260 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (SEPTEMBER, IgIo. 
pointed out in the most robust health, the leaves six inches long and quiet 
perfect, while a number of twin-flowered spikes testified to their vigour. 
In the next house was a good plant of the rare Warrea tricolor in 
bloom, examples of the brilliant Lzlia monophylla, a very fine specimen of 
Oncidium incurvum in an 18-inch pan and bearing 25 spikes, the plant 
having been in the collection for about 25 years, O. leucochilum, O. 
barbatum, Bifrenaria vitellina, the deep-purple Calanthe japonica, C. 
veratrifolia, imported with the preceding, well-flowered plants of Maxillaria 
fucata and Hubschii, Pleurothallis strupifolia, Dendrobium triadenium and 
sanguinolentum, a good Odontoglossum Harryanum, and a plant of the 
rare Epidendrum Laucheanum, with a drooping spike three feet in length, 
but the flowers not yet expanded. A plant of the rare Ccelogyne pulchella 
was also pointed out. : 
The Phalenopsis house contains a lot of healthy plants, among which 
the rare P. Mariz was noted, though not in bloom, and there was a healthy 
plant of Angrecum Kotschyanum suspended by a wire, and without any 
‘compost about its roots, yet it remains healthy and was carrying a good 
spike. It is literally an air plant, for it must obtain its nutriment from 
the moisture and gases contained in the atmosphere of the house. 
Polystachya odorata and Hzemaria Dawsoniana were in bloom, also a 
hybrid from Cypripedium Chamberlainianum and C. prestans, most like 
the former in habit, but showing the influence of the pollen parent in the 
shape and colour of the flowers. A plant of the rare Quekettia Jenmanii 
was pointed out, with Bulbophyllum Ericssoni and virescens, and an 
interesting hybrid Ccelogyne, which has not yet bloomed. 
The Masdevallia house is always interesting, and we noted the rare M. 
velifera in bloom, with examples of M. hieroglyphica, muscosa, calura, 
gemmata, campyloglossa, xX Rushtoni, x Stella, Veitchiana, coccinea, 
ignea, and a fine plant of M. deorsa, which recently produced eight flowers, 
both flowers and leaves being pendulous. We also noted a good Octomeria 
diaphana, Physosiphon Loddigesii, Scaphosepalum anchoriferum, Theodorea 
gomezoides, Promenza xanthina and stapelioides, Odontoglossum 
Uroskinneri, Pleurothallis Grobyi, macroblepharis, riograndensis, steno- 
petala, prolifera, and various others. Plants of the Australian Sarcochilus 
Fitzgeraldi and S. Hartmanni, which have been in the collection for thirty 
years, were also pointed out. S. falcorostris was in bud. 
In another Odontoglossum house we observed the very distinct Oncidium 
_ dasytyle, O. pulchellum in spike, and some plants of the new O. Claesii in 
thriving condition. Another species of the same section has been in the 
collection for about twelve years, but cannot be induced to bloom. 
These notes have extended further than was originally intended, but 
one cannot deal with such a collection in a few words. After spending a 
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