THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Vou. XXX] JANUARY, 1922. [No. 343. 
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TITLE PacE.—Owing to an omission in the wording of the title page 
: included in our last issue, it is requested that the one contained in the 
' present number be substituted for it when binding the volume for 1921. 
‘‘OrcHID REVIEW” SUBSCRIPTION FOR 1922.—On account of a slight 
decrease in the cost of production, the subscription rate of the ‘‘ Orchid 
Review” for the year 1922, will be reduced to twelve shillings, post free. 
STANHOPEA MINOR.—This new species was imported in 1907 by Mr. 
Grossmann from South Brazil, and the example in the Botanic Garden at 
Dahlem has been described by Dr. R. Schlechter (N otizbl. Bot. Gart. u. 
Mus. Berlin-Dahlem, Jan., 1917). It is allied to S. oculata, Ldl., and the 
flowers are small for the genus. The sepals and petals are creamy white, 
thickly spotted with purple; at the base of the petals are two dark purple 
The labellum has an eye-like blotch of purple on each side of the 
spots. 
hypochile, while the mesochile and epichile are white with light reddish 
spotting. An illustration of the flower is accompanied by diagrams of the 
labellum, anther, and pollinia. 
_ CATTLEYA LABIATA ALBINOS.-—With the intention of raising a batch of 
Cattleya labiata having white sepals and petals, Mr. Richd. G. Thwaites 
crossed two varieties possessing these characteristics. The seed bearer was 
C. labiata R. I. Measures, a white variety with a pink tinge on the labellum, 
and the pollen parent was C. labiata Amesiana, also white, but with a lilac 
tinge on the labellum. The experiment, which was made some years ago, 
unsuccessful, for all the resulting seedlings, numbering several 
proved 
oured flowers. -At a 
hundreds, produced, without exception, typically-col 
later date it was decided to attempt the raising of a batch of richly- 
coloured varieties, and for,this purpose C. labiata Blenheim variety was 
fertilised with its own pollen. One of the first of these seedlings has just 
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