280 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (SEPTEMBER, 1906, 
the tiny Oncidium cornigerum. Stanhopea eburnea, S. oculata, and 
S. Wardii are thrusting their flower spikes through the sides and bottoms 
of the baskets, and it may be added that this genus has made a good 
display for some time. The Brazilian Miltonias are also making a good 
display. with their bright and attractive flowers, the most conspicuous . 
among them being a well-flowered plant of M. x Cogniauxiz var. bicolor. — 
Others include M. candida, M. Clowesii, M. xX castanea, &c., intermixed — 
with several Lelio-cattleyas, as for instance L.-c. elegans, which is repre 
sented by several large pans with numerous spikes in full flower, Lc. 
Schilleriana, L.-c. Mandarin, L.-c. Amelia, and L.-c. massilenaaa 
Cattleya is also well represented by C. Leopoldi, C. bicolor, C. Grossi, C. : 
granulosa, C. X sororia, C. velutina, and the pure white C. Gaskelliana 
alba. One or two Oncidiums are conspicuous by their bright yellow 
flowers, as O. varicosum var. Rogersii and O. Geertianum, while the pretty 
little O. dasytyle is much paler with a big blackish crest. Near by is the 
brilliant orange-coloured Epidendrum vitellinum, forming a strong contrast. 
Foremost among the Vandas is a good plant of Vanda Sanderiana, : 
bearing two spikes of seven and eight flowers each. A basket of V. Kim- 
balliana is making a good show of flower, while suspended from the roof is 
a plant of the remarkable Listrostachys caudata, bearing a long raceme of : 
nine flowers. Close by is a small plant of the rose-coloured Ancistrochilus < 
Thomsonianus var. Gentilii. 
Not many Paphiopedilums are in flower, though the one which caused 
such excitement last year, namely P. Fairrieanum, is represented by three 
good plants, all of which are in bud, and one flower has already expanded. 
Several plants of P. Charlesworthii are in bloom, and there is a well- 
flowered plant of P. x Maynardii. a 
Flowering very freely in the Cool house is a batch of Stenoglottis long J 
folia and the pure white S. longifolia alba, with the allied S. fimbriata. They 2 | 
are natives of South Africa and Natal, and are of easy culture, and when | 
flower are very attractive. A few flowers are still to be seen among the | 
Odontoglossums, such as O. crispum, O. Pescatorei, O. Lindleyanum, and 2 
O. grande. An old familiar plant, though now past its best, is worthy 
of mention, namely Calanthe x Dominii, the first hybrid Orchid which | 
flowered. It produces its light purple flowers very freely every yea 
Numerous species of botanical interest might have been added, and sever 
other of the familiar showy kinds, as the species in flower in this” 
collection are always numerous. el 
A plant of the remarkable Arachnanthe Lowii is producing a fine oe | 
in the adjacent Victoria House, but the absence of shading here evidently 
renders the position unsuitable for the health of the plant, the leaves be 
become yellow. : : 
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