236 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [AUGUST, 1913. 
ORCHIDS AT MEIRELBEKE. 
THE Ghent week afforded an opportunity of renewing an acquaintance with 
the fine Orchid establishment of M. Th. Pauwels & Cie., Meirelbeke, of 
which an account has ‘already been given (O.R., xvi. pp. 161-163). During 
the intervening five years great progress has been made in hybridising, and 
a number of new houses have been built, in which the latest improvements 
have been incorporated. We found many interesting features to note, 
though, as usual on such occasions, most of the choicer things in bloom 
were away at the big show. 
The older houses were first visited, and these extend from a corridor 
seventy metres long, which is largely devoted to a batch of the handsome 
Cymbidium Pauwelsii (Lowianum concolor x insigne), a few of which 
were flowering. Passing into the first Odontoglossum house we found both 
established plants and seedlings in all stages, many of the former being in 
spike, and a few O. crispum and hybrids in bloom. The seedlings were very 
interesting. The seeds are sown on the compost of established plants, and 
after germinating are pricked off when large enough to handle, and potted 
on as necessary. Those in tiny pots are plunged into pans of fibre to keep 
them moist. The seedlings include many promising crosses, and all are in 
thriving condition. 
Two other Cool houses followed, in which we noticed a few Odonto- 
glossum Pescatorei and many O. crispum in bloom, and it was interesting 
to see both O. Andersonianum and O. Adrianz out of the same importation 
of O. crispum. The latter were mostly typical unspotted forms, to the 
extent, it was estimated, of about ninety-five per cent. A number of 
Odontoglossums were bearing seed pods, and among them a very purple 
form of O. percultum which was also in bloom. We noted two Odontioda 
Charlesworthii in bloom, with Masdevallia Pourbaixii and M. coccinea, 
while a few Oncidium concolor were in spike. 
“The next was a Warm house, largely devoted to the fragrant Cattleya 
Schroeder, among which we noted a good C. S. alba with three flowers, 
and here was a batch of Dendrobium Pierardii, a few being in bloom, and 
some small seedlings of Miltonia Roezlii x Odontoglossum amabile, which 
should be interesting. Several succeeding houses were devoted to Cattleyas 
and allies, including numerous promising hybrids, and fine batches of the 
leading species. Here was pointed out a distinct white Cattleya with 
orange throat that appeared among C. Mossiz, and which we suspect comes 
under C. Mossize Wageneri. A few C. Mendelii and C. Lawrenceana 
were in bloom, also a seedling between the latter and Lzlia tenebrosa. A 
lot of Cattleyas were bearing capsules of hybrid seed, and were collected 
together for convenience of treatment. We noticed also a good Cymbidium 
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