lo4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Grinstead, and received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural 
Society in December, 1868. Other plants of this superb variety have since 
appeared, but none quite equal to the original one, whose lip measures over 
two and a quarter inches across in a dried state. It is quite evident that 
the form which has now appeared across the water is the above fine old 
variety, which still remains somewhat rare in cultivation. It has been 
known to bear as many as one hundred and seventy of its splendid flowers 
on the same inflorescence. 
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A MONOGRAPH OF ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, informs us of his 
intention to publish an illustrated Monograph of Odontoglossum crispum, 
and its numerous varieties, and would be much obliged if those who possess 
fine varieties would forward him a flower, and, if possible, a photograph of 
the whole spike. Mr. Crawshay wishes to give a series of faithful portraits 
of the principal forms, and describes his method of sketching as follows :— 
After cutting a way the ovary he pins the flower down on the paper and 
then traces the actual margin, filling in the details and markings afterwards. 
The chief objection which we can see to the method is that the flattening 
destroys the perspective of the flower, and considerably alters its appear- 
ance, though it in no way affects the value of the drawing as a means of 
identification. Mr. Crawshay hopes to be able to complete the work, and 
issue it next autumn. We heartily welcome the project, and hope to 
see it brought to a successful termination. 
BULBOPHYLLUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
The very remarkable Bulbophyllum grandiflorum, the giant of the genus, 
has at last appeared in cultivation, having been exhibited by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence at the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting on March 26th, 
under the name of B. burfordiense, and received a Botanical Certificate. It 
was described and figured in 1848 by Blume (Rumphia, iv., p. 42, tt. 195; 
fig. 3, 199, fig. B.) from specimens collected by Zippelius in woods on the 
The dorsal sepal of the flower exhibited measures 43 inches long by over 2 
The lateral sepals are over 32 inches long by + inch broad, rather lighter 
in colour, and unspotted. The petals are remarkably small, being only 
Iz lines long, and light green in colour. The lip is laterally flattened in 
front but broader behind, the margins of the side lobes ciliate, the whole 
three lines long. It is attached underneath, about the middle, by a slender 
