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Manchester about a month ago bearing a spike of 46 flowers.” It is 
interesting to recall that this, which of late years has generally been 
imported and grown under the name of Phalzenopsis Rimestadiana, is the 
original species of the genus, the plant which Blume described as 
Phalenopsis amabilis, and also the Epidendrum amabile of Linneus. It 
is sometimes called Phalaenopsis amabilis var. Rimestadiana, but we do not 
know of a single character by which it can be distinguished from the 
original plant.—R.A.R. 
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ANcuLoA RotFE1, Sander.—Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, have 
succeeded in obtaining an importation of the handsome Anguloa Cliftonii, 
and out of it has bloomed an example of A. Ruckeri, and what is evidently 
a natural hybrid between the two. All were exhibited at the recent Holland 
House Show, and Messrs. Sander inform us that they have named the 
latter Anguloa Rolfei. The general shape closely resembles that of A. 
Cliftonii, and the colour as strongly recalls a light form of A. Ruckeri, but 
a glance inside the flowers reveals the most unmistakable intermediate 
characters. A. Cliftonii, as is well known, differs from all the other species 
in having a short and broadly saccate lip, while the column is strongly 
bent. Both features are present in the hybrid, but somewhat modified in 
details. The lip is broader, and considerably longer, somewhat recurved at 
the sides and apex, and the crest considerably broader, while the column is 
rather gradually curved than abruptly bent, though quite unlike the straight 
column of A. Ruckeri. The ground colour of the flower is not clear yellow, 
as in A. Cliftonii, but rather whitish yellow, largely obliterated by red- 
purple markings approaching those of A. Ruckeri. It is an interesting 
addition to the genus.—R.A.R. 
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HREE mreetirigs of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Weenaninets during 
August, on the 4th, 17th, and 31st, the first meeting being held on 
Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, so as to avoid the inconvenience of a 
Meeting on the day after Bank Holiday. The Orchid Committee will meet 
On these dates at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
The dates of the next two meetings of the Manchester & North of 
England Orchid Society are August 19th and September 2nd, when the 
Committee will meet at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, at 12 noon, and 
the exhibits will be open to inspection from I to 4 p-m. 
