272 ‘THE ORCHID REVIEW, 
BOTANICAL ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
LikE their more showy brethren, botanical Orchids show a diminution in 
numbers during the hot summer months, but several of those previously 
mentioned are still flowering at Kew, besides which several fresh ones are 
also coming into flower, so that there is still much of interest to be seen in 
this department. 
Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni is well worth general cultivation. It seems, 
when well-established, to flower at any time of the year. An interesting 
little plant is Corycium orobanchoides, belonging to the Cape flora and 
very seldom seen in cultivation. Its flowers are greenish, and possess a 
peculiar odour. Dendrobiums alpestre and terminale are pretty little plants ; 
the former very small in habit, and produces a quantity of flowers which 
remain in perfection for several weeks, and the latter is a Burmese species 
of the section Aporum, easily grown and free blooming, the flowers white 
with a pink shade, and mostly terminal, but, unfortunately, they do not 
last very long. 
Erias are represented by two pretty little species, E. concolor, with its 
small yellow flowers, and E. latibracteata, one of the most attractive species 
of the genus. Of quite botanical interest is the curious Liparis reflexa, an 
Australian species. Paphinia rugosa and cristata are two gems not very 
often met with, the former producing large, yellowish, spotted flowers, whilst 
those of the latter are of a chocolate colour, and both are worthy of general 
cultivation. 
Some of the small Pleurothallis are very interesting, amongst which P. 
picta and maculata are very free blooming, while P. Johannis is quite a 
botanical species. Masdevallia gemmata is always pretty and keeps on 
flowering month after month. The peculiar Sigmatostalix radicans is also 
worthy of mention. 
Amongst the Warm house species, only a few are now to be Seen, and 
among them the distinct Podochilus longicalcaratus with its small, long- 
spurred flowers, which appear on short peduncles at the base of the leaves. 
The small, white flowers of the rare Appendicula bifaria are very pretty, 
and we may again mention the pretty little Ornithidium nanum, which 
is still in flower. Megaclinium triste, with its blackish flowers, is another 
remarkable species. Cycnoches Egertonianum, chlorochilon and Loddigesii, 
all possess such curious and attractive flowers that one can only regret that 
they are not more frequently met with. Trichopilia hymenantha and Sarcan- 
thus Williamsoni are two of the species now showing for flower, which will 
keep up the succession during the autumn. 
ODONToO. 
