THE ORCHID REVIEW. 325 



SIEVKINGIA SUAVIS. 



This curious little Orchid, though described as long ago as 1871 (Rchb. 

 f. Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk., p. 3), has remained practically unknown down 

 to the present time, but now what appears to be the same thing has flowered 

 in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking. Mr. 

 White remarks that it was received from Consul Lehmann, in 1900, as 

 Sievkingia sp. The original S. suavis is said to have been imported from 

 Costa Rica by Endres, and flowered in the Hamburg Botanic Garden in 

 1868, and again in June of the following year. Sir Trevor's plant agrees 

 with the description completely, so far as it goes, and may therefore be 

 considered as identical. It has the habit of a miniature Stanhopea bearing 

 a tuft of small ovoid pseudobulbs, terminating in a single elliptical-oblong 

 acute leaf, about 5 or 6 inches long, and bearing at its base a short 

 pendulous scape of two or three flowers, which further resemble Stanhopea 

 in being rather fugacious. The sepals are ovate, acute, concave, £ inch 

 long, and greenish yellow in colour ; the petals smaller and deep yellow, 

 and the lip ventricose, ovate, and deep yellow, with a few minute blackish 

 dots inside and some larger ones on the basal crest. From the latter 

 proceeds a linear keel, which terminates in a bilobed scale about the 

 middle. Three other species are now known, namely S. Jenmani, 

 Rchb. f., S. fimbriata, Rchb. f., and S. Reichenbachiana, Rolfe (Bot. Mag. 

 *• 7576), the latter alone being in cultivation. 



R. A. Rolfe. 



THE HYBRIDIST. 



L^lio-cattleya X Constance Wigan. — At the R.H.S. meeting, held on 

 October 7th, a very interesting Orchid was exhibited from the collection of 

 Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen, under the above 

 name. It is a hybrid between Laelia xanthina ? and Cattleya Rex $ , and 

 clearly shows its descent. The flower kindly sent to us most resembles the 

 Laelia parent in general character, having bright buff yellow sepals and 

 petals, but the latter are considerably broader, measuring at present i| 

 inches across. The lip is entire, very gracefully undulate, rather paler 

 yellow in colour, and bearing deep yellow radiating lines on the red-purple 

 disc, in front of which is a bright rose-crimson blotch. The two latter 

 characters strongly recall the Cattleya parent. It is a charming little plant, 

 and has obviously not yet reached its full development. 



LiELio-CAiTLEYA X Ira. — We have now a hybrid from the curious 

 little Laelia longipes to record. It also was exhibited by Sir Frederick 



