6 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JANUARY, 1916. 
p. 625) we learn that the hybrid flowered for the first time in October, 1910, 
from seed sown in March, 1904, but we do not find an earlier record. It is 
not included in the reports of the meetings of October 13th and 27th, 1910, 
and was probably not exhibited. In any case C. Luegez is earlier, as it 
was exhibited at Manchester on January 6th, 1910, by J. McCartney, Esq., 
receiving an Award of Merit, and in London by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., 
on February 8th and September 27th, receiving an Award of Merit on the 
latter occasion (see O.R., xviii. pp. 57, 84, 312.—ED.}. 
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FIGURE ofa good specimen of Dendrobium Falconeri appears in a 
A recent issue of Horticulture, accompanied by a note from Mr. H. A. 
Barnard among some photographs taken by Mr. M. J. Pope, Orchid grower 
to Mrs. Tuttle, Naugatuck, Conn., U.S.A., was one of Dendrobium 
Falconeri, which is described as a magnificent specimen, exceedingly well 
flowered, one such as is not often seen. And Mr. Barnard adds :— 
‘It carried me back in memory some fifty years when I first saw this 
lovely variety. It was a plant sent to Messrs. Low, then at Clapton, from 
Sir William Marriott, Bart., Down House, Blandford. This plant was 
carefully packed in a box standing upright, and as soon as the cover was 
removed there it stood in all its glory, and I have never seen a Dendrobium 
more beautiful, the bright crimson purplish tips making a striking contrast 
to the red base of the flower. D. Falconeri giganteum has, perhaps, finer 
and more substantial-looking flowers, but misses the graceful charm of the 
original type. I have seen perhaps as many Dendrobiums as most people, 
but none have made so lasting an impression on my mind as good old D. 
Falconeri. Mr. Pope seems to have got the knack of growing it well. 
From what I have seen and from what my old friend Boxall, who collected 
thousands, told me it seems to want keeping very cold during the resting 
season and then to be put into sharp heat, when it will flower well, other- 
wise it goes into growth.” 
[One of the finest specimens that we recall is recorded at page 256 of 
our first volume. A photograph was sent by Dr. Hodgkinson, The Grange, 
Wilmslow, representing a recently-imported plant in his collection, bearing 
158 flowers, most of them over three inches across. It has always been 
difficult to cultivate, but Mr. Burberry recorded a plant that increased in 
size year by year when grown on the stem of a living tree fern, and kept in a 
greenhouse temperature the whole year round. The late Mr. James Cypher 
recommended a moist, shady position in greenhouse temperature during 
the summer, and a cool dry rest in winter, to mature the growths.—ED.] 
DENDROBIUM FALCONERI. 
