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ODONTOGLOSSUM HUNNEWELLIANUM. 
Tuis pretty little Odontoglossum is now flowering well in the collection of 
W. J. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffordshire, and furnishes 
the opportunity to say that it was probably in this collection that it first 
flowered in Europe, in May, 1889. Mr. Stevens then sent it to Kew, stating 
that it had been purchased as Odontoglossum species at Protheroe and 
Morris’s Rooms in the previous December, and that the old flower spikes 
showed fourteen to. sixteen flowers. It was not identified, and was laid 
aside as possibly a natural hybrid. A few weeks later it also flowered with 
the importers, Messrs. F. Sander and Co., and was described as Odonto- 
glossum Hunnewellianum (Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1889, vi., p. 67), the earlier 
specimen being then overlooked. Soon afterwards it flowered in numerous 
collections, and it appears that it was introduced in quantity. It is said to 
grow at a very high altitude, near Bogota, in New Granada, and was dis- 
covered by Mr. Oscar Bobisch. It bears a good deal of resemblance to a 
small light-coloured form of O. sceptrum, but is markedly different in 
having entire column wings, in which respect it is comparable with O. 
Pescatorei, and thus is very distinct from every other species. 
R.A. R. 
PERISTERIA ELATA, 
A FINE specimen of this plant (the Dove Orchid) is at present to be seen in 
bloom at Sparken, Worksop, the residence of J. D. Ellis, Esq. It is 
growing in a 20-inch pot, and has sixteen bulbs and five flower spikes. 
_ Some of the largest bulbs measure 14 inches in circumference and 7 inches 
in depth, the tallest spike being 5 feet 3 inches in height, and has upwards 
of forty blooms or flower buds on it. There are a total of 170 expanded 
flowers or buds on the five spikes. This is one of the most robust and 
healthy specimens of this well-known Orchid I have seen. It is growing in 
a light span-roofed house, and is only slightly shaded from the bright sun. 
On inquiring of Mr. Alderman, the gardener, the treatment he gave it, I 
found it was somewhat different to what is usually recommended. Peat, 
sphagnum, charcoal, and sand are the ingredients used in the compost. It 
is potted annually in February, before growth has commenced, all the old 
soil is removed and replaced with new. It is found that this variety has 
active root action before any growth appears ; a copious supply of water is 
given during its growing season, and the plant is kept quite dry sigs at 
rest. It is an old-fashioned plant, but the flowers are much appreciated at 
bazaars, where flowers from this plant have been lately sold for 2s. 6d. each. 
—S. in Journ. of Hort., Oct. 15th, p. 377- . 
