298 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTOBER, 1914. 
and now by the courtesy of the Gardeners’ Magazine we are able to give an 
illustration of the handsome var. Lord Kitchener, which received a First- 
class Certificate from the R.H.S. on September 8th. The flower is of good 
shape and substance, and combines the best characteristics of its parents. 
It most approaches C. iridescens in the shape of the lip, a character derived 
from the grandparent C. bicolor, but in other respects is nearer to C. 
Dowiana, especially in the broad petals. The sepals and petals are dark 
bronzy yellow in colour, and the front of the lip is intense purple-crimson, 
while the broad isthmus is- deep yellow, and the auriculate side lobes, 
which are shorter than the white column, are bronzy yellow. The plant 
was only producing its first flower, and should develop into a magnificent 
thing when the plant becomes stronger. It is interesting to be able to 
compare it with others of the same batch, and Messrs. Hassall must be 
congratulated on the production of so handsome a variety. 
At the following meeting three other promising forms were exhibited, 
all of the bicolor type, and one of them with the flower having rose-purple 
sepals and petals and a much darker lip, while the other two had bronzy 
yellow sepals and petals and the front of the lip crimson. 
BULBOPHYLLUM ELATIUS.—A distinct and striking Bulbophyllum was 
exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons at the R.H.S. meeting held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on September 8th 
last, which on comparison proves to be B. elatius, Ridl., a species apparently 
not previously in cultivation. It was described in 1896 (Journ. Linn. Soe., 
XXXl. p. 275), from dried specimens collected at Ulu Tawaran, Borneo, by 
Dr. Haviland (n. 1371) and at Aya mancior, in the Province of Padang, 
Western Sumatra, by Beccari (n. 559). Beccari n. 597, from the sane 
locality, also proves to be identical, and all are represented at Kew, while 
Ridley also cites a specimen collected at Sarawak by Bishop Hose. It 
belongs to the ebulbose set, and may be compared with B. apodum, Hook. 
f., a native of the Malay Peninsula, except that it is about twice as large. 
It has oblong, erect, leathery leaves, 9 to 12 inches long, and narrowed at 
the base into a stout petiole, 4 to 5 inches long, the leaves being borne 
direct from the stout rhizome without any pseudobulb, as in this section of 
the genus. The scapes are basal, about as long as the leaves, the uppet 
half consisting of a narrow spike, crowded with white flowers. Ridley 
compared it with B. odoratissimum, Lindl., but this has prominent 
pseudobulbs and short capitate heads of flowers, and belongs to quite 
another group, though in the individual flowers there is a certain amount © 
resemblance between the two. A plant from the same source is also 
flowering at Kew. It is probably one of Micholitz’s introductions from 
Western Sumatra.—R.A.R. 
