THE ORCHID REVIEW. 157 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. : 
DENDROBIUMS have been making a brilliant display of late, and the 
numerous beautiful varieties and hybrids which have recently appeared have 
introduced an amount of variety which could scarcely have been antici- 
pated a few years ago. A beautiful seriesis sent by Mr. James Cypher,. 
Cheltenham. It includes the chaste D. nobile virginale and some beautiful 
coloured forms of the species, some good forms of D. X Ainsworthii and 
the remarkably variable D. X Rubens, D. X Cybele, D. x Pitcherianum, 
a very fine form of D. aureum, the beautiful D. Wardianum candidum, and 
a few other good things in excellent condition. - 
A beautiful example of D. Wardianum is sent from the collection of 
Mr. John Holland, Wonham, Bampton, by Mr. Stacey, the flower measuring . 
44 inches across, and all the segments broad and splendidly developed; also. 
a richly coloured form of Odontoglossum triumphans, and a flower of a 
hybrid raised from Lelia cinnabarina ? and Cattleya Lawrenceana 3, 
which is a richly coloured form of Lezlio-cattleya x highburiensis. 
A very interesting series of Dendrodiums and other Orchids is sent by 
Mr. Jones, gardener to E. J. Lovel, Esq., Oakhurst, Oxted, Surrey. It 
contains a fine D. Wardianum, a richly coloured D. crassinode, and the 
beautiful natural hybrid between the two known as D. X Waltoni, two 
good forms of D., Findlayanum, one of which has the sepals and petals: 
quite rose-pink in colour, the pretty little D. Devonianum, two forms of D. 
aureum, others of D. nobile, of which the variations seem to be almost 
without limit, and a few examples of D. X Ainsworthii. There. are also 
two pretty forms of Cattleya Schroedere, a handsomely spotted form of 
Odontoglossum crispum, in which the markings afe pretty evenly distributed 
over all the segments, also a nearly pure white form, a flower of O. 
cirrhosum, and the brilliantly coloured Lelia cinnabarina, Masdevallia 
ignea, and Sophronitis grandiflora, the whole forming a very charming 
little group. 
Another beautiful series of Dendrobiums is sent from the collection of 
O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, by Mr. Rogers. It includes. 
several good forms of D. nobile, and among them the charming D. n.. 
virginale, D. n. Ballianum, D. n. murrhiniacum, D. n. nobilius, and D. n.. 
Wrigleyanum, a distinct and pretty blush-white form, having the disc of the 
bright purple without any of the usual maroon colour, which was exhibited 
at the Manchester Orchid Society’s meeting on April 4th last. Among the 
hybrids are the richly coloured D. X Socius, D. X Pitcherianum, D. X 
Ainsworthii intertextum, the charming D. X Wiganiz, D. Juno, D. X Luna,. 
and two forms of D. X Rubens, one being the variety albens, and having. 
the flowers nearly white, with the exception of the maroon disc. 
