Juty-Aucust, 1918. | THE ORCHID REVIEW. 149 
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. height of summer was formerly a rather quiet season, so far as 
showy Orchids were concerned, but intensive hybridisation has 
changed all that, and the interval between the spring and autumn-flowering 
Orchids is now bridged over by a host of showy hybrids that are accessible 
toeveryone. And the blank was never so marked where numerous species 
ha collection as that at Kew, for there are plenty of 
tions, they are seldom 
NOTES FROM KEW.—VIL.-VIII. | A | 
are grown, as in suc 
summer-flowering species, though, with a few excep 
grown in quantity. 
Passing over the showy hybrids, of which numerous examples are to be 
seen, we may mention a few of the more interesting species now in bloom 
or that have flowered since our last notes. One of the most interesting at 
the present time is the unique plant of Stauropsis Imthurnii, Rolfe, which 
with about fifteen side branches of cream 
is now bearing a large panicle, 
some violet-blue veining on the lip. 
white flowers, with a yellow crest, and 
This plant is a native of the Solomon Islands, and was brought home by 
Sir Everard im Thurn. It flowered at Kew in 1916, and was figured at 
t. 8714 of the Botanical Magazine. It may fairly be described as one of the 
giants of the family, for the leaves and inflorescence are about four feet 
long. Other representatives of the same group are Aérides odoratum: 
Rhynchostylis retusa, Vanda Kimballiana, and a few good plants of V. 
cerulea, while several plants of the long-lost Doritis pulcherrima (see OF, 
XXV., p. Ig5) are throwing up numerous flower spikes. Several additional 
spikes have appeared on plants of Stanhopea inodora and S. oculata. 
The Cattleya group is represented by good examples of C. Dowiana and 
CW iczii, with two strong plants of C. Grossii, an ally of C. bicolor, 
while two examples of the very distinct Lelia crispa are also blooming 
freely, and Brassavola Digbyana is bearing one of its striking flowers. 
Epidendrum is represented by E. prismatocarpum, £. Brassavole, and E. 
Harrisoniz, the latter a Brazilian species that is seldom seen nowadays 
Near by are plants of Oncidium incurvum, oblongatum, trulliferum, and 
Wentworthianum, with an example of the graceful Brassia longissima, 
while several interesting botanical species have flowered on the stage over 
the water tank. 
In the Cool house are plants of Anguloa Clo ' 
brevilabris, the latter an interesting species which came home with A. 
Cliftonii. There are also plants of Masdevallia corniculata and M. inflata, 
the rare Maxillaria fucata, Odontoglossum grande, and a few others, but 
most of the inmates of this house are now out of bloom. The Brazilian 
wesii, A. Ruckeri, and A. 
