AvcusT, 1907-] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 233 
BULBOPHYLLUM ERICSSONI. 
A PLANT of the remarkable Bulbophyllum Ericssoni, bearing two fine 
inflorescences, of eight and nine flowers, was exhibited at the last Temple 
Show by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, as recorded at page 176. One of 
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these is represented in the annexed illustration, which is reproduced 
BULBOPHYLLUM ERICSSONI., 
Fig. 27. 
about five- eighths natural size, from a photograph taken by Mr. F. W. 
Rolfe. There is little need to emphasize its remarkable character, for not 
everyone would recognise the figure as that of an Orchid at all—indeed 
it looks almost as much like some weird Octopus. The flowers are borne 
in an umbel, and radiate horizontally from the central axis. The common 
peduncle is not shown, being on the other side of the inflorescence and 
