FEBRUARY, 1003.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 43 
ance has been rewarded, and we now hope that Mr. Stevens will devote just 
a little of his time and space to proving the origin of a few of the natural 
hybrids which at first were so perplexing. 
We need not add more to what Mr. Stevens has said, for the picture 
and the details should enable anyone who can grow Odontoglossums well 
to achieve similar results, with the aid of the necessary patience and per- 
severance. The suspended pots contain the tiny seedlings in finger pots, 
plunged in moss. It is a most interesting little group, and the picture may 
some day be historical. We may add that the plant of O. x waltonense, 
bearing three flowers, may be seen immediately underneath the gap in 
the line of suspended pots, on the right of the picture. This handsome 
novelty is described and illustrated on page 49. 
DENDROBIUM TERETIFOLIUM. 
An inflorescence of the graceful little Dendrobium teretifolium is sent 
from the collection of S.G. Lutwyche, Esq., Eden Park, Beckenham. The 
plant was brought from Australia by a relative, Mrs. Lucy Lutwyche, 
growing on a block; and it is remarked that the leaves somewhat 
resemble those of Oncidium Jonesianum, and the roots are thick and 
fleshy, somewhat like those of a Phalenopsis. The inflorescence is 
pendulous, and the flowers white with a few purple markingsonthelip. The 
sepals and petals are 1} inches long and gracefully attenuated, and the 
front lobe of the lip gracefully recurved, and very strongly undulate, the 
margins being almost doubly fluted. It is a graceful and very interesting 
little plant. 
CATTLEYA PERCIVALIANA TRILABIATE. 
A REMARKABLE flower of Cattleya Percivaliana, in which the lip is broken 
up into three, is sent by A. H. Hills, Esq., of San Francisco, and it is 
said that another flower on the plant developed two lips. It affords an 
excellent demonstration of the compound nature of the lip of an Orchid. 
The median segment occupies the position of, and is actually, the third 
petal, though it is infolded at the sides instead of being flat. The two 
lateral segments are more erect, and are really petaloid staminodes, 
occupying the position of the two lateral stamens of the outer whorl of a 
typical monocotyledon. It is the confluence of these three organs into one 
which forms the compound organ known as the lip in this group of plants. 
The sepals and petals are quite normal. It will be interesting to see if the 
peculiarity is repeated another season. 
