SEPTEMBER, 1923 ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 261 
In July 1922 I found a new station for it at Sallanches, in Savoie. It 
-agreed with the Thorenc plant except that the pollinia were not so squat 
-and conical, but resembled those figured by Herr Zimmermann, which are 
‘more like those of E. latifolia. The short conical pollinia of the Thorenc 
‘plants do not appear to be a constant character. 
Herr Zimmermann writes :—Parapactis stands in near relationship to 
Epipactis and Cephalanthera, which latter is to be regarded as a distinct 
genus. In my key to the Orchids of Germany, etc. (Berlin 1912), following 
Schulze’s example, I united Cephalanthera with Epipactis. I hold to-day 
a different view. The architecture of the column and the method of 
fertilisation are different, as Godfery recently showed in the Fertilisation of 
‘Cephalanthera (Journ. Linn. Soc. 1922). 
BRISTOL SUMMER SHOW. 
A the summer show held recently at Whitehall, Bristol, Dr. Cairns, 
Devon House, Whitehall, was awarded the first prize in the open 
-class for six specimen Orchids, these included Cypripedium Veitchii, with 
four well-developed flowers, Odontoglossum crispum, with an excellent 
spike of bloom, O. Rolfeze, Odontioda Bradshawie and a fine example of 
Cyp. A. de Lairesse (Curtisii X Rothschildianum). The second prize went 
to E. W. Bryan, Esq., The Poplars, Beaufort Road, Bristol, his plants 
included Miltonia Lambeauiana alba, a grand plant of Cattleya 
-Gaskelliana, and a fine variety of Odontioda Bradshawie. For three 
Specimen Orchids, F. H. White, Knowle, was first; Dr. Cairns, Whitehall 
second ; and J. Wilkins, Esq., St. Andrews, third. 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Son were awarded a Gold Medal for a group 
-occupying about 60 square feet and comprising fine specimens of Odontioda 
Laura, a grand variety of Oda. Lambeauiana, Odontoglossum amabile 
splendens, Cypripedium Maudie magnificum, Cyp. Rossettii, both in 
excellent condition, Cattleya Faseyana var. Ruby, of rich colour, and C. 
Warscewiczii var. Whitehall, a showy plant bearing six flowers of excellent 
formation and colour. 
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MAXILLARIA VENUSTA.—Originally discovered by Linden*in 1842 on the 
‘Cordillera of Venezuela in the province of Merida, but not introduced until 
1851, when it was re-discovered by Schlim on the eastern Cordillera of 
‘Colombia, near Ocana, and sent by him to M. Linden’s establishment at 
Brussels, where it flowered for the first time in Europe ee 1854. M. 
-venusta is easily recognised by its long, acuminate, milk-white sepals and 
petals. It is one of the best known species of the genus.. 
