330 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Phalenopsis Esmeralda, Buyssoniana and Regnieri are now in full 
bloom, and it is curious to notice how closely allied are these three species. 
Cattleya superba and Dormaniana will soon be over, but have made a 
good show. 
The flowers of Brassavola cucullata and grandiflora are very distinct, 
and the species succeed well grown on blocks. Oncidium Papilio and 
Kramerianum are two closely allied species whose flowers are very attractive. 
The beautiful Calanthe x Veitchii is now pushing up its spikes, and, when 
in flower, it produces a handsome show. Ansellia africana and _nilotica 
are both worthy of cultivation, with their yellow flowers handsomely 
blotched with brown. Both are natives of Africa—in fact the whole of 
the genus. Catasetums are _ still flowering, and the great amount of 
variation between the different species is very curious. Lastly we may 
again mention Sobralia decora, Lowii and sessilis, which still keep on 
flowering, and are very pretty while they last. 
We shall have now to keep a*sharp look-out for foggy weather, which, 
as we all know, is very detrimental to Orchids in flower. We sincerely 
hope that we shall not have another winter like the last, whose effects 
were recorded in the January number of the present volume. Unfortun- 
ately, remedial measures are of little avail in a long-continued spell 
of fog. 
ODONTO. 
_— HO) 
MILTONIA x BINOTI. 
REICHENBACH once remarked, in connection with some Orchid that he 
was describing, that strange birds did not often alone, and its truth is often 
illustrated among natural hybrids. The one now under notice was 
described by M. Cogniaux in 1897 (Gard. Chron., 1897, xxii, p. 393); as a 
natural hybrid between Miltonia candida and M. Regnellii, and was 
afterwards figured (Dict. Icon. Orch., Milt. hyb., t. 4). It was sent by 
M. Binot, of Petropolis, Brazil, to M. A. A. Peeters, of St. Gilles, Brussels. 
A plant has now appeared in the establishment of M. E. Bert, Bois de 
Columbes, Seine, France, which M. Otto Ballif states was purchased as 
M. candida, though on flowering it proves quite different. In fact, it 
combines the characters of the two species just mentioned, and is certainly 
a form of M. x Binoti. In general shape, it approaches M. candida, but 
the lip is nearly flat, and suffused almost throughout with light purple, 
much like that of M. Regnellii, somewhat modified in shape, and a little 
incurved at the sides near the base. The sepals and petals are yellow, 
heavily barred with light brown, and are thus most like M. candida. Its 
appearance is very interesting. 
aS Ric AR, 
