summit a pair of leathery light green leaves, the leaves enveloping the pseudobulbs - 
when young, being very fugacious, and soon falling away. The scape attains a height 
varying from two to six feet in length, the flowers being panicled ; upon one 
panicle imported from its native country we counted more than a hundred scars, 
which were the impressions left by fallen blooms. The flowers are some three or 
four inches across, and very fragrant, spreading and showy; the sepals and _ petals 
are nearly equal, the ground colour being of a creamy green or creamy yellow, 
barred transversely with numerous closely arranged streaks and blotches of deep 
reddish purple; the front lobe of the lip is broadly acute, pure white, more or 
less flushed towards. the base with purple, which becomes of a deeper purple at the 
extremity. 
The plant thrives best in a pot, taking care that the drainage is kept 
perfectly free and open, and in good working condition. The pot should be of good 
size, for we have found this plant, unlike many Orchids, delights in a largish quantity 
of soil about its roots. The soil should consist of good peat-fibre (from which most of 
the fine particles have been beaten) and some chopped sphagnum moss, adding in the 
course of potting some nodules of charcoal, and pressing the whole down firmly. 
This plant thrives well with other species of Odontoglossum during the summer 
season, but during the dull dreary days of winter it should have a little more warmth 
than such kinds as O. Alexandre appear to revel in, and therefore we recommend 
the Cattleya house, or a temperature which does not fall below 55° or 60°. It 
should be kept rather dry at the root in winter if not growing, but by no means 
allow it to suffer through want of water. 
A WownperruL CaLantHe.—There was recently in flower in the collection of 
Orchids belonging to J. A. Rolls, Esq., Hendre, Monmouth, a plant of Calanthe 
vestita oculata gigantea, having a spike 6 feet 4 inches long, and carrying 48 fine 
flowers; this plant was grown in a 82-size pot in a compost of peat and loam in 
equal parts with a little sand and decayed manure added, and we must congratulate 
the gardener, Mr. Coomber, upon his method of cultivation.—H. W. 
