194 THE ORCHID: REVIEW. ([JuLy, 1922. 
OponTocLossuM RaveNwoop.—Flowers of this new hybrid between O. 
formosum and O. crispum Menteith come from the collection of Wm. 
Salkeld, Esq., Ravenwood, Kirkoswald, Cumberland. The cross was 
originally made in the late Mr. Menteith Ogilvie’s collection, and the young 
seedlings were acquired at his sale by Mr. Salkeld. The plants have a 
robust constitution, and produce fine branching spikes of bloom, due in 
some measure to the inclusion of O. Pescatorei in the parentage. The 
influence of this species is also seen in the pleasing violet tinge, both on the 
front and back of the segments. The purplish markings are symmetrically 
arranged, and there is no trace of any undesired yellow staining, which in 
some flowers destroys the contrast between the bright purple and the clear 
white ground. 
LYCASTE LAWRENCEANA. 
N interesting novelty named Angulocaste Vesta, was exhibited by 
Messrs. Sanders at the recent Chelsea Show. It constitutes the 
fourth recorded hybrid of its section, the parentage being given as Anguloa 
Clowesii and Lycaste Lawrenceana, and the flower showed about equally 
the characters of both parents. A question now arises as to the specific 
name of the Lycaste parent. In Sanders’ Orchid Guide, it is given as a 
variety of L. candida, and it is also treated as such in Veitch’s Orchid 
Manual, with the remark that horticulturists distinguish the sub-variety, in 
which all the floral segments are more or less tinted with rose, by the name 
of Lycaste Lawrenceana. 
But Rolfe, when figuring this species (Orch. Rev. x. 113), criticised the 
wisdom of referring it to L. candida, a name which he considered quite 
mis'eading, and under the circumstances should be discarded. He adopted 
the name Lycaste brevispatha, under which it was described by Klotzsch 
(Allg. Gartenz. 1851, p. 217). Subsequently, when again figuring the plant 
(Orch. Rev. xxvi, 112), he stated that there is also a form of the species in 
which the rosy blotches are quite absent, and which bears the name of 
L. candida. Dr. Schlechter in his critical enumeration of the Central 
American Orchids (Bot. Centralbl., xxxvi, p. 491), supports the opinion of 
Sander and Veitch, by maintaining L. candida as the correct specific name, 
L. brevispatha being treated as a synonym. 
A note from Mr. C. H. Lankester (Orch. Rev. xxvi, 181), mentions 
Lycaste brevispatha as being a very variable species, and the plants growing 
under the shadiest conditions seem to have the most heavily-marked 
flowers. They are often grown on the roofs or the tops of old walls, and 
are remarkably floriferous under such conditions. Mr. Lankester considers 
L. candida to be probably a geographical form. 
