JANUARY, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. IS 
O. c. STEVENSII (fig. 6) is a superb variety which appeared in the 
collection of the Duke of Sutherland, at Trentham, and received a First- 
class Certificate from the R.H.S. as long ago as March, 1882. It is 
markedly different in shape from the preceding varieties, having longer and 
narrower sepals and petals, and although the crest of the lip is fairly typical 
one cannot help suspecting some trace of hybridity in its ancestry, for there 
is a marked resemblance to certain forms of O. x Denisonze (Wilckeanum): 
which is otherwise difficult to account for. The ground colour of the flower 
FiceG. °O)).c. STEVENSH. 
is ivory white, and the markings bright cinnamon-brown, the blotches on 
the sepals being few and very large, while those on the petals are mostly 
small and evenly distributed, giving the flower a very bright appearance. 
It was named after Mr. Z. Stevens, the Duke of Sutherland’s gardener. 
A plant in the collection of Baron Schréder, The Dell, Egham, produced 
in 1889 a fine raceme, bearing as many as twenty flowers, the largest 
measuring four inches from tip to tip of the petals; an exceptionally fine 
example of good culture. The flower figured came from the Baron’s 
collection. 
