THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
[October, .92.. 
Awards of Appreciation, First-class, Odm. Aquatoris and Oda. Red 
-Gauntlet, from S. Gratrix, Esq.; Oda. Metio (Oda. Brewii X Odm. 
•^eximium), from Mrs. Gratrix. 
Cultural Certificate to Dr. F. Bedford for Brassia longissima. 
Schomburgkia pseudobulbs. —In the British West Indies the pseudo¬ 
bulbs of Schomburgkia Thomsoniana, which are about nine inches long, 
make useful pipe bowls. The plant is known to the natives as “ Wild 
Banana.” In another species, S. tibicinus, a native of Honduras, the 
pseudobulbs are between one and two feet long and quite hollow and 
smooth inside, and are commonly used by the native children as trumpets, 
whence it is called the cowhorn Orchid. At their base, too, there is always 
a small hole, and masses of ants and other insects take advantage of it in 
constructing their nests .—Kew Bulletin, 1911, p. 351. 
Orchids of Siam.— In a “ List of the Known Plants of Siam,” by 
F. N. Williams, published in the Bulletin de VHerbier Boissier, 2nd ser., 
vol. iv., p. 361, reference is made to 173 Orchids, of which the genus 
Dendrobium heads the list with 36 species, followed by Eria, with 16. 
-Grammatophyllum speciosum is described as being the largest of all known 
•Orchids, and Cirrhopetalum planibulbe is a very curious little plant, found 
on Durian trees, and distinguished from all others by the pseudo-bulbs 
lying flat on the very slender stems, which thus traverse them for their 
whole length and are adnate to them. 
Odontoglossum eximium Memoria Lionel Crawshay.— The past 
wonderful summer has been a little too hot for some Odontoglossum houses, 
and any plants that have produced spikes during the latter part of the 
season have done so at much expense to their constitution. From de Barri 
Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, we have received a flower of the 
above beautiful variety of O. eximium, which, had it been produced in the 
early spring months, would have been even finer than it is. A model flower 
in point of formation, all the segments are tinged with rose, and symmetri¬ 
cally blotched with purplish crimson. The dark crimson column and the 
bright yellow crest give a finishing touch. Like the majority of hybrids of 
O. Pescatorei, the back of the flower is tinged with violet, this character¬ 
istic being well seen in O. ardentissimum (crispum X Pescatorei). Mr. 
Crawshay has also flowered this summer a hybrid between O. crispum and 
O. Wilckeanum. The cross was made March 5 th, 1893, the seed sown just 
a year later, and the plant flowered August 13th, 1900. All the segments 
are white, and it constitutes the second unspotted “crispum” bloomed in 
England on record. 
