170 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1923. 
purple-brown. The individual flowers are about two inches in diameter, 
their formation being well seen in the accompanying block. 
Warner and Williams include a coloured plate of this species in their 
Orchid Album (t. 202), published in 1886. This plate was prepared froma 
grand plant in the collection of the King of the Belgians that had been 
grown by Mr. Henry Knight. in the Royal Gardens at Laeken. The 
accompanying text states: ‘‘ We are much gratified to have the opportunity 
to figure this noble plant, for we may safely assert that it is one of the most 
noble of Orchids when it is grown into a fine specimen, in which condition 
we have seen it exhibited in former years, now long ago. We are glad, 
however, to be able to state that the Orchid growers of the present day are 
beginning to realise that this grand species is worthy of attention.” 
The variety known as Saintlegerianum was discovered in Central 
Paraguay by M. de St. Leger, and exhibited by Mr. A. H. Smee at the 
Royal Horticultural Society, March gth, 1886, when it received a First- 
class Certificate. By some authorities it was regarded as a superior form 
on account of the markings of the bracts and flowers being of brighter 
colour. 
Cyrtopodiums should be potted in a compost similar to that used for 
Cymbidiums. They require a warm and moist atmosphere, with liberal 
watering during the growing season. During the resting season drier and 
slightly cooler conditions are advisable. The late Mr. J. C. Harvey found 
Cyrtopodium punctatum growing in great masses in the low hills on the 
Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, relatively a dry zone, with 
about forty inches of rain ; the wet season being short, not over four months. 
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Kinta WEED ORcHID.—There is in the Malay Peninsula an Orchid 
known locally as the “ Kinta Weed,” found in the Kinta district in Perak. 
It is of terrestrial habit. Can any reader kindly tell me its botanical 
name, and whether it is cultivated in this country?—E. W. Moss- 
BLUNDELL, Highgate Village, London, N.6. 
CYPRIPEDIUM MALFORMED.—From the collection of A. J. Symons, Esq., 
Samarés, Jersey, we have received a flower of Cypripedium Hera 
(Euryades) var. New Hall Hey having two distinct dorsal sepals, both 
perfectly formed; in addition to the pair of anthers normally present in 
members of this genus, there is in this case an extra one that is prolonged 
slightly beyond the stigmatic plate. Multiplication of the segments 
usually results from a vigorous constitution brought about by conditions of 
cultivation especially favourable to the plant. On previous occasions Mr. 
Symons has seen flowers with extra petals, and also with two lips, but not 
one having such a fine pair of dorsal sepals. 
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