FEBRUARY, 1922.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 45 
ANGR/ECUM EBURNEUM AND A. SUPERBUM. 
N the year 1804 Angrecum eburneum was described by Bory (Voy. Iles 
Afr., I., 359, ¢. 19), who found it in the Island of Bourbon, and named 
it in allusion to its ivory-white lip. The flowers have segments about 1} to 
14 inches long, the lip ovate and shortly acuminate, and the spur about 24 to 
2% inches long. The plant is not known to occur in any other locality. 
Angraecum virens, which appears to be a smaller growing plant, and with 
the disc of the lip stained with pale green, first appeared in Messrs- 
Loddiges’ nursery in 1847. It is figured in the Botanical Register, 1847, t. 
19, and also as A. eburneum var. virens in the Botanical Magazine, 1860, 
t. 5170. 
Angrecum superbum was figured by Thouars in 1822 (Orch. Iles Afr., 
t. 62), and is only known as a native of Madagascar. The flowers are much: 
larger than the preceding, the segments 14 to 1} inches long, the lip as 
broad or broader than long, and the spur 24 to 3} inches long, and rather 
stout. Lindley figured it in 1832 (Bot. Reg., ¢. 1522), but under the 
erroneous name A. eburneum, and remarked: ‘‘ It was also met with at St. 
Mary’s, Madagascar, by the unfortunate Forbes, by whom the only plant 
known to exist in Europe was sent to the Horticultural Society of London, 
in whose garden at Chiswick it flowered in November, 1831.’’ A. superbum 
is figured in Lindenia, V., t. 236, and also in the first volume of the Orchid 
Album, 1882, t. 41, with a note that the plate was prepared ‘‘from a very 
fine specimen, producing three well-developed spikes, in the collection of 
de Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, who is a great lover of 
Orchids.” 
Angrecum Veitchii (A. sesquipedale X A. superbum) was raised by 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons, and exhibited by them at the Royal Horticultural 
Society, January roth, 1899. It bore a raceme of three flowers and one’ 
bud, and constituted the first artificial hybrid in the genus. A First-class 
Certificate was given to the plant, and a Silver Flora Medal to the raiser, 
Mr. J. Seden. A. eburneum was originally given as one of the parents, but 
this arose through confusion between that species and A. superbum. 
Angrecum Wolterianum (A. sesquipedale X A. eburneum) was raised 
by Mr. P. Wolter, of Magdeburg, and by reason of one parent being the 
true A. eburneum, it differs from A. Veitchii. The cross was made in 1909, 
the seed sown the following year, and the first flowers appeared in March, 
1918, when the plant was eight years old. An illustration of it and descrip- 
tion by Dr. Schlechter appeared in the Orchis, 1918, p. 60. 
CHELSEA SHOW.—This important exhibition will be held on Tuesday, 
May 23rd, and two following days. 
