THE ORCHID REVIEW. 135 
NOVELTIES. 
CypripEDIUM BULLENIANUM VAR. APPLETONIANUM, Rolfe.—This is the 
Cypripedium Appletonianum, Gower, in The Garden, Feb. 4, 1893, p- 95, 
mentioned at p. 115 of our last issue, of which we have now received a 
flower and leaf through the kindness of W. M. Appleton, Esq., Tyn-y Coed, 
Hill Road, Weston-super-Mare. The flower is precisely that of a light- 
coloured C. Bullenianum (Rchb. f.), but the leaf is remarkably different. 
Instead of having the light grey ground colour with darker blotches, so 
characteristic of this species, and its ally C. Hookera, it has a bright 
green leaf very obscurely reticulated with dark green nerves. We have not 
previously met with anything like the present one among the numerous 
examples of C. Bullenianum examined, though from the identity of floral 
structure it is evidently only a remarkable variety of this species. As 
already remarked, it is a light-coloured form, the tips of the petals being 
lightly flushed with lilac-purple, and the spots along the upper margin very 
small. The small staminode, so different from that of the allied C. 
Hookerz, is absolutely characteristic. It will be an interesting matter to 
watch the development of the plant, also to see if other individuals are 
forthcoming. 
OpontoGLossuM x WILCKEANUM VAR. ELEGANS, Rolfe.—A particularly 
bright and pretty variety of the natural hybrid Odontoglossum 
Wilckeanum has just appeared with Messrs. Austin and McAslan, The 
Nurseries, Cathcart, near Glasgow, which is distinct from anything we 
have seen before. It comes nearest to the variety sulphureum, and has 
_ Similar, strongly toothed, though slightly narrower petals. In that, how- 
ever, the whole flower is of a primrose tint, almost without markings. In 
the present one the sepals are of a distinctly brighter yellow, with a lasKe 
chestnut blotch just above the middle, two or three smaller ones just ssiage 
it, and a very few very small spots near the base. The petals and lip are 
a lighter, primrose shade, almost unspotted, the former with one or two, an 
the latter with four, quite small chestnut spots. The flower is over 3 inches 
actoss from tip to tip of the petals. The clear colours and the Pe ie 
rast between the sepals and petals give the present one a very bright an 
attractive appearance. 
OpontogLossum PEscaTORE! VAR. LEwIsII.—A distinct and pretty sah 
°f Odontoglossum Pescatorei was exhibited at @ meeting of the i 
Horticultural Society, on March 28th last, under the above re f 
Messrs. W. L, Lewis and Co., of Southgate, Of ee es pure: ae 
been sent to us. They are of medium size, the sepals and petals Mie ; the 
Unspotted, but with a light suffusion of pale purple on the sides © 
