THE ORCHID REVIEW. 75 
little Sophronitis cernua is showing its flowers, and close to it we still see 
the brilliant S. grandiflora. The old Zygopetalum crinitum will soon be out, 
and will remain good for several weeks if kept in the dry. 
Many botanical species will appear during the month, some of which 
are not generally known, still a few species are worthy of mention, Restrepia 
pandurata and R. Shuttleworthii, for example, are both pretty little species. 
Pelexia olivacea with its handsome foliage is both free blooming and easily 
grown. Certain Erias may also be seen, as E. confusa, E. cristata, and E. 
flava. Several Pleurothallis are flowering, and a few deserve to be more 
generally grown, being graceful and very floriferous, as P. gelida and 
longissima for example. A few species of Stelis are also in bloom, and 
have the peculiarity of closing their flowers at certain times of the day. 
We know perfectly well that several interesting things have been omitted, 
but we cannot mention everything within the space allotted to us. A more 
complete account of the numerous hybrids in season might have been 
included, as, in the aggregate, they hold a very prominent place in 
collections, but many of them are not yet common enough to be generally 
cultivated. . 
ODONTO. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x F. S. ROBERTS. 
WE have received from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. the flower of the 
beautiful Cypripedium x F. S. Roberts, to which an Award of Merit was 
given by the Royal Horticultural Society on January 15th last. It was 
mentioned at page 63 that the second parent was doubtful, but Messrs. 
Low remark that it is suspected to have been C. ciliolare, and this would 
make the hybrid a variety of C. Aylingii. Unless there is a definite record 
we should suspect it to have been C. x Curtisii, for so far as we can see on 
comparison it has all the essential characters, and may be considered a 
variety of C. x Cowleyanum. The innumerable purple dots extend right 
to the apex of the petals, and the other characters are equally in agreement. 
The one other possible combination, C. niveum with C. superbiens, has 
also been made, resulting in C. Xx Georgianum, which we believe differs 
somewhat from the present one. The present variety is very beautiful, 
both in form and colour, but we must adhere to the practice of keeping all 
the different seedlings between the same two species under the same name, 
using a varietal name when necessary. We hope to have the doubtful 
point about the present plant cleared up as other seedlings flower. We 
learn that the plant received a First-class Certificate at the meeting of the 
Manchester Orchid Society on January 15th, a fact which was accidentally 
omitted from our report. 
