THE ORCHID REVIEW. 259 
we have the beautiful C. Rex, whose cream-white, sometimes almost light 
buff flowers, marked with yellow and rosy crimson on the front lobe of the 
lip are very charming, and also deliciously fragrant. C. Eldorado and its 
white variety Wallisii, together with C. Gaskelliana, are also in bloom, 
and also C. Loddigesii, C. Harrisoniana, C. Leopoldi, C. superba, and 
C. bicolor. Leelias are not nearly as numerous, but the fine old L. crispa, 
the pretty little L. Dayana and L. xanthina must all be included, together 
with Lzelio-cattleya x elegans, which is always a great favourite, and the 
equally beautiful L.-c. x Schilleriana. 
But the most charming of all the Orchids now in flower is, I think, 
Vanda ccerulea, its noble racemes and flowers of the most exquisite shade 
of lilac-blue commanding universal admiration. V. Kimballiana is also 
now at its best. Miltonia spectabilis and its varieties are also very effective 
just now, and the range of colour very remarkable. Then there is the 
brilliant Disa grandiflora, which is unsurpassed in the genus when it does 
well, though not so easily grown as some of the smaller ones. 
Among other Orchids worthy of mention are Epidendrum nemorale, 
Oncidium incurvum, varicosum, obryzatum, Marshallianum, and one or two 
other small-flowered but very graceful species, Odontoglossum hastilabium, 
Uroskinneri and grande, the remarkable Cycnoches chlorochilon, Stenoglottis 
longifolia, the beautiful Cypripedium Charlesworthii, and various other 
species and hybrids. Dendrobium Phalenopsis is also flowering freely and 
will keep up a succession throughout the autumn, a character which gives 
it an additional value. It is one of the most useful Orchids at this 
season. 
AMATEUR. 
DIES ORCHIDIANZ. 
THE event of the month has undoubtedly been the long looked-for flowering 
of the gigantic Grammatophyllum speciosum in the collection of Sir Trevor 
Lawrence. I don’t know how long it is since a plant flowered in this 
country, but it must be a good many years, and it is probable that many of 
those who saw the inflorescence exhibited at the Drill Hall on August 24th, 
made its acquaintance for the first time. Many are familiar with the plant 
and have come to regard it as one almost impossible to flower, so that the 
great event came as a little surprise. Of course it was the centre of 
attraction at the Drill Hall, and no wonder, for it is veritable son of Anak, 
and one can only imagine what a good plant, bearing thirty of such seven- 
feet-long spikes would be like. Two or three of the smaller Grammato- 
phyllums are now familiar in collections, and those who did not see the 
inflorescence in question can form some idea of what it was like if they will 
