92 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Marcu, rgr0. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull & Sons, Chelsea, sent blotched and spotted forms 
of Odontoglossum crispum. 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, sent two good plants of Cattleya 
Trianz alba. 
Mr. W. Shackleton, Great Horton, received a Vote of Thanks for a small 
exhibit. 
H. J. Craven, Esq., The Beeches, Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), showed 
the fine Cypripedium x Alcibiades illustre. H. THorRP. 
ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
SEVERAL very interesting Orchids are now flowering at Kew, and among 
them the rare and very striking Lissochilus Horsfallii, which carries a fine 
spike six feet high, bearing a large number of green and purple ftowers. 
Stauropsis gigantea, now seldom met with, is also bearing a fine spike. 
Near by is a nice group of Phalznopsis Schilleriana, which this year has 
been fortunate enough to escape the fogs, which are usually so disastrous to 
it. In the Cool house a plant of the handsome Cymbidium grandiflorum 
is carrying a fine spike, with every flower perfectly expanded. This species 
has a reputation of sometimes dropping its flowers before expansion, but the 
remedy lies in correct cultural treatment, and it is generally agreed that it 
requires alight position in the Cool house. The spikes develop very slowly, 
and any attempt to hurry them seems to end in disaster. 
There are two plants of the striking Pleurothallis Roezlii, carrying an 
aggregate of eighteen racemes. Close by is a fine Aérides Vandarum on a 
raft, bearing nine inflorescences, and two fine specimens of the chaste 
Masdevallia tovarensis, the best with 45 inflorescences, Masdevallia 
Schroederiana, x Courtauldiana, Mooreana, x Hincksiana, triangularis and 
several others arealso in bloom. Cynorchis compacta is a charming little 
white-flowered species from Natal, which always flowers freely in the 
spring, and five nice clumps are now in bloom. The orange-coloured 
Odontoglossum retusum is one of the most distinct of numerous Odonto- 
glossums now in. flower. 
There is a nice show of bloom in the Cattleya house, where plants of 
Pleione yunnanensis and P. tricolor in hanging pans are now very attractive. 
A plant of the rare Coelia macrostachya is also in bloom, and Maxillaria 
ochroleuca is flowering freely. 
In the Warm house Dendrobiums are making a bright display, and four 
specimens of Dendrobium glumaceum are covered with graceful spikes. 
Pholidota ventricosa, Pelexia maculata, and Lockhartia Wiegeltii are 
interesting rarities, of which a long list might be compiled. Both the 
showy and botanical species are well represented, and a good number of 
hybrids are also in bloom. 
