THE ORCHID REVIEW. 231 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
CATTLEYA GASKELLIANA is one of the most useful Orchids at the present 
season, as it comes in at a time when the bulk of the showy species are 
over. It is also very fragrant and variable in colour, a point well illustrated 
by five pretty forms from the collection of John W. Arkle, Esq., Holly 
Mount, West Derby, Liverpool. One has white sepals and petals, of good 
form and substance, with the side lobes of the lip similar in colour, and the 
front lobe rosy purple in front of the deep yellow disc.. The others range 
between this and the typical form, all being very beautiful. 
Some beautiful Odontoglossums are sent from the collection of T. 
Baxter, Esq., Oakfield, Morecambe, by Mr. Roberts. They include a 
dozen forms of O. crispum, one of which has two enormous red-brown 
blotches on each sepal and one on the lip, while the rest of the flower, 
including the petals, is pure white, affording a very striking contrast. A 
second chiefly differs in having rather smaller spots of lighter colour; a 
third pretty form has a few small spots, and a tinge of rose on the sepals; 
and a fourth has the sepals suffused with rose, and bears a few small spots, 
while the petals are paler and unspotted. The others are more typical in 
character. A form of O. x Andersonianum has all the segments well 
spotted, with a pair of diverging lines on the side lobes of the lip, nearly 
parallel to a longitudinal pair at the base of the petals, giving a rather 
curious effect. A formof O. x Déenisonz has rather narrow white segments, 
well blotched with red-brown on the sepals and lip. A good form of 
O. Pescatorei, with rosy sepals and white petals, is also remarkable for a 
very broad band of rich purple all round the side lobes of the lip, and some 
spots in front of the crest. A form of O. X Coradinei, and a very fine 
flower of Oncidium crispum grandiflorum, having a greenish bronzy tinge, 
may also be mentioned. 
Several good forms of Odontoglossum crispum are also sent from the 
collection of J. F. Laycock, Esq., Wiseton, Bawtry, Notts, including a 
very large and round, blush white, unspotted form; another with a few 
small crimson spots on each segment; and a third with a very broad, 
triangular lip, and a few spots, chiefly on the sepals. The others are more 
typical in character. 
A handsome form of O. crispum is also sent from the collection of 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, in which all the 
segments are well blotched with deep red-brown, those on the petals being 
rather smaller than the others. Three pretty forms of O. Pescatorei are 
also sent, one of which has many small spots on the lip only, and another 
is blotched on the sepals and lip, but not on the petals. 
Mr. A. J. Keeling, Cottingley, Bingley, Yorks., sends three good hybrid 
