THE ORCHID REVIEW. 30 
colour. Several flowers of C. insigne have now expanded, and by the 
time these notes are in print there will be quite a show of this fine old 
plant. C. X Leeanum and several other of the hybrids are coming on 
well. C. x Arthurianum and C. xX vexillarium are both out. The shape 
and markings of the former I greatly admire, but the latter has an un- 
pleasant way of tucking its petals down close to the side of the lip which 
detracts from its beauty. Somehow I fancy these two would be worth 
crossing together. Such a hybrid would be half C. Fairieanum, and the 
colour of C. barbatum and the good constitution of C. insigne ought to 
render such a combination almost an ideal one. C. X cenanthum super- 
bum is always beautiful, and C. X Niobe an exquisite little plant just now 
expanding. 
Those charming little plants Pleione maculata and P. precox just now 
make the house gay with their brilliant flowers, which are unfortunately 
all too fleeting. Sophronitis grandiflora too is out, and will continue to 
brighten up the house right through the dull season. It is easily grown 
and requires little room. 
One other group of plants I must mention, namely, the Oncidiums, 
which are now flowering in great force. O. crispum and O. Forbesii 
are simply magnificent in their great panicles of brilliant flowers. O. 
varicosum ,and its larger variety Rogersii are also very fine, and several 
others are equally promising. A word I would say about the culture of 
these beautiful plants is—Don’t grow them too hot. 
AMATEUR. 
NOVELTIES. 
CATASETUM HYMENOPHORUM, Cogn.—A species allied to C. chloranthum, 
Cogn., which flowered in the establishment L’Horticulture Internationale, 
in July last. The flowers are yellowish green.—Lindemta, K.,.D» 14: 
BULBOPHYLLUM CARINATUM, Cogn.—A Bornean species allied to B. 
reticulatum, Batem., which flowered in the same establishment as the 
preceding, in July last.—Lindenia, xi., p. 20. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ASPIDORHINUM, Lehm.—A Columbian species, 
growing on trees in dense forests on the eastern declivities of the western 
Andes of the Cauca, at 2,200-2,300 metres above sea level. Its affinity is 
not stated, but it appears to be nearly allied to O. constrictum, Lindl. «it 
is said to be the most floriferous species known, as the bulbs flower for 
two or three years in succession, a character not previously observed in 
Odontoglossum.—Gard. Chron., Sept. 28, p- 350. 
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