Odontoglossum Wilckeanum pallens is a compact evergreen plant, growing about 
ten inches high, and of a lively green colour. The flower scapes proceed from the — 
side of the bulbs, and bear a many-flowered raceme; both the sepals and petals are 
creamy white, blotched with chestnut-brown—in which respect it differs from 0, 
Wilckeanum pallidum, which has spotless petals—and the lip is white, with a 
blotch of the chestnut-brown in the centre. ‘This plant flowers in May and June, 
and lasts several weeks in beauty. It requires the same treatment as O. crispum 
(Alexandre), and should be grown in a pot with peat and moss, in a cool house. 
Orcuips aT MancHEsTER.—We proceed to fulfil the promise we made in our 
last number to notice the more important specimens of Orchids staged at the Whit- 
suntide Show:—A. Heine, Esq., Fallowfield, showed some magnificent specimens, and 
took most of the principal prizes. His Cattleya Mossie was three feet across, laden 
with flowers; C. Mendelii was equally good; Odontoglossum vexillarium three feet 
across, was laden with flower spikes, as was O. Alexandre; and Dendrobium Wardianum 
was a wonderful mass, three feet across, and full of blossom. A splendid plant of 
Lelia purpurata, a grand variety, with twelve spikes, a mass of bloom, took the 
lead as the best single specimen Orchid in the Show; next this was a fine specimen 
of Calanthe veratrifolia, with many spikes of its chaste white flowers; Dendrobium 
fimbriatwm oculatum also was fine, four feet across, bearing its bright yellow flowers in 
profusion. Mr. Heine besides these had many other meritorious plants. S. Walley, Esq., 
Fallowfield, showed some fine specimens, especially Dendrobium fimbriatum oculatum, 
with its bright yellow flowers; Lelia purpurata, with fine spikes; Cattleya Mossia, a 
fine variety, with richly-coloured lip, and several others equally good. R. F. Ainsworth, 
Esq., M.D., exhibited a wonderful mass of Phalenopsis amabilis, with over two hundred 
flowers, and a noble plant of Vanda suavis; also Saccolabiums, Aérides Fieldingu, 
and others. J. Broome, Esq., exhibited a grand specimen of Dendrobiwm Devomanum, 
with twenty-five spikes, bearing some hundreds of flowers, which stood on a pedestal, 
and produced a splendid effect; this is the way im which to show the flowers off 
to advantage. He also had a wonderful: specimen of Vanda teres, three feet across, 
laden with its lovely blossoms. Next this was Epidendrum prismatocarpum, with 
its prettily spotted flowers. John Haywood, Esq., of Stretford, showed some good 
plants of Dendrobium thyrsiflorwm, with many spikes of its bright yellow and white 
blossoms ; also the curious Cypripedium caudatum, well bloomed, and a well-flowered 
plant of Odontoglossum Roealii.—B. S. W. 
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