THE ORCHID REVIEW. 137 
WEST’S PATENT POT-SHAPED ORCHID BASKET. 
WE have received from the Leeds Orchid Co., Roundhay, Leeds, a 
specimen of West’s Patent Pot-shaped Orchid Basket, intended for the 
culture of Cattleyas and other Orchids which are usually cultivated in pots. 
It is very light and strong, built of teak rods and held together by two 
strong bands of copper wire threaded through the rods. The necessary 
shape is given by threading pieces of bamboo on the upper band, which 
keep the rods about their own width apart, and as the latter are slightly 
bevelled inwards, and are pulled tight together at the base, it is quite rigid, 
and no false bottom is required. The general character of the basket is 
shown by the illustration, and the success with which Orchids can be 
grown in receptacles made on such a principle may be seen at page 337 of 
our last volume, where a plant of Cattleya x Lord Rothschild from the 
collection of T. Statter, Esq., showing a marvellous root-development, is 
given. Of that Mr. Johnson wrote that he preferred the cylinder basket for 
FIG. 7.—WEST’S POT-SHAPED ORCHID BASKET. 
Cattleyas, as the roots seem to find their way outward and travel down- 
wards, as in the photo. It seems only natural that epiphytic Orchids should 
succeed better in such receptacles than when their roots are confined 
in pots, and we believe that many growers are now recognising their merits, 
and adopting them. 
ODONTOGLOSSUMS FROM NEWCHURCH. 
WE have received a beautiful series of Odontoglossum flowers from the 
collection of R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch, Manchester (gr. 
Mr. Pidsley). First may be mentioned the rare O. sceptrum Masereelianum, 
remarkable for its clear yellow colour and total absence of brown markings. 
It is believed that only one other plant is known. A second is a very 
large and handsome form of O. x Wilckeanum, one of three produced by 
