Decemeer, 1923} THE ORCHID REVIEW. 36/ 
hematochilum, formerly regarded as a rare species, but now believed to be 
a natural hybrid between luridum and Lanceanum, for it exhibits characters 
of both these species. Another rarity exists in Sarcochilus Ceciliz, a 
Queensland species described in 1865, but probably not cultivated in 
England until 1910, when it flowered in the Gatton Park collection. It is 
a dwarf tufted plant bearing erect spikes of small pink coloured flowers. 
CYPRIPEDIUM BALLYHANDY. 
Of the elegant Arachnanthe Cathcartii, figured in the Orchid Review, 
vol. xxx., p. 169, there isa vigorous plant, and although this and A. Clarkei 
are shy-flowering species, they are both flowering for the second. Season in 
succession. Of the Orchids that possess a pendulous habit, an interesting 
example can be seen in Masdevallia deorsa, the leaves of which are about a 
foot long and invariably maintained in a downward direction. The only 
successful means of growing it is in a small pot or pan suspended from the 
