January, 1922.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 13 
A second large house has been divided, the front portion being used as a 
flowering house, and the remainder as a resting house, a necessary adjunct 
in a large collection. .In the former the plants are arranged in a half-circle 
opposite the door, and among them Lc. Bletchley Gem, a handsome hybrid 
derived from Lc. Bletchleyensis and Lc. rubens, was flowering for the 
first time. At present the plant is rather dwarf, but the flower is beyond 
the average size, extremely rich in colour, the sepals and petals deep 
magenta-rose, the large frilled lip deepest crimson on the front lobe, and 
with the conspicuous eye-like markings derived from the gigas species 
contained in the parentage. The Lc. Bletchleyensis parent was originally 
raised in this collection by the late Mr. Hislop, then head-gardener. 
Cattleya Pittportia var. Lady Leon, which received an. award of Merit, 
R.H.S., November rst, Ig2I, is very attractive. The individual flowers are 
not large, but few are more perfect in outline, or more conspicuous on 
account of the intense violet-purple colour of the sepals and petals, and 
the curious buff shading on the purple-margined lip. 
Dendrobium formosum, with its large white and yellow almond-scented 
flowers, showed to advantage beneath the arching spikes of mata 
Phalenopsis Schroderianum. The latter plants are still i n good condi ps 
though many were obtained from Messrs. Sanders’ it 
thirty years ago. The varieties are very similar to those seen 
arrivals. Vanda ccerulea, the fragrant Oncidium <« orn nithorhyr 
bicallosum, and O. Papilio majus were also noticed. ’ 
are fine varieties of Hardyana and Fabia,’ as = as oc. ~ Soulange. 
Also a fine form of Lc. Schilleriana, a natural hybrid between L. purpurata 
and C. intermedia, which, although out-classed in shape and colour by 
present-day hybrids, is well worth including in modern collections, for as 
grown here with several flowers on the spike, the white rose-tinted sepals 
and petals make a pleasing contrast to the rich crimson labellum. 
Originally this collection was composed largely of species, in fact, at its 
inception few hybrids were known. Many fine forms of these species still 
remain, in particular, those of Cattleya Trianz, C. labiata, C. Warscewiczii 
and C. Mossiz. A broad petalled form of C. Mossiz Wageneri flowered in 
the summer, as did two large dark-flowered plants of C. Lueddemanniana, 
in colour quite distinct, but recognizable as that species by the characteristic 
broad petals and the trumpet-shaped labellum. Numerous plants of Laelia 
purpurata, referrable to the early importations by their dark labellums and 
broad petals, give promise of many-flowered spikes next season. Vanda 
suavis is represented by several plants grown in the warm corridor, and 
including a fine specimen of V. Kirkii, probably the most distinct and 
certainly one of the richest coloured forms of V. suavis; it is akin to the 
variety known as cinnamoneum, but far surpassing it in size and colour. 
