52 THE ORCHID REVIEW. — |MarcH-ApRIL, 1919. 
few weeks to newly potted plants, and an occasional syringing overhead on 
bright days will be beneficial. Afford plenty of light, and ample ventilation, 
in order to secure the best results. During the summer months they 
appreciate a supply of fresh air at all times. 
GENERAL REMARKS.—Since my last notes the outside conditions have 
been of the worst possible nature for the well-being of Orchids grown 
under our artificial conditions. We have had spells of bright sunshine, 
followed by sleet and snow showers, which act with lightning effect upon 
inside temperatures, making it a difficult matter for those in charge of the 
fires to maintain that even temperature which is so essential to success. 
As growth will push on rapidly now, an effort should be made to keep 
abreast of it, so that everything may be done in its proper season, which is 
the whole secret of successful cultivation. 
A DOUBLE CyMBIDIUM.--A remarkable double flower of Cymbidium 
Lady Colman is sent from the collection of H. T. Pitt Esq., Rosslyn, 
Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood). It has no fewer than four lips, but from 
the double column and ovary, and the presence of ten sepals and petals in 
a complete circle, it is apparently only a fusion of two flowers, with an 
unusual development of the lip. As regards the latter character it is a little 
difficult to see what has happened, for there are three free lips in front of 
the double column and one behind it. A twin flower would have two lips 
placed side by side, and in front of the column. There are two in this 
position—which may represent the potential pair—and an additional one 
between them and the column, turned to one side for want of space, but all 
three are free to the base, and have the usual shape, colour, markings, and 
the pair of keels, but they are somewhat smaller than usual. The organ behind 
the column is a curious body, being a perfect halflip on one side, witha single 
keel, and a perfect half petal on the other. It springs’ from the junction of 
the two. columns, which are completely confluent in front, though with a. 
channel behind, from the base of which this additional organ arises. It is 
difficult to say what the two additional lips represent, because there are 
apparently no missing organs. It is a striking flower, but is probably only 
an accidental development. R.A.R. 
A YELLOW OpoNTOGLOssUM.—A seedling Odontoglossum of excep- 
tionally deep clear yellow colour has been raised by Messrs. J. & A. McBean, 
Cooksbridge. The parents were O. Fascinator aureuin crossed with a clear 
yellow form of O. Adrianz, and we do not remember to have previously. 
seen a yellow of such intense and pleasing colour. This colour, of course, 
originally came from O. Hunnewellianum, which is concerned with O- 
crispum in the parentage of both the parents. R.A.R. 
