i*4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



O. x Horsmanii, a natural hybrid between O. Pescatorei and 

 O. luteopurpureum. 



There is a considerable amount of variation in Odontoglossum 

 triumphans. Three quite distinct forms are sent from the collection of 

 T. Baxter, Esq., Morecambe, Lancashire, by Mr. Roberts. The first is 

 typical in shape, but the colour is very dark, owing to the yellow markings 

 being reduced to a very few streaks and a small yellow tip. A second is 

 more typical in colour, but the sepals and petals are long and narrow, the 

 base of the petals much spotted, the column and base of the lip long and 

 slender, and the crest small, as if somewhat abnormal. The third is small, 

 but fairly typical, so probably undeveloped. 



Several handsome Paphiopedilums are sent from the collection of O. O. 

 Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, by Mr. Rogers, which show the value of 

 these plants for winter blooming. They include fine forms of P. X Lathami- 

 anum, P. x Leeanum, a very handsome form of P. x Goultenianum called 

 Phoebus (callosum X Curtisii), P. x Calypso, some distinct forms of P. 

 X Hera, also hybrids between P. villosum and P. Charlesworthii, P. 

 barbatum and P. ciliolare, and P. x Swinburnii and P. venustum 

 pardinum. A handsome form of Cattleya Triana; with brightly coloured 

 lip and a crimson feathered marking at the apex of the petals is also sent. 



Some beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of J. E. Vanner, 

 Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst, by Mr. Robbins, including a fine 

 Cymbidium X eburneo-Lowianum, a good Paphiopedilum X Mansellii, 

 being the second flower from a seedling plant obtained by crossing P. 

 villosum with the pollen of P. Chamberlainianum, and the handsome 

 Phragmipedilum X cardinale Vanned, which is a decided improvement on 

 the typical form. Another hybrid of uncertain parentage is very beautiful. 

 It is from a batch of seedlings obtained from a plant purchased carrying a 

 seed-pod said to be Paphiopedilum x Calypso X bellatulum, but which 

 Mr. Robbins thinks cannot be correct. The petals are very broad, and rich 

 shining brown, which colour extends to the lip, and recalls P. Boxallii. 

 The dorsal sepal is light green, bordered with white, and heavily spotted 

 with dark purple-brown, the spots being more or less confluent; and the 

 staminode has a prominent dark green tooth, all of which characters appear 

 to have been derived from P. Boxallii. It is a plant to be taken care of, 

 and the question of parentage may be cleared up hereafter. 



The remarkable Catasetum tabulare, Lindl., is not common in cultivation, 

 but a plant in the collection of J. W. Arkle, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool, 

 has just produced a nine-flowered raceme. It was received from the River 

 Cauca, ,n Columbia. The species takes its name from the very broad fleshy 

 callus, which extends almost throughout the length of the lip, and occupies 

 about half its area. An inflorescence of Odontoglossum Rossii is also sent, 



