Cine ORCHID ay iy. 
Vor. XXXI.] APRIL, 1923. (No. 358. 
NOTES. 
DISA ATRICAPILLA.—The colouring of this South African species is very 
peculiar. Theside sepals are divided in this respect longitudinally into two 
parts, the anterior half being white, the posterior half black-purple on the 
outer or lower side, deep crimson on the upper; the hood greenish-white 
and veined; the petals and lip pale green, variously mottled with purple. 
La&iia DayANA Ca@:RULEA.—Another instance of the raising of species 
from seed in this country has occurred in the collection of Philip Smith, 
Esq., Ashton-on-Mersey, Manchester. His gardener, Mr. E. W. Thompson, 
fertilised Lelia Dayana ccerulea with its own pollen, and one of the 
resulting seedlings has the sepals and petals of light sky-blue colour, while 
the labellum is of bluish-purple on each side of the front lobes, and with 
the usual raised keels of dark colour along the central area. 
C@LOGYNE BARBATA.—This attractive species is frequently found a 
difficult subject to cultivate, and on that account its flowers are rarely seen at 
their best. In the Gatton Park collection Mr. Collier has successfully over- 
come the difficulties by placing the plants in the cool house, facing north, 
and where there is an even temperature a little warmer than that of the 
Odontoglossum house, but never falling below 55 degrees. This species was 
first discovered by Griffith in Bhotan, and afterwards by Gibson and 
Thomas Lobb, on the Khasia Hills, near Mamloo, at 4,000-5,000 feet 
elevation. Its first appearance in Europe appears to have been in 1878-9, 
when it was imported by Mr. Wm. Bull. The flowers are nearly three 
inches in diameter, sepals and petals white, the middle lobe of the lip 
blackish-brown and fringed with shaggy blackish hairs. 
ORCHIDS FROM SEED IN TROPICAL CouNTRIES.—The more closely we 
observe the wise provisions of nature the more shall we be convinced that 
our favourite Orchids will continue to flourish and yield a supply for the 
thousands of growers in the different parts of the Glabe, not only in Europe, 
bat also in countries where the climate is suited to the growth of the plants 
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