316 THE ORCHID REVIEW. {OCTOBER, 1906. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
TuREE very beautiful Orchids are sent from the coliection of W. Waters 
Butler, Esq., Southfield, Edgbaston, Birmingham. First may be mentioned 
a flower of Cattleya Trianz flowering out of season. It was purchased 
about six weeks ago as an imported plant, with one sheath and four almost 
dormant eyes, and was at once potted. The sheath has now produced two 
flowers. It is of good shape, with pale lilac pink sepals and petals, and the 
front of the lip rich amethyst purple, which colour extends round the 
undulate margin of the side lobes, becoming gradually paler, while the 
throat is rich yellow margined with cream. The second is a form of the 
beautiful C. x Iris, having bronzy sepals and petals, and the lip of the 
richest amethyst. The third is a good Lelio-cattleya x bletchleyensis, 
having lilac pink sepals and petals, and a dark purple lip, with a pair of 
small yellow eyes in the throat. 
An infloresence of Aérides suavissimum (A. Reichenbachianum) is sent 
from the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camber- 
well, by Mr. Smith. It is closely allied to A. odoratum, but has light buff 
sepals and petals. Like its ally, it is powerfully fragrant, and in each 
case the character has been incorporated with the specific name. A flower 
of the handsome Cypripedium X Unixia superbum (Harrisianum X Law- 
rebel) is also sent, being good both in shape and colour. 
A very fine form of Lzlio-cattleya Gottoiana is sent from the collection 
of Mrs. Fielden, Grimston Park, Tadcaster, by Mr. Clayton, who remarks 
that the inflorescence bore four flowers. The sepals and petals are 45 
inches long, and light rosy purple in colour, and the front of the lip 
brighter purple, with numerous radiating deep amethyst veins, and the 
tube deep yellow, the latter being a somewhat uncommon character in 
this fine natural hybrid, whose parents are Lelia tenebrosa and Cattleya 
Warneri. 
HYBRIDIST. 
CATTLEYA X FARQUHARSONIANA.—A pretty little hybrid, derived from 
Cattleya bicolor and C. x Iris, has been sent from the collection of 
Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate, by Mr. Bound, who remarks 
that it is the first hybrid from C. x Iris. As the latter was derived from 
C. bicolor and C. Dowiana, it will be noticed that the novelty consists of 
three parts bicolor and one part Dowiana, hence one is not surprised to fin 
a considerable return to C. bicolor, in the smaller size, and narrower more 
fleshy segments. It is most comparable to a well-coloured C. bicolor, but 
is probably undeveloped at present. 
