THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 



Several beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of E. J. Lovell, Esq., 

 Oxted, Surrey, by Mr. Jones. An inflorescence of Cattleya Loddigesii has 

 the ovaries of the two terminal flowers fused together to the apex, but 

 the various organs are all normal, so that it has the appearance of two 

 flowers placed side by side. C. labiata is a good, bright form. The others 

 are Odontoglossum odoratum, Rossii, and crispum, Dendrobium formosum, 

 aureum, and Phalsenopsis, Lycaste Skinneri, Lselia albida, Sophronitis 

 grandiflora, and Paphiopedilum villosum, venustum, the fine P. insigne 

 Harefield Hall var., and P. X Allanianum, the whole forming a very charm- 

 ing little group. 



Four splendidly developed flowers of Lycaste Skinneri are sent from the 

 collection of Joseph Broome, Esq., Sunny Hill, Llandudno, by Mr. Axtell. 

 The scapes measure twelve to fourteen inches long, and in one case the 

 lateral sepals measure over two inches broad. The varieties range from 

 nearly white to pink, in each case with more colour on the petals and lip. 

 They are splendid examples of good culture. 



Two beautiful forms of Odontoglossum X Denisonae (Wilckeanum) 

 from the collection of Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Staines, illustrate 

 the remarkable range of variation in this hybrid. The variety Godefroyanum 

 has a yellow ground with the sepals barred, and the petals heavily blotched 

 with red brown, while the one called Princess Christian has the ground 

 colour pure white, and both the sepals and petals are blotched with purple. 

 In both cases the spiny crest of O. luteopurpureum is well developed. 



Two very beautiful varieties of Lycaste Skinneri are sent from the 

 collection of J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate, by Mr. Whitelegge, 

 armeniaca and one called Enchantress. The former is the well-known 

 form with apricot-coloured lip, and the petals tinged with a lighter colour, 

 and the latter has the front half of the lip white, with some rosy veining at 

 the base and on the petals, the rest of the flower being blush white. Both 

 are splendidly developed, having an expanse of six inches, while the second 

 measures I* inches across the sepals, and the petals are very broad. 



Four charming varieties of Laelia anceps are sent from the collection of 

 Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, namely, Sanderiana, with a 

 purple blotch on the lip, Williamsiana, like the preceding but without the 

 purple blotch ; Stella, larger, and having a broader lip ; and Schroederiana, 

 a still finer form, representing the culminating point of the series. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, send an inflorescence of 

 the rare Odontoglossum retusum, whose flowers are of a deep reddish-orange 

 colour ; and part of an inflorescence of O. X mulus, the natural hybrid 

 between O. luteopurpureum and O. gloriosum. The latter inflorescence was 



