THE ORCHID REVIEW. 261 
A very pretty form of Oncidium macranthum has been sent from the 
collection of M. J. Ragot, Villenoy, near Meaux, France, in which the 
sepals are not much darker than the petals, being only lightly suffused with 
dusky brown. The inflorescence, also, is but little over two feet long, and 
the flowers seven in number and rather crowded at the apex, probably 
because not fully developed. 
An excellent photograph of a fine inflorescence of Mormodes luxatum 
has been sent from the collection of A. W. Wills, Esq., of Claregate, Wylde 
Green, Birmingham. The length of the inflorescence is 13} inches, and its 
greatest breadth 8} inches, while the flowers number 23. Mr. Wills 
remarks :—‘‘ This species, one of the most beautiful of Orchids, has the 
reputation of being difficult to flower. My record, however, does not justify 
this opinion, being as follows: Bloomed 1891, 1892, and 1893 ; rested 1894 ; 
bloomed 1895 and 1896.” The inflorescence is very beautiful, and we con- 
gratulate Mr. Wills on his successful treatment, of which we should be glad 
to receive a few particulars. 
A good photograph and dried flower of a Stanhopea are sent from the 
collection of Dr. A. W. Hoisholt, Stockton, California. The plant was 
collected in the extreme South of Mexico, near the Guatemalan frontier, last 
November, and has now produced a raceme of four flowers. It proves to 
be S. oculata, Lindl. Dr. Hoisholt remarks that the flower was dried in 
silver sand according to the directions given at page 223 of our first 
volume, and owing to its fleshiness the shrivelling is extreme. Still the 
shape of the parts and the spots are so well preserved as to enable any one 
to recognise it immediately. It is a very handsome species, and it is very 
unfortunate that the flowers do not last longer. Good photographs of the 
favourite Odontoglossum citrosmum and Miltonia vexillaria are also sent. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x PETRI AND VAR. BURBIDGEI. 
THE article appearing in the last number of the Orchid Review (page 247) 
on Cypripedium x Petri and var. Burbidgei is distinctly interesting, and 
the conclusion arrived at appears so reasonable that I have adopted the 
same, and added both C. x Petri and X C. Petri var. Burbidgei to my list of 
hybrids, as a cross between C. Dayanum and C. virens. I ee that the 
C. virens intended is the C. javanicum var. virens of Veitch s Manual of 
Orchidaceous Plants (iv., page 35)- Curiously enough, neither C. javanicum 
nor C. virens are mentioned in Williams’ Orchid zum s Manual, except 
that the former is given as one of the parents of C. x ja 
I agree with the suggestion that someone might mak 
vanico-superbiens. 
e the experiment 
