44 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, 1923- 
distinct and beautiful variety, and I am wondering if anyone can vive me 
an idea of its parentage and.name. The question is, has the long rest on 
the voyage to Australia had anything to do with forcing this plant into 
flower? Or is it due to the strong sunlight experienced here? I do not 
shade my Cattleyas during the winter season, and we have very little dull 
weather in Sydney, so the plants arc thoroughly hardened and well rested. 
Owing to this treatment some of the plants show signs of scorching, but I 
find it makes them bloom, and, although rather disfigured, I do not think 
they are any the worse for it. I am sending a photograph of this Lezelio- 
cattleya, which I should judge is quite fifteen years old.” 
We reproduce the photograph kindly sent by Mr. Arthur Yates, as it 
forms an excellent example of the successful manner in which Orchids may 
now be forwarded to almost all parts of the world. It shows how a Cattleya 
will preserve every leaf intact, not only arriving with them, but holding 
them, even aftera journey from England to the Antipodes. This hybrid is 
no doubt Leliocattleya Fascinator (L. purpurata X C. Schroederz), and of 
the type called Peach Blossom, very delicate and beautiful, but a little 
wanting in shape, as generally occurs in varieties of this cross. Messrs. 
Flory & Black inform us that some of these L. purpurata hybrids are very 
stubborn, and this one was probably so, for they grew it “ blind” for eight 
or nine years, and it was an old plant when they acquired it. Very 
probably the long rest received by this plant during the voyage had some- 
thing to do with the flowering event, but the fine result achieved by Mr. 
Yates is evidence that his locality is eminently suited for Cattleya culti- 
_ vation, and many of the plants that fail to flower well in England may 
prove very suitable subjects under his care in Sydney. It is of additional 
interest to learn that in a further consignment of 86 various hybrids recently 
received by this‘amateur only two of them died in transit. Mr. Yates has 
in his collection an exceptionally fine variety of Cattleya Mendelii, well 
worthy of every care and propagation. The flower is well above the average 
size, has pure-white sepals and petals, and a white labellum in which each 
of the side lobes bears a royal purple blotch, while the throat is orange’ 
coloured. A photograph well shows the finely formed habit of this: 
meritorious variety, which to many amateurs would prove far more 
attractive than some of the totally white forms. 
PHALZNOPSIS TETRASPIS.—The first living plants received in England 
of this Malaysian species were sent to Mr. Wm. Bull, of Chelsea, in 1881, 
by Major-General E. S. Berkeley, who found them growing on Mangrove 
and other trees in muddy swamps, at the extreme end of the creeks, where 
the water is fresh, and where the plants hang from the branches a few feet 
above the water, growing with extraordinary luxuriance. 
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