MarcH, 1910.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 7¥ 
ORCHIDS FROM FINCHLEY, 
SEVERAL beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of G. Hamilton- 
Smith, Esq., Church End, Finchley, by Mr. Coningsby. ~An inflorescence 
of Odontoglossum apterum (nebulosum) candidulum is from a plant that 
came from Messrs. Williams, of’ Holloway, when their Orchids were 
disposed of. The flowers are pure white, with an orange-yellow crest to 
the lip. It is said to be a weak grower, making very small bulbs. A 
beautiful flower of Cattleya Trianz delicata has a tinge of lilac, chiefly in the 
lip, and is said to vary in this respect. Last year it was almost white. Two 
very richly coloured flowers of C. Percivaliana are said to be the only ones 
out of a batch of three dozen that have not been spoilt by the recent dull 
weather. The species is said to grow well there, but will not stand dull 
weather like C. Trianz does. An inflorescence from a plant purchased as: 
Lendrobium Kingianum proves to be a white form, and belongs to D. 
delicatum, Bailey, whose history was given at page 88 of our sixteenth 
volume. The plant has six racemes. There are also flowers of the beautiful 
Brassocattleya Hyez, which it is remarked generally flowers twice a year. 
one of Scuticaria Steelii, which has been out for nearly a month, and a very 
fine Paphiopedilum X aureum CEdippe, with a deep purple band and much 
purple suffusion on the dorsal sepal. Lastly must be mentioned a very 
deep yellow Odontoglossum, well spotted with red-brown, and most like 
O. X excellens. It issaid to be the result of crossing O. triumphans with 
O. x ardentissimum. The plant is very small at present and is producing 
its first flower. It should develop into a fine thing. 
Eria cLAusA.—This curious little Eria has just flowered in the 
collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., the plant having been sent from 
Darjeeling by Mr. Bignold. It is a native of Sikkim, and is said to be not 
uncommon at elevations of 3,000 to 5,000 feet, flowering in February and 
March. It was described in 1896 (King and Pantl. in Journ. Astat. Soc., 
Ixy. p. 121), and was afterwards figured (Aun. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc., viii. p. 
121, t. 167). It isallied to E. vittata, Lindl., but is considerably smaller, 
and has erect racemes of small whitish-green flowers, with three much 
elevated purple keels at. the base, and seven on the upper half, these 
becoming much paler in colour and somewhat verrucose near the apex. 
The authors remark that in many cases the flowers are self-fertilised and do 
not open, a character which evidently suggested the specific name, though 
it is hardly applicable when the flowers open normally, as in Sir Trevor’s 
plant. There are several species of Orchids which have a tendency to 
produce cleistogamous flowers, and among them we recall Dendrobium 
crepidatum and Maxillaria rufescens.—R.A.R. 
