2920 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
DIES ORCHIDIANZ. 
THE flowering of Sobralia Cattleya at Burford, as recorded at page 260, is 
a noteworthy event, in some. respects more remarkable than that of 
Eulophiella Peetersiana, for though the latter is likely to prove a far more 
valuable horticultural acquisition, the former has puzzled some of our best 
growers for many years. In an account of the Burford collection, which 
appeared in these pages five years ago (vol. 1, p. 18), it is recorded that Mr. 
White had tried many plans to induce it to flower. In June, 1891, the 
plant was put out in the open air in full sunshine, and remained there night 
and day until the middle of September, when it was taken into a cold peach 
house at night. The plant was apparently strong enough to flower, having 
thirteen strong growths, upwards of nine feet in length. 
At Highbury, too, it is recorded that a strong plant in the corridor grows 
well, but cannot be induced to flower, though every attention had been 
given to it for twelve years (J. c., pp. 107, 289). Another fine plant has 
long been cultivated in the Victoria house at Kew, with no better result. 
The flower now produced is, we believe, the first which has yet appeared 
in Europe, and Mr. White must be congratulated on his success. It would 
be interesting to know a little more about it. 
The specimen of Aérides odoratum figured at page 273 is certainly a 
very remarkable one, and the history of the plant is also very interesting. 
One would naturally have thought that in a climate where it: grew so 
vigorously it would also have flowered, which, however, does not appear to 
have been the case, though in what respect the conditions were unsuitable 
can only be guessed, without knowing more about them. It is an Orchid 
which usually grows and flowers well in a warm house, under ordinary 
treatment, though it would take many years to produce such a fine specimen 
as the one now in Mr. Le Doux’s collection. It will be interesting to see if 
it produces such a crop of flowers again next year. 
The degeneration of Orchids under cultivation has been discussed on 
several occasions, and the numerous examples which have been cited of 
plants whose history can be traced back for two or three decades has shown 
pretty conclusively that when Orchids do degenerate it is through wrong 
treatment. Two very interesting cases are recorded last month, namely, 
Hartwegia Kienastii (p. 264) and Oncidium Kienastianum (p. 269), 
which have been cultivated for twenty-two and twenty years respectively 
since the original descriptions appeared. Probably no one expected to see 
them again until the Reichenbachian Herbarium is opened. It is fortunate 
that two more of the mysterious “types” have been recovered, even if one 
