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remember another sates like it, and suggest O. X Adriane insignis as a 
suitable name for it. 
It is somewhat doubtful whether the hybrid between Paphiopedilum 
bellatulum and P. Rothschildianum has yet flowered in cultivation, though it 
has been doubtfully recorded. At page 93 of our fifth volume it is remarked 
that T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, exhibited “a 
reputed hybrid between Cypripedium bellatulum and C. Rothschildianum, 
called C. X Rolfei, in which the influence of C. bellatulum was evident 
enough, but it was generally considered that C. X Leeanum must have | 
been the other parent. Should this prove correct, we believe the plant 
has already been named, and the name C. xX Rolfei should be kept for 
the hybrid between C. bellatulum and C. Rothschildianum, of which, 
we believe, genuine seedlings are in existence.” 
It is interesting to hear of another genuine seedling between the two 
species just mentioned, now in the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., 
Sefton Park, Liverpool. Mr. Young writes :—‘‘ It may interest you to hear 
that yesterday I purchased a plant guaranteed ‘bellatulum x Rothschild- 
ianum,’ and I have accordingly labelled it and entered it in my book as 
Paphiopedilum X Rolfei (See ORCHID REVIEW, v. pp. 93, 94).”’ We hope to 
be able to complete its history when the flowers appear. 
Since the foregoing notes were written a flowering plant has made its 
appearance, having been exhibited by W. M. Appleton, Esq., of Weston- 
super-mare, at the R.H.S. meeting on August 27th, when it received an 
Award of Merit. 
A flower of the hybrid Cattleya x Mary Gratrix (C. Harrisoniana 9 X 
C. granulosa Schofieldiana ¢), is sent by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush 
Hill Park, Enfield, and shows well its intermediate character. The sepals 
and petals are light rosy purple, the ample side lobes of the lip yellowish 
white, and the front lobe bright purple. It appeared in 1897, a plant being 
exhibited at a meeting of the Manchester Orchid Society on August 2oth 
of that year by S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range, Manchester. 
A photograph of a single flower of a pure white form of Dendrobium 
bigibbum is sent from the collection of O. Bartels, Esq., of Brisbane, 
Australia. It is a charming little variety, and the only colour on the flower 
is said to be alittle yellow on the disc of the lip. D. bigibbum var. 
candidum, from the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, is said to have the 
flowers:slightly tinged with rosy parle, otherwise the two forms appear to 
be very similar. ; 
