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'JH1-: ORCHID WORLD. 
[March, 1913. 
Chelsea, 1512. On other occasions he has 
staged specimens at the Ro\'al Horticultural 
Society and at several of the principal 
Contmental shows. 
Mons. Maron sends the followui"; list of 
hybrids with the names under which the\- 
have been shown. L3elio-Cattle)'a Alphand 
(C. Fabia x L.-C. callistoglossa), shown at 
Brussels, October, iqio; L.-C. Pujettii (C. 
Trianse x L. superbiens), Paris, February, 
1004; Cattlcya Murillo (C. Maronii x C. 
Dowiana Rosita), Brussels, October, igio; 
C. Sigurd (C. aurea x C. Enid), Paris, 191 1 ; 
Brasso-Cattleya Yilmoriniana (C. Alossia^ x 
B.-C. Mrs. J. Leemann), Brussels, March, 
igiO; B.-C. Dietrichiana (C. Fabia x B.-C. 
Mrs. J. Leemann), Brussels, March, igio; 
B.-C. Andre Maron (C. Schroderae x B.-C. 
Mrs. J. Leemann), Pans, November, igil; 
B.-C. R. LarJames, London, October, IQII; 
B.-C. Jupiter (C. Luddemanniana x B.-C. 
Madame Chas. Maron), Berlin, iQog ; Brasso- 
cattlaelia Leonardii (B.-L. Helen x C. Mossije), 
Chelsea, May, igi2 ; B.-C.-L. Beaucis (L.-C. 
intermedio-flava x B.-C. Mrs. j. Leemann), 
London, October, igii ; and B.-C.-L. Aurora 
(L.-C. Ernestii x B.-C Mrs. J. Leemann), Paris, 
March, igi i 
ORCHID HUNTING. 
AX interesting account of Orchid hunting 
on the Amazon and Negro appeared 
in a recent issue of the Times. 
" There is a curious atmosphere of suspense, 
of hush, in the Amazon forest," says the 
writer; " the light only reaches one after being 
filtered thiough greenery. Noises are few ; 
occasionally a large bird will utter its call, an 
iguana will rush through the rustling leaves, 
or some monkeys will chatter as they swing 
through the creepers overhead. 
" Ants swarm on the trees, and nearl)- all 
inflict painful bites, and there are as well 
several kinds of wasp and bee, which either 
.suspend their nests from twigs or else build 
in rolled-up leaves ; all would seem to be the 
guardians of Orchids, and do their utmost to 
repel the despoiler. 
" Some Orchids always have their roots in 
ant's nests, and one kind, which I subsequently 
obtained at the cost of an aching hand, had a 
little hole at the base of each pseudo-bulb in 
which a large black ant had its habitation, and 
of which it proved a most faithful guardian. 
The Orchid turned out to be an Oncidium, 
with delicate sprays of yellow flowers thickl\- 
spotted with chocolate brown. 
" Distribution of Oichids. I collected man\- 
Orchids and remarked that their distribution 
appeared to be very local ; one day Cattleyas 
abounded on the trees ; another day, a few 
miles further on, onl\- Schomburgkias could 
be found. In one place quantities of Cata- 
setums were growing on the ground, beneath 
little bushes, and in the denser forest near by 
another variety of Catasetum w^as growing on 
tree trunks not far from the ground. Of 
course, this was above high-water level. This 
last variety has both male and female flowers. 
The female flowers were borne on a short, 
thick stalk, and were greenish-\'elIow bells, 
while the male flowers were borne on graceful 
stems and were black with green and white 
fringes. When touched a tiny portion 
detached itself and jumped out. OneCattleya 
we \\ere lucky enough to find had great 
splashes of gold on its ros\'-mauve petals and 
an edging of pure white ; evidently a natural 
hybrid, the strange product of the wanderings 
and f eastings of some great night moth. 
" No European who has not himself seen 
them could credit the m\-riads of mosquitoes 
which haunt these forest streams, and as the 
few inhabitants of these regions are all suffer- 
ing from malaria great care has to be taken. 
The noises that all these insects made seemed 
to rise and fall in waves of sound, now 
becoming insistently shrill, now dying awa}' 
to comparative stillness. M)' companions had 
fallen asleep in their hammocks ; from the 
ri\er were heard only faint rippling sounds, 
and I composed myself for sleep. Never was 
there a greater delusion, it was indeed a Jiiiil 
blanche. It was too dark to see anything ; 
the sound of all this unknown activity had a 
curious effect on the ner\ es, and vivid stories 
of great snakes, of jaguars, and crocodiles 
came to the mind." 
