62 ae THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, IQ10. 
reddish orange flowers, while the other has bright purple sepals and petals 
and a very dark blackish purple lip. A good flower of Cattleya < Enid is 
also sent. Mr. Smith remarks that they seldom get good flowers of the 
Cattleya group during December and January, as the situation is rather low, 
and with frequent fogs, and the deposit of soot on the glass, the light 
necessary for the development of good Cattleya blooms is lacking. 
Flowers of Paphiopedilum x Bartelsii are sent from the collection of 
F. H. Moore, Esq., Royal Infirmary, Liverpool. They are from a batch 
raised in the collection, and Mr. Moore remarks that they vary considerably. 
The best is good in colour, but the curving back of the dorsal sepal is rather 
a defect. A richly-coloured P. x Kramerianum is also sent; together with 
a flower of the interesting old Cypripedium x discolor, Rchb., f., from the 
plant formerly in the collection of the late Mr. Reginald Young (O.R., xiv. 
P- 350). 
A very handsome hybrid is sent from the collection of Mrs. Ross, Poggio 
Gherardo, Florence, which is believed to be a hybrid from Paphiopedilum 
hirsutissimum and P. x Arthurianum. It is most like the former in general 
character, but the dorsal sepal and the lower halves of the petals are densely 
spotted all over dark purple-brown on a lighter green ground, while the 
apical portions of the latter are bright purple, and the front of the lip of a 
lighter purple shade. The staminode is nearly circular, pale green, with 
many short brown hairs, and a prominent central tooth. The leaves are 
rather elongated, narrow and clear green in colour. The plant is said to be 
six years old, and has bloomed once before. The combination has pro- 
duced a particularly bright and attractive flower. 
LAELIA LUNDII. 
THIs curious little Brazilian Lzlia has just appeared in cultivation, 
having been sent to Kew for determination by Messrs. Sander & Sons, with 
the information that it was imported as Lelia Regnellii. It was described 
in 1881, as Bletia Lundii (Rchb. f. & Warm. in Otia Bot. Hamb., p. 92), 
from materials collected by Warming at Lagoa Santa, in the province of 
Minas Geraes, and was afterwards figured (Warm. Symb. Fl. Bras. Centr., 
Xxix. p. 845, t. 9, fig. 12). Witha general resemblance in habit to Lelia 
Regnellii, it is easily distinguished by its habit of flowering on the unde- 
veloped young growth—a character also seen in Cattleya Walkeriana. It is 
one of the smallest species in the genus, being about six inches high. The 
pseudobulbs are small and ovoid, with one or two narrow, very fleshy, 
subterete or channelled leaves, and the inflorescence is short and apparently 
single-flowered. Its base is covered by the imbricate sheaths of the young 
growths. The segments are just under 2-inch long, and the narrow sepals 
and petals are white suffused with lilac, while the lip is three-lobed, with 
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