40 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE BOHNHOFIANUM. 
We have already called attention to several fine and distinct varieties 
of Cypripedium insigne, and now another very distinct and handsome form 
has reached us, this time from the collection of Henry Graves, Esq., of 
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A. In spite of its long journey across the Atlantic, 
the flower arrived quite fresh, thanks to skilful packing on the part of Mr. 
R. M. Grey, Mr. Graves’ gardener. It is apparently the variety Bohnho- 
fianum, for it quite agrees with the description of that form (Gard. Chron., 
1891, ii. p. 586). In shape it comes nearest to the variety Macfarlanei 
(Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 1890, ii. p. 655), the dorsal sepal being scarcely over 
one and a quarter inches broad, but the colour is totally different. The 
ground colour is bright yellow, but the lower-part of the dorsal sepal is of a 
uniform bright deep brown, and the petals and front part of the lip are also 
strongly suffused with the same colour. The staminode is rich yellow. 
The upper. part of the dorsal sepal is, of course, white, and there are no 
spots anywhere about the flower. It is a striking and handsome form, the 
rich brown colouring and absence of spots give it a thoroughly distinct 
appearance, and there is nothing with which it can be confused. We do 
not know anything of the whereabouts of the plant originally described, for 
unfortunately nothing is stated about its origin. 
LALIO-CATTLEYA x TRIOPHTHALMA. 
Two plants only of this beautiful and very distinct hybrid are said to have 
been raised, one now. being in the collection of Baron Schréder, of The 
Dell, Egham, the other in that of the late Mr. F. L. Ames, of Boston, 
U.S.A. A two-flowered raceme from the former has just reached us 
through the:kindness of Messrs. Veitch, who raised it. It was obtained by 
crossing Cattleya superba with the pollen of Lzlio-cattleya x exoniensis, 
and was described in 1883. ‘The lip is three-lobed, the side lobes smaller 
and more obtuse than in Cattleya superba, though otherwise similar, and 
the front lobe broadly elliptical-oblong, and about an inch long. ‘The sepals 
are light blush-pink, and the petals considerably darker. The side lobes of 
the lip are as light as the sepals outside, but inside suffused and veined with 
rose, the tips being deep purple-crimson. The front lobe is of the latter 
colour, but tipped with white, and a transverse yellow band extends across 
its base. Thus the characters of both parents are well represented in the 
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Lzlio-cattleya X triophthalma, Rolfe.in Gard. Chron., 1891, 1. p. 802 ; ii. p. 155 ; Orchid 
Review, i. p. 101 
Cattleya x iridplelienniie Rchb. f., Z.c., 1883, ii. p-.526. 
Lelio x triophthalma, Veitch Man. Otek ii..p. 97- 
