unusually unique flower this is; it is a variety which we have seen in no other 
collection, having the sepals and petals blotched and banded with orange-yellow, in 
the place of dark chestnut, which is usually the case, and the front of the lip 
being wholly soft light yellow, in the place of brownish crimson of the typical 
plant. Some little confusion arose with this species in the early times, through 
Warscewicz sending the plant home under the name of Odontoglossum Hallii, a 
species from which it differs widely, and from which it is easily distinguished, even 
when not in flower. 
The plant grows at a great elevation, reaching some (0,000 feet, and we have 
not noticed any difference in the plants coming from this altitude, and those which 
occur several thousand feet lower down. We have observed that this plant grows 
well under the same conditions as we have so frequently laid down for 
Odontoglossum crisypwm and O. Pescatorei. Indeed, we have seen the plant grow 
and flower when subjected to a rather lower temperature than these plants enjoy; 
but they are best, we think, when treated alike. 
Denprosium PxHatanopsis Dettense.—This beautiful species has already been 
figured in the pages of the ALBUM, t. iv., 187, but we recently received a fine spike 
of this lovely chaste variety from W. Bennett, gardener to C. W. Mackillop, Esq., 
of the Royal Crescent, Bath, bearing ten flowers, each flower measuring close upon 
four inches across, and forming quite a round and perfect bloom, the colour being 
a French white, with just a tinge of violet in the lip. This form is the most 
elegant that we have seen of this grand New Guinea beauty, and appears to be 
very free flowering. Some plants we have in bloom in our nurseries at the 
present time amply prove this, also its quick and easy-growing qualities. It 
appears to want a very strong heat, an abundance of moisture, and full exposure 
to the sun. We hear, too, from many growers in the country that the plant is 
doing admirably with them, and at this season makes a grand show From one 
person we hear of nineteen flowers upon one spike, which is the most we have heard 
of at present, but we believe even more than this number may be expected.— 
