THE ORCHID REVIEW. 279 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
THE superb Cattleya Warscewiczii—often known under its later name 
gigas—is now flowering profusely, and when seen at its best is unrivalled 
in the genus for size and brilliance of its flowers. A series of five forms 
is sent from the collection of W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., of Hessle, near 
Hull, by Mr. Barker, showing a certain amount of variation in shape and 
size, one of them almost corresponding to the dimensions of the variety 
gigantea. Another has the blotches on the lip large and pale, and in a 
third they extend right across the disc from one margin to the other, 
contrasting very effectively with the rich amethyst purple front lobe. A 
fourth has the lip much darker than usual and the eye-like blotches rather 
small; the last being typical. Accompanying them are two flowers from 
another plant which would almost pass for a form of the same but for the 
very different shape of the petals, which are shorter, nearly erect, and 
strongly reflexed from the central line as in C. Dowiana, not flat as in C. 
Warscewiczii. They are also brighter in colour, and slightly marbled, and 
there is a trace of golden veining in the throat, above the eye-like blotches, 
and a richness of colour extending to the extreme base of the lip, all of 
which show the influence of C. Dowiana. It is evidently a remarkable 
form of C. x Hardyana, in which the influence of one parent preponderates 
in shape and the other in colour. 
Two other fine and richly coloured forms of C. Warscewiczii are sent 
from the collection of G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on- Water, Gloucester- 
shire, by Mr. Morris. This species sometimes gets the character of being 
rather shy flowering, but there appears to be little to complain about 
this year, and it may be that the bright warm weather we have had of late 
suits it, for Cattleyas which flower on the young growth without resting 
are impatient of any check at this season. 
A very beautiful flower of the chaste Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, is sent 
from the collection of Thomas Baxter, Esq., Oakfield, Morecambe, by Mr. 
Roberts, together with a very large and well-shaped Odontoglossum 
crispum roseum, which measures over 34 inches from tip to tip of the 
petals, the colour being rose-pink, with a few small brown spots on the 
lip. Odontoglossums are well-grown here, as is apparent from a series of 
fine blooms of O. crispum, including some prettily spotted forms, and a 
good O. Pescatorei with a considerable amount of purple pencilling on the 
lip. 
A splendid flower of Cattleya Dowiana is sent from 
the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, 
Mr. Smith. The lip is intensely dark, and the petals 
reddish markings, as in the original figure (Bot. Mag.,t. 5618). 
the collection of 
Birmingham, by 
bear numerous 
