Fabia ardentissima and Cypripedium x King Haakon, both magnificent — 
things, and Awards of Merit to Lelio-cattleya Clive magnifica, L.-c. Clive, — 
_ Vine House var., Cypripedium insigne rotundiflorum and C. x Milo, Vine j 
House var. 
O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers), staged a magnificent group ~ 
of finely-grown Cypripediums, to which a Special Vote of Thanks was — 
accorded. 
Messrs. James Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, staged a very fine group, | 
consisting largely of Cypripediums, to which the Society’s Gold Medal was — 
awarded. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, received an Award of 
Merit for Cypripedium x Lord Ossulton, Heaton var. 
Orchids. 
BULBOPHYLLUM INUNCTUM. 
22 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [January, 1907, | 
Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, staged a very interesting group of & 
Tuis is a large-flowered species of Bulbophyllum which has just bloomed at 
the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden, and has been described and figured by Mr. 
J. J. Smith (Ic. Bogor. iii. t. 215). It is a native of Borneo, and belongs 
to the section Sestochilos, being most allied to B. insigne, Ridl. 
The flowers are larger than in B. Lobbii, and the sepals are longer, and 
densely dotted with purple on a light ground, while the long drooping 
petals bear a few purple stripes, somewhat recalling those of Paphiopedilum 
Stonei. It seems to be rare or local, for Mr. Smith states that it has long 
been cultivated at Buitenzorg, but that during his fourteen years’ residence 
there it has not again been imported among the numerous Bornean 
collections received. The plant blooms only once annually, but then very 
abundantly, and at this period it always attracts a number of small brown 
flies, which alight on the lip, to feed on a fluid substance which exudes in 
minute drops round the margin. The weight of the insect upsets the 
delicately balanced lip, which topples over, and throws the insect against 
the face of the column, the’ result’ being that the. glutinous  pollinia’are fixed 
to its back. They then struggle to get away, but only a few of them 
succeed, and these are so much weighted with the heavy pollinia that they 
fali to the ground, and at most are only able to crawl up again on to an 
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adjacent branchlet. The result is that the flowers are not fertilised, the — 
insects not being strong enough to remove and carry away the pollinia. It 
is evident that some larger, stronger insect exists where the species grow 
wild, the flies mentioned probably being adapted to fertilise some smaller 
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species. Mr. Smith shows on the plate one of these flies firmly fixed t q 
the column. It would be interesting if residents in the tropics would 
observe more of the insects by which Orchids are fertilised. 
