204 THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



Winifred Uollington (niveum x callosum). — Dorsal pale 

 dusky crimson, purple at base ; lines of the same colour, ac- 

 centuated by dots. The handsome petals are pale purple, 

 with darker branching lines and specks over all. Slipper 

 purplish, with pale crimson Unes. 



Nitidum (selligerum majus x nitens). — Very large. The 

 broad white edges of the dorsal fold sharply back. It is green 

 in the midst, with green lines and longitudinal rows of strong 

 dark brown spots. Petals clear brown above, with a tinge 

 of maroon, paler below, with spots of the same. Slipper 

 brownish. The whole polished and shiny to a degree which 

 gives it the name nitidum. 



But there was one astonishing peculiarity in the flower 

 which I saw — the first produced. Everyone knows that 

 in the genus Cypripedium the two lower sepals are fused 

 together, making a single limb, small commonly, insignificant, 

 and nearly hidden by the slipper. But in this case there 

 was no attempt at fusion. The lower sepals stood out as 

 clearly as in a Cattleya, one on each side the slipper — whitish, 

 with green lines and crimson spots at the base. It will 

 be interesting to observe whether this deformity — which is 

 in truth a return to the more graceful pristine form — will 

 prove to be permanent. 



Sir Redvers Buller. — A new hybrid of which the 

 parents are understood to be Lucie x insigne ; the former 

 itself a hybrid — Lawrenceanum x ciliolare. I have not seen 

 the flower, which is thus described in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, Jan, 20, 1 900 : ' The fine dorsal is of a pale- 

 green tint in the lower half with dark chocolate-purple 

 dotted lines ; the upper portion pure white, with the basal 

 dark lines continued into it, but of a deep rose-purple. The 

 petals are yellowish, tinged with rose on the outer halves 

 and blotched with dark purplish chocolate. Lip greenish 

 with the face tinged reddish-brown.' 



