THE“ ORCHIDEENNE ” OF BRUSSELS. 
THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING. 
The thirty-sixth meeting, held on April roth, at the HorticuLTuRE INTERNA- 
TIONALE, Bruxelles, was a very brillant success. A large number of Orchids of 
exceptional interest and beauty were exhibited, notably Odontoglossum Pescatoret 
Miteauanum, a hybrid Cypripedium from M. MOENS, Odontoglossum triumphans excellens, 
Zygopetalum Imschootianum, Odontoglossum Dallemagneanum, Cattleya Parthenia 
vernalis and the famous Cymbidium eburneum. 
We may cite among the most admired the following : — 
The magnificent Odontoglossums, O. Hallii leucoglossum, O. Coradinei, of very 
good shape and bearing large dark blotches, O. Pescatorei, the dimensions as large 
as a good form of O. Alexandrae, and spotted with bright carmine, particularly on 
the back of the petals, O. maculatum, three beautiful examples of O. triumphans, 
with enormous bulbs, of which one was blotched with very dark purple brown, and 
another ornamented on the petals with numerous red-brown spots, giving a char- 
ming effect; O. Cervantesi decorum, O. luteo-purpureum, the splendid O. Alexandrae 
Mariemontense, of gigantic size, having the flowers suffused with yellow and covered 
with large clear brown blotches; Cymbidium eburneum, a very beautiful specimen 
covered with flowers of large size, the colour white releived by a light dotting of 
rose; Oncidium Marshallianum, carrying a very long panicle of brilliantly coloured 
flowers; Cypripedium barbatum Crossii, a strong clump well flowered, and C. selli- 
gerum superbum, from M. G. WARocQuUE; 
The rare and charming Cattleya & Parthenia vernalis, from M. A. BLEU, a 
secondary hybrid of the interesting series obtained by the skilful Parisian hybridist, 
with white flowers, tinted with golden yellow in the throat of the lip, ank some fine 
rose striations on the front lobe; 
The dried flowers of Lissochilus giganteus, with a water-colour painting of the 
complete inflorescence, sent by M. Orro BALuir, and showing well the splendour 
of this rare Orchid, with its gigantic flowers tinted with delicate bright rose: 
The Dendrochilum glumaceum validum, a strong specimen covered with inflores- 
cences, the superb Odontoglossum sp., spotted with clear brown in exquisite fashion, 
- the beautiful O. crispum and the hybrid Cypripedium (C. Chantini > C. callosum), 
having the bright colours of the first parent with the ample form of the second, 
exhibited by M. J. MoENs; ~ 
The superb Cypripedium selligerum majus, of remarkable dimensions, C. Boxalli, 
Zygopetalum Imschootianum, carrying a long raceme of curiously coloured flowers, 
very remarkably dark; Cattleya Trianae and C. species, beautiful varieties, Dendrobium 
nobile and Odontoglossum Halli, from M. A. VAN ImscHoorT; 
The splendid Odontoglossum crispum, with enormous flowers, the beautiful 
Miltonia Roezli and Odontoglossum Andersonit, and Dendrobium superbum, covered 
with flowers of gigantic form, from M. comte DE BousIEs; = j 
The beautiful Odontoglosswm Pescatorei Miteauanum, magnilicently spotted with 
dark carmine at the tips of the sepals and petals, also at the base of the lip, from 
M. G. MITEAU; 
The beautiful Odontoglossum triumphans, O. crispum, O. sp., O. Pescatoret, well 
blotched, O. Rossi, O. hybridum, O. Dallemagneanum, with large flowers superbly 
spotted with bright red on a clear yellow ground; O. scepirum, O. luteo-purpureum 
var. Boxmanni, with flowers entirely tinted with mahogany brown, without yellow 
spots on the sepals and petals; O. Halli leucoglossum, well flowered, O. Cervantest 
lilacinum, O. cordatum superbum, Masdevallia Houtteana, Selenipedium grande, Cypripe- 
dium ciliolare, C. Haynaldianum, C. marmorophyllum, C. Laforcadet, Aganista ionoptera 
alba, Dendrobium Famesianum, D. nobile nobilius, Angraecum Leonis, Epidendrum 
arachnoglossum, Aerides sp., Masdevallia Houtteana, covered with flowers, Cattleya 
Mendeli, C. intermedia, Oncidium sp. and Masdevallia Harryanavar., from M. LINDEN; 
