272 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
CATTLEYA REX. 
At page 226 we alluded to Cattleya Rex in the collection of T. Statter, 
Esq., Stand Hall, Manchester. We have now received a splendid photo- 
graph showing the group of ten plants, bearing sixteen spikes, and an 
aggregate of forty-five flowers, together with a three-flowered raceme. 
One of the plants bears three spikes. The majority of the spikes 
bear three flowers, but three have as many as four each, while 
the remainder have two. Comparing the photograph with the original 
plate, we note that the petals are hardly as spreading as represented, 
while the flowers themselves show a decided tinge of creamy-buff 
rather than white, in fact, we have not yet seen a flower which could 
be called pure white, though the tint varies somewhat in different 
individuals. The veining of the lip is also less pronounced, and does 
not extend so far towards the apex, neither is it so marked towards 
the base of the tube outside. It is certainly a very handsome Cattleya, 
and the deep buff-yellow tube, with light carmine front lobe, beautifully 
crisped-undulate whitish margin, and veined throat, form a very charming 
contrast with the cream-white or light yellowish sepals and petals. It 
also flowers at a very useful season, at the end of July and beginning of 
August, when the majority of Cattleyas are getting over. The plants are 
now well established, but it is doubtful if they have reached their full 
development, as the first imported plant is said to have produced six 
flowers. The individual flowers, however, have probably reached their 
normal dimensions. It is certainly a very welcome addition to the 
Cattleyas of the labiata group. 
GONGORA PORTENTOSA. 
This remarkable species has re-appeared, after a long interval, having 
flowered in the collection of Welbore S. Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Dorking, 
from plants imported by him in 1892 from Columbia. It was originally 
described by Reichenbach in 1869 (Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 892) from plants 
which flowered in the establishment of M. Linden, at Brussels, the plants 
having been sent by Gustav Wallis in the previous year, from the neighbour- 
hood of Bogota. The sepals are almost light flesh colour, and the petals 
densely spotted with minute purplish dots. The lip is bright yellow with a 
few purplish dots on the side lobes. Its structure is very remarkable, and 
unlike that of any other known species. It is very fleshy, without any basal 
horns, but with a pair of reflexed bristles about the middle, and a very 
remarkable terminal lobe. There is a very peculiar callus on the front of 
the column, above the base of the petals. There are two published figures 
(ll. Hort. xviii., t. 92, and Bot. Mag., t. 6284) which well illustrate its 
remarkable character. 
