296 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (OcToBER, 1911, 
three of which are in flower, and are the same as the samples sent” (O. R., 
xi. p. 325). We could only suggest that it might be another case of 
Monolepsis, or false hybridism. There was evidently some mystery, and it 
was suggested that an attempt should be made to raise the reverse cross. 
From the first I had a suspicion that Phaius maculatus ought to have 
been the second parent, if character stood for anything, but I had not been 
able to see its two recorded hybrids, P. maculato-grandifolius and P. 
Ashworthianus, and it seemed impossible to explain away the records of the 
Phaiocymbidium, though I had suggested that pollen, or a flower of P. 
maculatus might have been obtained from some outside source. I after- 
wards crossed and recrossed Phaius and Cymbidium, but without getting a 
capsule, and Mr. Gott tells me that he has repeatedly done the same at St. 
Albans, with no better result. I am now convinced that some inexplicable 
mistake has been made in the record. At the R.H.S. meeting held on 
September 12th last a plant of Phaius Ashworthianus (P. Wallichianus X 
maculatus) was exhibited from the collection of S. Larkin, Esq., Haslemere, 
in which I instantly recognised the characters of the Phaiocymbidium. The 
plant was obtained from the Clifton collection. The sepals were deep 
golden yellow, and the lip very undulate and veined with reddish purple, 
just as in some forms of the Phaiocymbidium, which I believe must now 
rank as a synonym of Phaius Ashworthianus. 
RAW KR. 
AB Gre sain rice 
ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
SEVERAL interesting Orchids are flowering in the rich Kew collection, 
among a large number of the more familiar species. Angraecum Rcths- 
childianum is remarkable for its large sac-shaped lip, quite unlike that of 
any other known in cultivation. Near by isa good plant of A. Eichlerianum, 
a large-flowered species, with very broad lip, and Bulbophyllum Ericssonii 
bearing a fine umbel of its green and brown spotted flowers, with plants of * 
Phalznopsis rosea, P. Esmeralda, the rare Saccolabium acutifolium, and 
S. penangianum. Dipodium pictum is a handsome thing which is not often 
met with, and bears racemes of white flowers spotted with rose. Govenia 
lagenophora, now in bloom, is rarely seen in cultivation, and its large 
tubular leaf-sheaths form curious receptacles for water. Cycnoches 
maculatum is bearing a long scape of its prettily spotted flowers, and near 
by is Catasetum Russellianum, also with a spike of male flowers, the 
females being still unknown. A fine plant of Miltonia Cogniauxie var. 
bicolor is bearing several spikes of flowers, while Epidendrum Cooperianum, 
E. glaucum, and the rare Oncidium Ballii are also in bloom. Lastly may 
be mentioned a plant of Bollea Lalindei, whose curious violet-blue flowers 
are always attractive. 
WS Steins eae i 
