338 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
AUTUMN-FLOWERING Orchids are appearing in quantity, and our collections 
are gay with the brilliant old Cattleya labiata, ina way which a few years 
ago would have been thought impossible. The first flowers of Cypripedium 
insigne are also expanding, and some of its hybrids are again in evidence. 
Vanda ccerulea is another beautiful Orchid specially characteristic of this 
season, and its charming lilac-blue flowers are always welcome. Then we 
have the handsome Dendrobium Phalznopsis and D. formosum, together 
with Lelia autumnalis, while the first flowers of Sophronitis grandiflora 
have again put in an appearance, and this species will be more or less in 
evidence for the next six months. Altogether there are good prospects of a 
bright display of flowers during the month, and the only drawback is that 
the fogs seem to have set in rather early, and in some urban localities, 
where they are usually accompanied by smoke and deleterious gases, the 
buds of some tender species have suffered. 
Several interesting Orchids are sent from the collection of A. Baxter, 
Esq., of Morecambe, by Mr. Roberts. Odontoglossum crispum Bassano, 
purchased in flower the other day, after receiving an Award of Merit from 
the R.H.S., is a fine white, with a large red-brown blotch on the lip, and 
a very dark column, the flower sent showing also a single blotch and a 
slight purple stain on each lateral sepal. Other forms include a prettily 
spotted variety, and one flushed with rose in the sepals and petals. There 
is also a very large and handsomely marked form of O. grande, and the 
beautiful Oncidium Forbesii, which is seen at its best just now. 
Lycaste leucantha is characterised by having white petals and lip with 
green sepals. The warm house is represented by Miltonia Roezlii and 
Phalznopsis Aphrodite, both in excellent condition. 
A particularly large and handsome form of Lelio-cattleya X Schilleriana 
is sent from the collection of Joseph Broome, Esq., Sunny Hill, Llandudno 
(gr. Mr. Axtell). It was received from Brazil, with some others, as L.-c. X 
elegans, but, as Mr. Broome points out, the lip bears a strong resemblance 
to Lelia purpurata. The fact is the lip is nearly entire, a character 
occasionally found in this hybrid; and the other parent, Cattleya intermedia, 
is too similar in colour to effect much modification in this respect. A 
very light coloured form of L.-c. x Sallieri is also enclosed, which 
shows equal evidence of good cultivation. 
A very richly coloured form of Cattleya X Hardyana is sent from the 
collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., The Woodlauds, Streatham, under the 
name of C. gigas Sandere, “ an old variety now not often seen.” We have 
not traced when this name frst appeared, but the colouring of the lip and 
the erect petals leave no doubt of its relation to C. Dowiana. The petals 
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