66 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
A very fine spike of Odontoglossum sceptrum is sent from the collection 
of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. It bears 
twenty flowers, and is evidently from a very strong plant, as the flowering 
portion of the raceme measures 24 feet long. A striking form of the 
polymorphic O. X Wilckeanum is also enclosed. It has rather long and 
narrow sepals and petals, light primrose in colour, with numerous light 
chestnut spots. The lip and crest also approach O. luteopurpureum rather 
more than the other parent. 
It is well known that Odontoglossums are special favourites with Mr. 
Thompson, who has one of the best collections in existence, and Mr. 
Stevens states that they have now cleared out the Paphiopedilums entirely 
in order to make room for Odontoglossums. 
A four-flowered inflorescence of the handsome Lelio-cattleya X 
Gottoiana is sent by Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, 
Brussels. It came out of one of their Brazilian importations. This fine 
natural hybrid has appeared on several occasions among importations of 
Cattleya Warneri and Lzelia tenebrosa, from which it is clearly descended. 
A very large and brilliantly colouted form of Cattleya Trianz is sent 
from the collection of W. S. McMillan, Esq., of Maghull, Liverpool, which 
may be referred to the variety magnifica, as it chiefly differs from the type 
in the characters just mentioned. 
A very fine Dendrobium nobile is sent from the collection of Isaac Carr, 
Esq., Poolemeade, Twerton-on-Avon. The flower measures three inches 
from tip to tip of the petals, which themselves are nearly 1} inches broad, 
and, like the sepals, brilliantly coloured almost to the extreme base. It 
belongs to the gigantum type, and very closely resembles D. n. nobilius. 
The beautiful Lelio-cattleya x warnhamensis has again been raised. 
MM. Cappe et fils, of Vesinet, France, send a flower from one of their 
seedlings (L. cinnabarina 2 X C. Triane 3). 
March, 1895, and a first flower appeared in January last. The colour is 
orange-yellow, with the front lobe of the lip intense purple-crimson, and 
the apex of the side lobes of a lighter shade of crimson. It will be a 
fine thing when the plant gets stronger. 
The seeds were sown in 
A very fine form of Pa 
was obtained from P. x 
aureum. 
Leeanum, 
phiopedilum x Charlesianum is also sent, which 
Leeanum crossed with the pollen of P. x Sallieri 
The dorsal sepal closely resembles a fine form of P. X 
but the petals and staminode show much of the form and colour 
of the other parent. The upper halves of the petals are prettily marked 
