. 316 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
CONTINENTAL NOTES. 
By CH. DE BOsscHERE. 
AT the September Horticultural Meeting at Ghent M. Jules Hye exhibited 
two of his achievements in the genus Cypripedium, namely, C. x triumphans, 
derived from C. x Sallieri superbum 2 and C. x cenanthum superbum /; and 
C. x giganteum, derived from C. x Sallieri Hyeanum 2 and C. x Hartisi- 
anum g; the latter remarkable for the exceptional developments of all the 
floral segments. C. x triumphans is one of the most beautiful hybrids yet 
raised ; the lower two-thirds of the upper sepal are yellow, covered with 
jet-black dotting, and relieved with a brilliant polish ; the central band is 
quite black, which shades off through violet-rose into the white ground 
colour, the broad margin being pure white. The petals are broad, some 
what drooping, curved, dark crimson, varnished and bordered with golden- 
yellow ; their lower part is paler, lightly dotted with black at the extreme 
base. The lip is brilliant crimson in front, nankeen-yellow behind, bordered 
with chrome-yellow round the orifice. Staminode honey-yellow, very cot- 
cave at the base, surmounted by a small bronze-coloured tubercle in the 
centre. It is a robust hybrid, with beautiful dark green glaucous leaves. 
A plant of Miltonia Moreliana superba, exhibited by M. Jules Hye, wa 
distinguished by its very dark tint and the exceptional length of the sepals 
and petals. 
At the meeting of the Orchidéene, of Brussels, many handsome Orchids 
were shown. Messrs. Linden exhibited Anguloa eburnea Lindeni, with 
large snow-white flowers ; Galeandra Claesii; Maxillaria callichroma; 
Miltonia spectabilis radians, whose lip is nearly entirely snow-white; =e 
rare Odontoglossum prestans; and Paphinia grandis, with a very large 
and fragrant flower. Madame Block exhibited with great success a er i 
beautiful Cypripedium Elliottianum, and a superb C. x Morgania, Some 
what resembling C. x Morganiz burfordiense, as figured in the Reichenbachity 
in colour, ~ 
In the houses of L’Horticulture Internationale are flowering some dit 
varieties of Cattleya, many beautiful plants of Stauropsis lissocn 
(Vanda Batemanii), and various Vandas, which are much @ mired f 
visitors, a 
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In the establishment of M. A. A. Peeters is flowering a brilliant — 
of Cattleya Warscewiczii, whose very large lip has two handsome 7” |) 
eyes in the throat ; Cattleya x Patrocinii, a natural hybrid bet ae 
Leopoldii and C. guttata, with violet-rose, lightly spotted segments 
Lelio-cattleya x Schilleriana, with seven beautiful flowers. a 
In the houses of M. Alfred Van Imschoot, of Mont-St.-Amand, Y 
are many beautiful things. Specially noteworthy are Cattleya Sand oft 
“remarkable variety, and C. velutina, distinguished by the breadth © 
