Gaskelliana had then only 

 been discovered about three years, and its 

 exact habitat was carefully kept secret lest 

 other collectors should get on its track. Its 

 real home is round about Carupano, Turumi- 

 quire and Barcelona, on the Venezuelan 

 coast, west of Trinidad. Arnold's experience 

 taught him that this species should not be 

 collected from September to May unless it is 

 desired to see the plants in flower. 



Trinidad was next visited, where Diacrium 

 bicornutum was collected near the coast, 

 growing on rocks and the lower branches of 

 trees, often so near that it could be gathered 

 from a small boat. Having accomplished the 

 object of this visit Arnold returned by steamer 

 and travelled up the river Orinoco to Bolivar, 

 continuing the journey by canoe. While at 

 Ciudad he spent £\oo in the purchase of 

 suitable goods for bartering with the Indians. 

 When exploring the upper Orinoco quantities 

 of Cattleya superba were discovered, and at 

 just the right time for collection, the month 

 of December. ITere it flowered in May, 

 during the rainy season. 



1886. 



Early in January, 1886, Arnold had 

 travelled up the Orinoco as far as Maipures, 

 above the waterfalls, and 6go miles from the 

 sea. Large quantities of Cattleya superba 

 were again seen growing profusely. Arnold 

 intended making way to the Duida mountains, 

 but the letter he wrote, full of hope and 

 success, proved to be his last. On June 2Qth, 

 1886, Messrs. Sander and Sons received the 

 sad news that this intrepid collector and 

 explorer had died at S. Fernando, on the 

 Orinoco. Born in 1 861, the extreme hardships 

 he endured in a treacherous climate closed 

 his life at the early age of 25. 



Phal.enopsis Aphrodite. — This beautiful 

 species, a native of the Philippines, produces 

 arching spikes with pure white flowers, the 

 lip spotted with purple and with a pale 

 yellow stain on each side. 



