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hybridisation, and were growing and doing well.” One of these seedlings 
has now flowered in the collection of Major-General E. S, Berkeley, 
Spetchley, Bitterne Park, Southampton, and received an Award of Merit 
from the Royal Horticultural Society on October roth last, under the name 
of O. Uroskinneri album. It differs from the type in having a pure white 
lip, and the sepals and petals yellowish green, obscurely marbled with a 
slightly darker tint, and thus the colour is almost that of O. bictoniense, 
though the shape is that of O. Uroskinneri, which is rather curious, and 
suggests the possibility of a hybrid between the two. Mr. T. Osborne, who 
was Mr. Buchan’s gardener at that time, and raised the seedlings, says that 
he does not recollect crossing the O. Uroskinneri, but may have done so. 
He remembers, however, that the seed?pod fell on the moss under the plant, 
and he afterwards found the seedlings. The evidence is unfortunately not 
conclusive either way. If it is simply an albino of the species, other seedlings 
may prove normal in character, and we hope to hear of them as they flower. 
We believe an albino has not appeared before. 
NOTES ON ORCHIDS IN THE JUNGLE. 
By MAJor-GENERAL E, S. BERKELEY. 
(Continued from page 243.) 
AN Orchid which flourishes well in the Phalznopsis house is Sarcochilus 
Berkeleyi, originally named by Professor Reichenbach Thrixspermum 
Berkeleyi, and described in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for April 29, 1882. This 
is by far the best of all the Sarcochili, and is extremely distinct from any 
known kind. There is a very good figure of it in Walliams’ Orchid Album, t. 
436. It has long drooping spikes of cream-white flowers with two small 
Violet-blue spots at the base of the lip. 
I first found this species in 1880, in the Island of Camorta. The plant 
hasa drooping habit, and I invariably found it growing at the extreme end of 
the branches of large trees. Its long sprays of flowers, hanging down from 
the branches, had a charming effect at a distance, the trees on which it 
stew looked as if they were in flower, as the white stood out so distinctly 
from the green foliage. os 
This plant has practically no resting season in its native jungle, as the 
and of Camorta lies about 8° north of the Equator, in the belt of per- 
Petual rains. It grows well in this country, if not checked or exposed to 
‘old draughts. It should be grown in a hanging basket or pan, and placed 
ms . Position in the stove where no direct draught can catch it in the siege 
Itis very free flowering, and in its native home is in bloom more or less al 
the year round, 
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In the island of Camorta there is very little in the way of Orchids 
