In this collection we have seen many hundred spikes of O. Alexandre (crispum)— 
and other kinds in bloom at the same time, and, arranged as they were in two 
long houses, the sight was a glorious one, never to be forgotten. A similar 
magnificent display is obtained every year. 
Odontoglossum Coradinei, which is very rare, forms a compact-growing plant, 
furnished with lively green foliage, and producing its flowers, about nine in number, 
on a drooping spike; the sepals and petals are primrose colour, spotted with a warm 
brown, and the lip is primrose, with an oblong spot of brown in the centre. The 
plant blooms during winter, and lasts for several weeks in full beauty. It requires to 
be grown in the cool house, and should have the same temperature and _ treatment 
as O. Alexandre. 
Mr. Ler’s Vanpas.—We were favoured recently with a box of Orchid flowers 
from W. Lee, Esq., Downside, Leatherhead. The box contained twenty-one grand 
spikes of varieties of Vanda suavis and V. tricolor, amongst which were some of 
the finest forms we have ever seen. It was, indeed, a feast of Vandas to have 
so many fine varieties side by side. Amongst the varieties of V. tricolor were many 
forms—from a pale variety with a whitish ground up to the most superbly marked 
one of the series, which Mr. Lee calls the ‘ Downside” variety. The markings of 
this gem are very rich and distinct, the spots being well defined, of a bright 
chestnut-brown, and the lips a rich magenta. V. tricolor Patersoni and V. tricolor 
superba were quite in the shade by the side of this great beauty. V. tricolor 
Warnerii was also grand, but of a different type to the last-mentioned plant, having 
rosy margins around the sepals and petals; this plant is well figured in Warner's 
Select Orchidaceous Plants. 
Of Vanda swavis there were some magnificent forms, one, marked Lee’s variety, 
being especially fine; this had thirteen flowers on the spike; the sepals and petals 
were of fine form, with distinct pale, brownish-crimson spots. In some cases the 
spotting of this variety is very peculiar, especially on the lower parts of the sepals 
and petals, where the spots or stripes are from half an inch to three-fourths of an 
inch long, rendering the markings very distinct. 
Accompanying the Vandas was a fine variety of Cattleya Mendelii, called 
Jamesiana, with rose-coloured sepals and petals, and a broad well-fringed lip, two 
inches across, of a bright magenta, with the throat yellow, streaked with dull purple; 
the petals are distinctly blotched with bright magenta at the apex.—B. 8. W. 
