200 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULy, 1907. 
was awarded a First-class Certificate for a well-flowered plant of Dendro- 
bium nobile. A vote of thanks to the lecturer closed the meeting.—Fournal 
of Horticulture. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL beautiful flowers have been sent from the collection of E. F. 
Clark, Esq., Chamonix, Teignmouth. A form of Lezlio-cattleya Dominiana 
is of excellent shape, having broad rose-purple sepals and petals, and a very 
richly coloured lip. It was purchased in 1899 as a small seedling, and was 
thought to be something else until it flowered. L.-c. Hippolyta, Chardwar 
var., is a large and beautiful form which was raised in the collection, from 
L. cinnabarina crossed with a very large form of Cattleya Mossiz, just 
seven years ago. The petals have an expanse of over six inches, and the 
colour is orange buff with a band down the centre of a peculiar shade of 
bluish lilac. The front and side lobes of the lip are rich crimson, and very 
undulate, and the disc very deep yellow. The plant has now produced a 
four-flowered spike, and is the second of the batch to bloom. There are . 
two good forms of L.-c. Fascinator, one of which was raised in the 
collection, the other being purchased as a small seedling. The latter has 
nearly white sepals and petals, and the throat of the lip deep yellow with a 
lilac area in front and on the side lobes, the intervening area being rich 
purple-crimson. The home-raised one is a larger flower, with rosy-lilac 
sepals and petals, the front part of the lip rich amethyst purple, and the 
throat deep yellow. The seed was sown in 1899, and eight seedlings 
appeared, but one of them divided while still in the seedling stage and has 
been grown on separately. Lastly, there is a twin flowered scape of 
Paphiopedilum bellatulum, of which the larger lowermost flower is much 
more suffused with rose than the upper one, giving a peculiar effect. 
A richly-coloured form of Paphiopedilum x Gowerianum is sent from the 
collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury. It is a newly- 
raised seedling from P. Curtisii x Lawrenceanum, and Mr. Rogers remarks 
that it is a little different from P. x Gowerianum magnificum. 
A flower of the beautiful Lelia tenebrosa, Walton Grange var., 1S sent 
from the collection of Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, by Mr 
Alexander. It measures over 73 inches across its broadest diameter, and 
its clear yellow sepals and petals render it one of the most beautiful varieties 
of the species. The lip is about normal in colour, being rich purple ™ 
the throat, and veined with similar colour on the side lobes, while a large 
area on the front lobe is clear white, this colour extending as a narrow 
margin round the side lobes. 
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