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set the matter of what the true plant is at rest. Its botanical status is 
almost equally clear, for it is evidently a natural hybrid between O. luteo- 
purpureum and O. crispum, being quite intermediate in the shape of the 
flower, including the column wings and crest. Thus the name O. X 
Chestertoni ante-dates the familiar O. X Wilckeanum by four years, but as 
Q. X Denisonz is still older by six years there can be no doubt as to which 
is the proper name to be adopted. The Orchidoplile figure represents 
another form of the same hybrid in which the spots are light brown and 
distributed almost regularly over the sepals and petals, while the so-called 
Lee’s variety has the spots smaller and still more regular, with the true 
crispum shape, and apparently belongs to the latter species. Both O. 
crispum and O. X Denisone are extremely polymorphic, and there 
are a few forms which it is at present difficult to refer to their correct 
position. Some which have been referred to O. crispum are, however, 
clearly of hybrid origin, and among them the present beautiful form must 
be included. The heavily blotched sepals form a striking contrast with 
the nearly unspotted petals, and it is remarkable that so distinct a plant 
should have been so much confused. : 
R.A.R. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
THE fine old Cattleya labiata has again made a magnificent display, 
and like several other species presents a great amount of variation, a 
character very well shown in three good forms sent from the collection 
of R. B. Macbean, Esq., of Lancaster. Two others sent from the collection 
of J. F. Laycock, Esq., Wiseton, Bawtry, Notts, by Mr. Lamb, are very 
distinct. One has the sepals and petals irregularly splashed with purple on 
a lighter ground, and a large, richly-coloured pencilled blotch on the lip; 
the other has very broad, rounded petals, over 24 inches across, and rosy 
lilac in colour, and the front lobe of the lip nearly white, except at 
the margin, with a few crimson streaks on the nerves. A light form of 
C. Bowringiana with very rounded petals, over 14 inches broad, is also sent, 
and a very pretty Odontoglossum x Denisone, in which the large 
red-brown blotches are fairly evenly distributed over the yellow sepals and 
petals. 
A superb white form of C. labiata from the collection of R* 
Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, near Manchester, illustrates the difficulty 
of naming some of these closely allied forms. Mr. Pidsley remarks that it 
was exhibited at the last meeting of the R.H.S. as C. 1. White 
Empress, but was thought too much like C. 1. Gilmoure to receive 
any award. Two days later it received a First-class Certificate from 
