240 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
A few Cattleyas belonging to the long bulbed section are showing their 
buds, chiefly C. Loddigesii and C. Leopoldi, which require to be kept dry 
until the buds are perfectly formed. If this is not observed, the plants will 
soon start into growth, which will be found to be very detrimental to the 
flowers. Some Lelias are also showing, as the old L. crispa and its variety 
delicatissima. Certain Oncidiums are now beginning to send forth their 
strong spikes, as O. Geertianum, varicosum Rogersii, spilopterum, and 
Schillerianum, which are all very ornamental species. A few Stanhopeas 
are showing their curious blooms, S. Haseloviana and Wardii being two 
very handsome species. Miltonias are still in season, being represented 
by the handsome M. spectabilis, and its varieties bicolor, Moreliana and 
virginalis. The free-blooming Stenoglottis longifolia and the spotted-leaved 
S. fimbriata are now in flower, and are exceedingly attractive. Trichopilia 
coccinea and some of its varieties are also very effective, as is also 
Zygopetalum brachypetalum when well grown. The beautiful Vanda 
ccerulea and Kimballiana, are beginning to show their spikes. 
In the Warm house a few summer-flowering plants are in flower, as 
Galeandra Batemanii, the handsome Sobralia x Amesiz, Oncidiums 
Papilio and Kramerianum, also Cypripediums Parishii and a few others are 
in bud, while C. x Adonis and xX cenanthum superbum, Angroecum arcu- 
atum, articulatum, and Chailluanum are all showing, together with the 
splendid Arachnanthe Cathcartii. The season for Catasetums is now draw- 
ing near, and C. Bungerothii, fimbriatum, macrocarpum and Russelianum 
are all promising for the following month. Cattleya superba is opening its 
handsome blooms, and Dendrobium pulchellum, better known as D. 
Dalhousieanum, keeps producing its showy racemes. Amongst others are 
Aérides Lawrenceum, Phalenopsis Esmeralda and Buyssoniana, and 
Saccolabium multiflorum, all of which deserve a place in every collection. 
ODONTO. 
ONCIDIUM BIFOLIUM HARDY AT GENOA. 
Pror. Penzic, of the University of Genoa, N. Italy, has sent to Kew 
specimens of this pretty little Oncidium, which, he says, has been grown 
on trees there in the open air for a period of six years. The specimens 
seem perfectly healthy, but are rather dwarfer than native ones, and fewer 
flowered. It 1s a native of Monte Video, in a latitude about corresponding 
with Tunis, some ten degrees south of Genoa, and on the opposite side of 
the Mediterranean. Other cool growing species might be tried in 
Mediterranean localities, where perhaps the drier atmosphere, rather than 
the cold in winter, would be the chief obstacle to success. oop e 
