i 9 o THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



O. X Adrian* is represented by the two handsome varieties Countess of 

 Morley and Sybil, the latter from the plant which received a First-class 

 Certificate from the R.H.S. the other day. It is quite exceptional in size, 

 and the ground colour bright yellow, while the dark chocolate markings 

 are partly represented as large irregular. blotches. O. Hunnewellianum 

 and O. crispum are also sent, the latter being represented by a dozen fine 

 forms, in which the range of variation between white and rose, and spotted 

 and unspotted forms, is well shown. In O. c. Trianae the spots are absent 

 from the petals. The others are O. X Andersonianum Ruckerianum, O. 

 cirrhosum Klabochorum, and a good O. Hallii. 



Two beautiful inflorescences of O. crispum are sent from the collection 

 of D. M. Grimsdale, Esq., of Uxbridge, together with a very large form of 

 O. Pescatorei, a curious flower of Cattleya Mendelii consisting of two large 



sepals and petals, and a flower of Paphiopedilum Appletonianum. A very 



fine flower of Cattleya Skinneri is also sent. 



A remarkable form of Laelio-cattleya X Schilleriana is sent from 



the collection of Dr. C. Eastwick-Field, Midhurst, Sussex. It is very 



interesting and beautiful. 



An extremely fine form of "Cypripedium macrochilum gigantaum"is 



sent from the collection of T. Statter, Esq., Whitefield, by Mr. Johnson, in 



which three-flowers are expanded together, and the petals attain a length 



of twenty-two inches. 



A fine form of Laelio-cattleya X Schilleriana is sent from the collection 



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



with an inflorescence of Odontoglossum gloriosum, a plant which will 



always be interesting as one parent of the numerous forms of O. X 



Andersonianum. 



FALSE HYBRIDS. 



Does the curious Phaio-Cymbidium X chardwarense, noted at page 117, 

 come under the above heading? Mr. Morris, Mr. Moore's gardener, 

 writes that the seed from Phaius grandifolius X Cymbidiura giganteum was 

 sown on a large pot of the latter, but did not appear for twelve months, 

 though after the plant was repotted the seedlings came up from very low 

 down in the pot, and still continue to come. Some have been potted up 

 every year, and there are still about a dozen on the pot. Thera is said not 

 to be the slightest sign of Cymbidium in the habit of the seedling or the 

 spike, though the lines of C. giganteum are very apparent on the flower. 

 A note in the Gardeners' Chronicle (p. 322) speaks of it as resembling Phaius 

 X maculato-grandifolius, the flowers being yellow, with reddish markings 

 on the sepals and petals, and a showy claret purple tint on the lip, and 



