4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Lelia virens is one of the few species in this genus which must be classed 
as a botanical Orchid, for its small greenish-white flowers cannot be termed 
showy. Eulophia Ledienii is interesting on account of its variegated leaves. 
Elleanthus capitatus is an Orchid seldom met with in collections. Of 
Maxillarias may be mentioned M. Parkeri, M. nigrescens, M. madida, and 
M. discolor, while Angrecum is represented by A. pellucidum, A. vesicatum, 
and A. distichum. A few others not generally cultivated include Liparis 
longipes with very graceful racemes, Epidendrum auritum, Octomeria crassi- 
folia, Cryptophoranthus oblongifolius, with flowers only opening by a pair 
of windows at the sides, Polystachya Buchanani, Acampe dentata, and the 
pretty little Coelia bella, which however does not exhaust the list of interest- 
ing plants in the collection. 
PHALAZNOPSIS x SCHILLERIANO-GLORIOSA. 
ABOUT nine years ago Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Upper Clapton, introduced 
a handsome Phaleznopsis from the Sulu Archipelago, which was named 
Phaleznopsis gloriosa, by Reichenbach (Gard. Chron., 1888, III., p. 554). It 
has since been reduced to a variety of the Philippine P. Aphrodite, though 
in the long and narrow front lobe of the lip it is more like the original 
Malayan P. amabilis, which Lindley re-named as P. grandiflora. It, 
however, differs in some details, and the markings on the lip are invariably 
purple, without any yellow, and thus it evidently represents a local race, 
somewhat intermediate between the above two plants, just as its habitat is 
also intermediate. Among the importation a plant was noticed which had 
the leaves transversely barred and mottled with silver-grey, and the roots 
rather flattened, thus approaching P. Schilleriana. It bloomed in 18go, 
and showed a similar resemblance in the flowers, and thus it was concluded 
to be a natural hybrid between the two species, and has since been cultivated 
under the above name. Curiously enough, P. Schilleriana had not been 
observed in Sulu, but the above evidence should be conclusive that it grows 
there. It is most comparable with a light form of P. x leucorrhoda, but 
the front lobe of the lip is more angular at the sides, and there are other 
differences which clearly show the influence of P. gloriosa, and thus confirm 
Messrs. Low’s statement of its origin. The influence of P. Schilleriana is 
seen in the leaves and roots, and in the shape of the tendrils and lobes of 
the lip, which are quite intermediate in character. The flowers are large 
and handsome, white flushed with pink at the base of the sepals and petals. 
The plant is now in the possession of G. F. Burton, Esq., of Bourton-on- 
the-Water, who is a most enthusiastic grower of Phalznopses, and is 
endeavouring to get together a complete collection of the genus. 
RAR 
