THE ORCHID REVIEW. 141 
CYPRIPEDIUM SEEDLINGS AT BURY. 
ENCLOSED are some particulars concerning three lots of Cypripedium which 
were discovered yesterday (March 31st) for the first time. These seedlings 
are the first to germinate in 1897, and their early germination promises well 
for a good crop later on in the year. 
C. Argus 2? X exul ¢. Fertilised February 18th, 1896 ; sown October 
22nd; germinating March 31st, 1897. 
C. bellatulum @ X exul g. Fertilised May 15th, 1896; sown Novem- 
ber 24th; germinating March 31st, 1897. 
C. xX Ashburtonie 2 X Godefroye leucochilum ¢. Fertilised June 
24th, 1896 ; sown December 16th ; germinating March 31st, 1897. 
O. O. WRIGLEY. 
Bridge Hall, Bury. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM LUTEOPURPUREUM AND O, SCEPTRUM. 
A BEAUTIFUL and most instructive series of flowers of the above two species 
are sent from the collection of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, 
by Mr. Stevens, showing not only their distinctness, but also the range of 
variation, especially of the former. Of this twelve different forms are 
enclosed, ranging from one in which the sepals are almost entirely dark 
brown, down to the variety pallens, in which the markings are very light 
brown, and only half cover the light yellow ground. In the petals the extent 
of the markings relative to the ground colour also varies, in some the 
yellow, and in others the brown predominates, and as the shape of the 
markings varies correspondingly, it gives the flowers a very different appear- 
ance. The ground colour of the lip varies from bright yellow through 
primrose to nearly white, and the breadth, amount of markings, and 
development of the crisped margin also varies greatly. The crest and 
column wings also differ somewhat, but the former in every case has that 
spiny appearance from which its later name of O. hystrix was derived. One 
form in which the lip is more than usually crisped and incurved is apparently 
the variety crispatum. 
O. sceptrum has much shorter and broader sepals and petals, and thus 
the shape of the flower is entirely different, quite wanting that “starry” 
appearance so characteristic of the former. The markings at the base of 
the petals, too, are reduced to numerous small round spots, and the lip is 
broad at the base and scarcely constricted in the middle, not pandurate 
with a narrow base as in the former. The crest is also less developed, 
though similar in general character. Three forms of this are sent, including 
