290 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTOBER, 1923 
the hills, it cools off a little at night time. However, he is certainly to be 
congratulated on the fine results achieved. During the month of August 
there have been several other notable Orchids in flower, including Cattleya 
Fabia var. memoria Lord Roberts, of wonderful colour; C. Princess Royal, 
a nice specimen plant; C. Venus var. Golden Queen, with a fine spike of 
four flowers ; Leliocattleya St. Gothard, Glebe var., with grand flowers, 
and Le. Haroldiana var. Bronze King, with four spikes having a total of 
fifteen flowers. 
RODRIGUEZIA VENUSTA.—OF this attractive plant Lindley remarked : 
“This beautiful species is remarkable for the delicious odour which its 
flowers exhale of Jonquil or of some Water-lily. It grows among the 
topmost branches of the Cedrela, in the districts of Morro-Quémado and 
Macahé, and near the city of Bom Jesus de Bananal, blossoming in 
October.” 
ODONTOGLOSSUM FLAVESCENS.—This curious species belongs to the 
section Myanthum, and is allied to O. retusum, Lindl., but differs in having 
clear yellow flowers, with a brown margin to the stigma. It was introduced 
by Messrs. Sanders, with whom it first flowered in November, 188g. It is 
believed to have been imported along with Oncidium undulatum, which it 
closely resembles. 
ABNORMAL FLowers OF A BrassocaTTLEYa.—From the collection of 
Wilhelm Schmidt, Esq., we have received some curiously developed flowers 
of Brassocattleya Mad. Chas. Maron (B. Digbyana x C. Warscewiczii). 
This inflorescence of three flowers appeared on the bulb made two years 
ago, last year’s bulb did not flower, and this year’s growth is not yet 
completed. As is usual in primary hybrids of Brassavola Digbyana, the 
pedicel and ovary are very long, in two of the flowers they measure seven 
inches and in the third six inches. All three flowers show a reduction from 
the trimerous condition to the dimerous, for each has but two sepals 
arranged exactly opposite one another, and two petals, also similarly 
placed, thus producing a windmill-like form. In one flower the labellum is 
entirely suppressed, while in the other two it is nearly so, being only a half- 
inch in length. A reduction in the number of segments, such as these 
flowers exhibit, is probably due to the formative energies of the plant 
becoming exhausted. Examples of a dimerous condition are not uncommon 
in the last-formed flower of an Odontoglossum spike. The fact that these 
Brassocattleya flowers were produced on a part of the plant that is two year’s 
old, and somewhat away from the present point of active growth, tends to 
support the opinion that their abnormal condition is due to being 
insufficiently supplied with nutriment. 
