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being pam: (not shorter) than the tube; in some 
of the forms we have seen, the calyx lobes are се 
tinctly ынс at the base. It appears to be co 
dif so would be a good varietal кеней, 
So dis- 
few gardens, but Me seem to be scarce, so far, D 
ORCHID NOTES 4 AND GLEANINGS. 
MESSRS. J. VEITCH & SONS. 
ScHOMBURGEIA TIBICINIS. —Among the ma ny ob- 
К, of i e ae to be seen at the present time in the 
f Messrs. James Veitch & Son the 
аре m interesting Cow-horn Orchid (Schom- 
burgkia аси with scapes measuring some 5 feet 
in length, and bearing near the mags а 
handsome Puis of 24 inches across. e sepals 
and petals are beautifully рач и rosy- 
hed with а peculiar light 
should be placed near the glas 
house, plenty pi itt being given ising? the ft 
ing stage. A season of rest should also vct 
to induce it to eee Mr. Bateman gives a very 
interesting account of the plant in his селы folio 
work, The Orchidacee of Mexico and Guatemala. 
From him we learn that this striking plant is a 
native of Honduras, where it exists in great abund- 
ance ; 
m 
utting off th нса аз in such r 
seb нне trumpets said to be among the wild 
urchins of Hodie that ‘the plant yielding them is 
called the “ Trumpet-plant.” 
Nanodes Meduse. —We hea noticed a hy speci- 
men of this singularly bizarre, but han e Orchid 
at Messrs. Veitch's. The ibd ae pores and 
pale glaucous colour of the foliage, and the peculiar 
Ga of be age purple flower, give it a m 
petals 
а 
green, signed k weg e edged with faint red-purple ; the 
very large orbicular lip is of a dull lurid ку with 
dull green disc, bifid at the apex, and the m 
nuo time, It is well depicted in the Bot, Mag., 
t. 57 E: 
ia Bensonie— Another very striking plant we 
See was a richly coloured form of Thunia Ben- 
soniæ, in which the colour was much deeper than in 
the form represented in Mag., t. 5694. It is one 
ofthe showiest of the genus, the bright purple seg- 
& puzzle, seeing that it has only four pollen-masses, 
SE the latter has eight, besides ues so different 
habit nd I cannot help thinking there must be 
$m m 
e 
seen the eight pollen masses quite dis . in 
dried specimens of Bletia aleae оар а пе 
pe and in living specimens. of Phaius Mer 
By the L^ Prof. Reichenbach dou 
keep the m genera dis 
Aérides mitratum, e is said to be extremely 
ud only in mip ion, but in its native 
ein. Messrs. Veitch have a 
mes a 
prone its over half an inch in diameter, white, with 
rosy-purple lip and anther-case. А figure may be 
found in the Bot. Mag., t. 5728, where it is stated 
that the racemes are 5—10 inche 
any ot i 
in flower, the байы 
oe. Several plants 
may be seen, which 
ve Jamaica, describes 
house especially е quite a 
of the old Broughtonia sanguin 
Browne, in his Natu ii Hist 
‚ as one be — most beautiful Plants of the tribe, and 
on trees near the coast, 
Orchids at the Royal Exotic fiery d 
dition, and will amply repay the troie of a visit. 
Orchis, 
vun э 
n fine 
Lissochilus Krebsii is now ney in flower in the 
геру” at Kew; the всаре is nearly 
zi md sap ae producing а. a score of its b. 
ng re 
S 
e 
c 
— 
e lip a deeper “fallow This species 
pg in Natal, and 
rsfallii is a noble species, cede in Bot, 
lis; i : 0 to 6 feet 
long, terminated by a truss of large, very baik tiful, 
i The most recent species, 
also figured in Bot. Mag., t. 6858, is L. Sandersoni, 
It seems to have first flowered i in 
ou 
sepals , wit 
white, and the lip violet, 
ith purple lines. zer dL "di 
chide, which have all flowered i w Garden 
at different sorte are ae кеен of 
this peculiar ge 
Oncidium дарен also in flower in the Cattleya- 
house at Kew, P E its spikes of clear, rich 
yellow flowers, a foot Sa with the young growths ; 
it is very distinct and pre 
The fol meis Orchids, ais in flower at Kew, are 
growing freely i in pes suspended from the roof. 
ceful flowering plant, and does not 
differ in any miea degree from the plant figured 
ot. Mag., t. 5541, as I. paniculata. This 
speci es greatly in the ё tint of the flowers and 
dn in ен size of the large lip—large in comparison 
petals, The long branched spikes 
also о аа э freely. 
The appearance be di slender hairy roclaim 
> to be nearly to D. ына: - James- 
um, req nde the same ir to deve- 
ree its flowers. ‘We are told in . tha 
ert 
К was discovered м Mr. Hugh me * on ‘the north- 
of Borneo at an elevation of 3000 feet 
eie the „вед gum growing on trees in exposed 
ave found nearly all the nigro- 
situations." Ih 
i 
ied b in ts, where 
they are seldom disturbed and hung up clo 
to the gl f. me of course uire more 
heat than others. D. formosum can scarcely 
uch, while D. infundibulu oes t 
Dendrobium mesochlorum, a very pretty, sweetly 
perfumed species, is also in flower ; ш. I have grown 
and exhibited mori e nameof D.a um; nor does 
m 
it differ T materially from D. pists of the 
Bot, Mag Probably the name has been 
e questi i 
name?” It w lace by 
Wallich, who described nce as exquisite, 
uv sid bo that of OA fragra Tt is as free 
s D. nobile 
йл; 2, with us for ten years. It isn 
grown, but should be in every collection of Orch ids, 
not Й 2 its fragrance, but for its elegant spikes 
of flowe 
sul sumatrana is in flower, in the form of 
an exceedingly good variety ; the flowers are of large 
1868, p. ; he says the apex of the 
lip is furnished with “h Mis quite as dense as in à 
good hat-brush.” J, D 
ORCHIDS AT MOT ATUM, A REIGATE. 
Ty 2. д 
of excellence in Orchid culture. In e collection of 
T. B. Haywood, Esq., the utmost 
and flower is aimed at, and чое 2278 his gardener, 
a plant-lover as well as 
vor se fe in seme about the best results. Thus, 
ne part there is no stint of the where- 
t 
care and intelligence in carrying out every 
at good " peu fine oondition of 
f lowers which 
the 
they make, plainly некни 
Odontoglossum vexillar is here кезге 
to а wonderful pitch, small lants being grown in 
ew u 
between 200 and 
eri have about fifty flowers, ind comi them 
аге some very rare dark rose, rose, and some beauti- 
е white wc heise M d others are torsion ed 
white or veined with rosy- -lilac. ‚ Апа still 
айн sen i rm appears ев 
dotted over with crimson. 
truly mn dr nificen t, and а brave show they make in the 
reni 
Оаомый ойда crispum, О. Hallii, O. Wilckeanum, О, 
beams О. Roezlii, О. nebulosum, 0. Andersonia- 
m, O. cordatu 
iii some g 
devallia Veitchi grandiflo ra, and richly t inted M, 
d M.i with fifty or sixty flowers 
Masdevallia Schlimii has posed x vit 
less car on 
could desire, either in the quality of the plants or in 
size and quantity of eri reas Soe better than the 
Woodhatch culture secures. 
The Caitleyarhonse is as ue of bloom as the cool- 
houses, and the q Mossis is 
lants f 
duce their flowers, which they do not in some 
e of plants 
еа 
with very large 
crimson, one of the varieties being exquisite, It is 
