122 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, staged a small group of hybrids, 
including some very fine hybrid Phaius, between P. x Marthe and P. 
Sanderianus, a good example -of Odontoglossum x excellens; and a fine 
Dendrobium x Euterpe. Odontoglossum crispum Sunshine received an 
Award of Merit. The flowers are yellow, tinged with purple at the back 
of the sepals, and the lip bore a large, red brown blotch. It seems to be a 
form of O. X loochristiense. 
Mr. A. J. Keeling, Cottingley, Bingley, exhibited Lelia Jongheana and 
L. J. Keelingiz, the latter having a purple band round the lip. 
M. L. Linden, Brussels, sent two good forms of Phalznopsis amabilis. 
Mr. John Weathers, Silverhall Nursery, Isleworth, showed a neat form 
of Odontoglossum crispum. 
INCONSPICUOUS AND RARELY-CULTIVATED ORCHIDS. 
AT three o’clock an interesting paper by Mr. W. H. White on the above 
subject was read by the president,-and was illustrated by a charming little 
group containing the following :—Pleurothallis Roezlii, P. ornatus, P. 
macroblepharis, Scaphosepalum pulvinare, Restrepia antennifera, R. elegans, 
Masdevallia leontoglossa, M. sororcula, M. triangularis, Dendrobium barba- 
tulum, D. Kingianum, D. subclausum, D. x specio-Kingianum, Bulbo- 
»phyllum tremulum, Cirrhopetalum picturatum, Coelogyne Mossiz, C. sparsa, 
Epidendrum Claesianum, E. fuscatum, Cymbidium lancifolium, Maxillaria 
Houtteana, Camaridium Lawrenceanum, Vanda ccerulescens, Saccolabium 
ampullaceum, Ponthieva maculata, Sauroglossum elatum, and Bonatea 
speciosa. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR APRIL. 
By H. A. BURBERRY, Orchid Specialist, King’s Heath, Birmingham. 
SLIGHTLY increase the temperature in all departments in accordance wth 
the warmer conditions prevailing outside, and carefully guarda:ainst the 
atmosphere becoming excessively dry during cold north or easterly winds. 
All houses excepting the Mexican must now be well shaded from the bright 
sunshine, and especially the Cool or Odontoglossum house, where direct 
sunshine will at this season cause considerable injury to the plants. 
The Mexican house is set aside for species that prefer sunshine, and 
succeed bette if never shaded, or only very slightly in the hottest weather. 
A good many species are known to delight in such conditions, and experi- 
ments are continually adding to the list. Here are the names of a few of 
them :—Lzelia anceps, especially the white forms, L. grandiflora (maja) 
and L. Gouldiana. Therest of the Mexican Lelias, such as L. albida, L 
autumnalis, L. Margiottiana, and L. purpuracea must be more shaded, like 
