364 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [DECEMBER, 1913- 
ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
DurinG the past few weeks the weather has been particularly favourable 
for keeping Orchid flowers, as usually during November such subjects as. 
Lelias, Cattleyas, and more particularly Calanthes and Dendrobium 
Phalenopsis, are almost invariably spoilt by fogs in this district. This. 
year, fortunately, we have had no bad fogs up to the time of writing, and 
both the warm and cool divisions present a good display of flowers. 
Some capital forms of Cattleya labiata may be seen, also various hybrids. 
of C. Dowiana, C. Bowringiana, and others, one plant of C. Portia havinga 
spike with a dozen good flowers. Leliocattleya Tyresias (L.-c. elegans. 
var. Turneri X C. Bowringiana), is a very robust grower, and is now 
bearing large trusses of flowers, which are good in shape and colour. The 
diminutive Cattleya luteola is also in bloom, among many others. 
A few of the most interesting subjects in the Cool house may be 
mentioned. Stenoglottis longifolia is a terrestrial spectes which produces a 
very pleasing effect when several plants are intermixed with other autumn- 
blooming subjects, and the flowers last for weeks in_ perfection- 
Stenoglottis thrive in a mixture of leaf mould two parts, and peat and 
sphagnum each one part, with a little sand added. Several species of 
Lycaste are flowering freely, L. lasioglossa and L. gigantea being the best. 
One plant of the latter is remarkably fine, having fifteen large greenish- 
brown flowers from two bulbs. The pretty blue Dendrobium Victoria-Regina 
is suspended from the roof of the Cool house close to Sophronitis cernua, 
uow flowering profusely, and the two give a most pleasing effect. Near 
them are plenty of Cypripedium insigne Sandere, Fairrieanum, Charles- 
worthii, and several of their hybrids, with Masdevallia tovarensis and others. 
Among the many things to be seen in bloom in the warm division are 
two good plants. of Oncidium bicaliosum, and the very distinct O. 
cucullatum, and these, like most of the other members of the genus, will 
last for weeks in flower. The charming little Cirrhopetalum campanulatum 
is again in bloom, and is much admired. Numerous Cypripediums are 
also flowering, including good forms of Mancunian, Actzus, and Maudie, 
with many of the familiar autumn-flowering hybrids. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI: SPECIMEN PLANT. 
(See Frontispiece). 
Tue Frontispiece to the present volume consists of a magnificent specimen: 
of Odontoglossum Pescatorei, from the collection of Lt.-Col. Sir George 
L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, for which Mr. H. G. Alexander received 
a Cultural Commendation from the R.H.S. on April zoth, rg09. It bears 
three spikes and an aggregate of 155 flowers, and forms quite a picture. 
