132 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
Two very pretty forms of Odontoglossum X Andersonianum are sent 
from the collection of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., of Streatham. The first hasa’ 
light yellow ground with several largish, deep red brown spots on the sepals 
and petals, and the lip deep yellow at the base, with a single blotch about 
the middle of the front lobe. The second is bright canary yellow throughout, — 
with a trace of minute brown dotting on part of the segments. Accompany- 
ing them are four different forms of the popular O. crispum, including both = 
spotted and unspotted forms. 
A series of beautiful flowers is sent from the collection of T. Baxter, 
Esq., of Morecambe, by Mr. Roberts. Cymbidium x eburneo-Lowianum . 
is a splendidly developed flower, taken from the plant which received a First- 
class Certificate from the Manchester Orchid Society on March 2ond. 
Odontoglossum luteopurpureum, which received an Award of Merit on the 
same date, is a fine example of the species, and O. crispum Roland Baxter, 
which was similarly distinguished, has pure white petals, but a few large: 
red-brown blotches on the sepals and lip. The collection also includes — 
other good specimens of O. crispum and luteopurpureum, O. triumphans, — 
some prettily spotted O. X Andersonianum, O. Rossii, O. Halli, 
Dendrobium nobile Cooksonianum, and a curious example of Phaius X 
Norman with two lips. 
A series of beautiful hybrid Dendrobiums has been sent from the — 
‘collection of F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey, by Mr. T. 
Stafford. First may be mentioned a seedling from D. tortile X nobile, a 4 
_ large and handsome flower showing the characters of both parents, and 
which is, of course, a form of D. X Niobe. D. X Cybele is represented 
by four different forms derived both from D. nobile x Findlayanum and — 
the reverse cross, and all differing slightly between themselves. Of D. X 
Ainsworthii two seedling forms are included, both having white sepals and 
petals, and a richly coloured blotch on the lip. Two seedlings from D. X _ 
Ainsworthii splendidissimum x D. nobile nobilius are both large and richly 
coloured, while a third, derived from a large light nobile crossed with D. Xe 4 
Ainsworthii splendidissimum, has not so much colour. All may be regarded 
as forms of D. X Rubens. D. x Ainsworthii crossed with D. Findlayanum — 
is a notoriously variable secondary hybrid, of which numerous forms have _ 
already been named, which may be considered as forms of the original D- 
_X melanodiscus. Four seedlings now sent have nearly white sepals and 
petals, slightly flushed with pink towards the apex, and the blotch on the a 
lip is dark, with a little yellow shading at the margin. Lastly may ‘be | 
mentioned flowers of the pretty little hybrid D. x Burberryanum, 1 in which 
the oe of D. Findlayanun and D. x Dominianum are combined. 
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