APRIL, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 101 
ORCHIDS FROM PENARTH. 
‘THE collection of J. J. Neale, Esq., of Penarth, Glam., is probably one of 
the largest and most representative in South Wales, as it contains con- 
siderably over 400 distinct species, and an aggregate of about 2,000 plants, 
most of the leading genera being represented. Mr. Neale, who is a thorough 
all-round naturalist, began Orchid growing on a small scale, attending to 
the plants himself, but owing to the growth of the collection, and his busi- 
ness at Cardiff, he soon found it necessary to find some assistance, and con- 
‘sequently he employed Mr. E. W. Davy, who is equally enthusiastic of his 
charge, and very successful, as may be seen by a series of beautiful flowers 
received. 
Dendrobium is represented by five handsome species, including four 
beautiful varieties of D. nobile and two of D. Wardianum, the others 
being D. primulinum, a beautiful inflorescence of D. aggregatum, with 
fourteen flowers, and a fine bloom of D. infundibulum, the rich orange 
markings on the disc showing off to great advantage against the pure 
white ground colour. 
Cattleya is represented by a fine example of the beautiful C. Triane 
delicata, and two good coloured forms, and Lelia by L. harpophylla and 
two very fine flowers of L. Jongheana, the lighter of the two being seven 
inches across. Other representatives of this group are the brilliant little 
Sophronitis grandiflora, the very fragrant E. odoratissimum, and the pretty 
little E. polybulbon, which is not often met with in collections. Other 
botanical Orchids are an inflorescence of the remarkable Scaphosepalum 
gibberosum, the curious little Pleurothallis tridentata, and flowers of 
Masdevallia triangularis. It is pleasing to find another collection in which 
botanical Orchids are represented. 
Odontoglossums are represented by the fragrant little O. pulchellum, a 
beautiful inflorescence of O. Rossii rubescens with five flowers, a quite 
unusual number for this plant, a clear white form of O. crispum, O. Lind- 
leyanum, O. constrictum, and two forms of O. triumphans. Oncidium 
Warscewiczii is a deep yellow species not often met with in collections, and 
a fine flower of O. Papilio is taken from a plant that has been blooming 
continuously for three years, and the spike does not yet show signs of going 
off. The two remaining plants are a good spike of Cymbidium pendulum, 
.and flowers of the yellow Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata. 
Artificial hybrids have not largely appealed to Mr. Neale, and at present 
there are but ten Cypripedes and one Dendrobium of this kind. But a 
commencement has been made, and the first of a number of interesting 
crosses commenced germinating very freely a month ago. This is Lelia 
Boothiana @ xX L. tenebrosa ¢,:and we hope to see the flowers in due 
