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and leaves. The belief was well-founded, for on flowering it proved to be 
intermediate between a white L. anceps and L. albida, from which it is 
believed to have been derived. Its intermediate character is well shown in 
the figure. After Mr. Fincken’s death the plant passed into the collection 
of E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, where it now is, and we 
have not heard of the appearance of any other plant. _It is very beautiful, 
and the two certificated scapes bore respectively five and six flowers. 
L. X GOULDIANA (fig. 2) was introduced by Messrs Siebrecht and 
Wadley, of New York, in 1888, and the stock was acquired and distributed 
by Messrs F. Sander & Co. It is believed to be a natural hybrid between 
L. antumnalis and L. anceps. It is also a great beauty, and received a 
First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1890. 
L. ANCEPS SANDERIANA (fig. 3) is one of the best known white forms of 
the species. It was introduced by Messrs F. Sander & Co., it is said, from 
the Pacific coast of Mexico, and was described in 1885. In January 1887 
it received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Some such form as this was probably one parent of L. X Finckeniana, and 
we should like to see the result of crossing the best white form of the species 
with L. albida. 
HABITATS OF MADAGASCAR ORCHIDS. 
(M. G. WarpurR, a Belgian collector who has recently introduced some 
very interesting Madagascar Orchids to this country, has furnished some 
notes of the conditions under which he found the plants growing in their 
native habitats, which will afford useful hints to growers as to the methods 
of treatment likely to prove successful. We can only wish that such notes 
were always forthcoming when new plants are introduced, as, in many 
cases, they would be extremely valuable, and prevent a good deal of 
perplexity and disappointment.—Eb.} 
CYNORCHIS PURPURASCENS grows generally on the prostrate stems of a 
species of Pandanus near the riverside in the high forest, at an altitude of 
1,000 to 1,200 feet. Sometimes it grows in tufts of Asplenium Nidus, 
on large trees, at a considerable height above the forest floor. It flowers in 
March and April, and seems to like an intermediate temperature with much 
moisture and half shade. 
CYMBIDIUM RHODOCHILUM (Rolfe) is a. scarlet-lipped species which 
always grows on masses of Platycerium on the branches of high trees 
(chiefly of Albizzia fastigiata), near the rivers and on the higher slopes of 
the forest, at an elevation of 1,800 to 2,100 feet. It flowers in October, 
November, and December, and seems to prefer a moderate degree of 
humidity and much light. The rest of the flower is green. 
