THE ORCHID REVIEW, 99 
A good many interesting facts were alluded to in the paper, one of which 
was the extreme beauty of many of these apparently insignificant plants 
when seen through a lens. I think it was Reichenbach who once remarked 
that an Orchidist should be armed with a large lens ; and a drawing by Mr. 
Macfarlane of the remarkable Pleurothallis ornatus, magnified eight times, 
which was shown by Sir Trevor, served to emphasise the remark. The 
construction and mechanical arrangements which serve to secure the cross- 
fertilisation of the flowers by insects were also alluded to. 
Allusion was also made to the zeal and enterprise of the collectors by 
which so many of these species had been introduced, and under this 
heading I believe that.a great deal might be said, as also of the numerous 
curiosities which have been accidentally introduced with their more showy 
brethren. 
The paper will no doubt be published in full in the Society’s Journal, 
and I can only hope that it will help to popularise these interesting little 
_ plants, which certainly deserve ‘‘some little care, some little attention, and 
- Some little consideration.”’ 3 ARGUS. 
NATURAL HYBRID LYCASTES. 
THE appearance of a remarkable Lycaste in an-importation of L. Skinneri 
made by M. Florent Claes, of Brussels, again calls attention to the occur- 
tence of natural hybrids in the genus, and furnishes an opportunity for an 
outline of our present knowledge of the subject. 
Lycastge x SULPHUREA (Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1882, Xvi., p. 218), is 
the earliest natural hybrid Lycaste that I have discovered, and was described 
as follows :— This has a smaller flower than a good Lycaste cruenta. The 
sepals are more acute; the superior sepal ligulate acute, the side ones 
oblong, markedly acute, all pallid sulphur coloured, with very small red 
blotches inside ; petals oblong, apiculate, light sulphur coloured, with a few 
brownish purple spots, and a large, dark purple blotch at the base. Lip 
Pallid sulphur, purple between the side laciniz internally ; callus and angles 
of the side lacinie inside deeper yellow, nearly orange; column much like 
that of L, cruenta, plump, short, broad at the base, light sulphur, deep 
brown purple at the base, with brown purple spots above. There are not 
“OtMany hairs at the base as in L. cruenta. I suppose this to be a cross 
etween Lycaste Deppei and cruenta. Curiously enough, it appeared 
v“atly at the same time with Mr. Williams’ L. Deppei punctatissima. I 
have obtained what I have seen of this plant from Mr. W. Bull.” I have not 
**en this plant and‘should like to know if it is still in existence. 
