THE ORCHID REVIEW. 47 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SOME beautiful Odontoglossums are sent from the collection of T. Baxter, 
Esq., Oakfield, Morecombe, by Mr. Roberts. There are three charming 
forms of Odontoglossum X crispo-Harryanum—or, as it is now called, O. x 
spectabile—which differ somewhat from each other, as hybrids usually do. 
They were shown at the last meeting of the Manchester Orchid Society, 
one of them being then the property of Messrs. James Backhouse and Son, 
of York, and each exhibitor gained the award of a First-class Certificate. 
Another handsome thing which gained a similar award at this meeting is 
called O. X loochristiense var. It is very similar to the form called O. x 1. 
Canary Bird, noted at page 355 of our last volume, and is said to have 
come from the same source, so that its identity remains a little uncertain. 
The flower is yellow, with many small red-brown blotches on the sepals, 
and fewer on the petals and lip. Several forms of the variable O. X 
Denisonz are enclosed, one having a white ground somewhat approaching 
the original form. A fine yellow ground form, with very heavily-blotched 
sepals, received an Award of Merit at the same meeting. A second is very 
similar, and a third is more regularly blotched on all the segments. A 
dozen forms of the beautiful O. crispum serve to show its great variability 
in shape and markings. Oncidium crispum, O. varicosum Rogersii, Lelia 
anceps, L. autumnalis, and some early forms of Dendrobium nobile and D. 
Wardianum are also included among the beautiful Orchids of the season. 
Lastly may be mentioned a form of Cattleya quadricolor (chocoensis), with 
Tose-coloured segments, one of the brightest we have yet seen of this rare 
Species, and a finely shaped form of C. Triane. All these flowers show 
evidence of excellent culture. 
Some splendidly developed Paphiopedilums sent from the collection 
ol Ft, Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, by Mr. Johnson, again demon- 
Strate the value of these plants for a supply of flowers during the winter. 
They are the well known and beautiful P. insigne Sandere, the giant P. 1. 
Harefield Hall var., P. x Arthurianum (figured at page 8), P. X Leeanum 
giganteum, P. x L. Albertianum, characterized by its numerous purple 
Spots on the disc of the dorsal sepal and base of the petals, and P. x 
Canhamii, a very large light purple flower, with a few small spots on the 
petals. There is also a splendid three-flowered inflorescence of P. xX 
Morganiz. 
Another fine series is sent from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., 
Bridge Hall, Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), in which excellent culture is again 
apparent. They include three forms of P. X Lathamianum, one of which 
has the dorsal sepal prettily suffused with rose on either side of the dark 
purple band ; two good forms of P. x Leeanum., excellent forms of P. xX 
