14 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
one owes its descent to the intercrossing of the same two species. It 
must therefore be considered as a variety of the same, though a remark- 
ably distinct one. The deep maroon-purple M. spectabilis Moreliana was 
evidently one parent in the present case, for the hybrid has dull vinous 
purple sepals and petals, on which the bars and blotches of M. Clowesii 
may be traced, the intervening spaces consisting of narrow lines of a lighter 
shade, most distinct when held up to the light. The pandurate lip resembles 
the type in shape, but the colour is plum-purple, with some radiating lines 
in front of the disc. The crest is light-yellow, and terminates in front in 
three keels, of which the central one is the shortest. The column-wings 
are short and deep purple, and the face below the stigma yellow, terminating 
in a pair of erect teeth. It is thoroughly intermediate between the two 
species named, the colour inclining strongly towards M. spectabilis Moreliana, 
while the shape is rather more like M. Clowesii. It is very handsome. 
R. A. R. 
CULTURAL NOTES ON BOLLEA AND 
PESCATOREA. 
THESE interesting plants generally prove very intractable under cultivation, 
and we have therefore the greater pleasure in publishing the two following 
notes respecting their culture in Italy and in England, feeling certain that 
if it were better understood they would be more frequently met with in 
collections ; for they invariably attract attention by their distinct colours 
and singular structure, while some are undeniably handsome. We thank 
our correspondents for their interesting notes :— 
“Bolleas, Pescatoreas and Stenias all flourish with me, and some are 
constantly in flower—especially Pescatorea Lehmanni, which is almost 
always in flower. I grow them all in wooden baskets, with drainage of 
broken potsheds, over which lycopodium-root, chopped roughly and mixed 
with living sphagnum, is placed, and finally a thick layer of living 
sphagnum. They are hung up in the East Indian house, close to the 
glass, near Phalznopsids, are kept well shaded during sunlight, and 
thoroughly moist. Abundant ventilation must be given, as without plenty 
of pure air they will not grow. They must also be carefully guarded 
against thrips. 
2 I may also mention that I had trouble with Zygopetalum rostratum, 
which hung with the Bolleas, but dwindled away. I then tried it on the 
back wall, to the north of the East Indian house, behind the Phalzenopsids. 
This house is a long one, and ten feet high—a span running north and 
south, and on the north side are the boilers. The north end is entirely 
bricked up, to give the Phalznopsids more warmth and shade. This wall 
Sis a eae 
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