134 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1903- 
stones, among bushes and bamboos. The climate is generally dry, and 
the plants presumably grow and flower during the rainy season, and then 
have a long dry rest, for which the long and very fleshy Spiranthes-like: 
roots are well adapted. There are several other plants at Kew, andi 
possibly additional species may reveal themselves as they flower. 
: R. A. ROLFE. 
EPIDENDRUM x BURTONI. 
EPIDENDRUM X BuRTonl! is an extremely interesting hybrid, raised in the: 
collection of F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, from E. X 
O’Brienianum 2 and E. ibaguense ¢ , and also from the reverse cross. It 
was described at pages 73 and 135 of our seventh volume. Mr. Burton now 
sends six splendid inflorescences, to show how they vary in colour, and how 
much they have improved since the first flowers appeared. He remarks that. 
they have been in flower for three-months, and are now getting over; but 
in all those received there are still unopened buds, and the flowers make- 
quite an imposing display, the four best inflorescences having each about. 
fifty in fresh condition. The fact is that the individual flowers remain. 
fresh for a considerable time, and owing to their opening in succession 
the heads remain in perfection for a long time. They are also excellent 
for cutting, and last a long time in water. All six forms are very 
handsome. The first may be described as deep rosy crimson ; a second 
seems to fluctuate between rose and salmon colour, the latter when old ; 
three others are varying shades of orange-scarlet ; and the last is much 
darker, or what may be termed crimson-scarlet. There are also some slight: 
variations in shape. The plants are of the easiest possible culture. 
DENDROBIUM x MARGARET. 
A DISTINCT and handsome hybrid from the collection of Frank A. Rehder, 
Esq., Gipsy Hill, S.E., was exhibited at the R. H. S. meeting on April 7th 
last, under the above name. It is said to have been sent, with several 
others, by a friend in Burma, some 3} years ago, and has now flowered for 
the first time. It is considered to be a natural hybrid, and Mr. Rehder 
remarks that from the shape of the bulbs it looks as if D. Findlayanum or 
D. Hildebrandii might be one of the parents, but various suggestions have 
been made as to its origin. It is best comparable with the natural hybrid! 
D. xX Pitcherianum, but differs in having a bright yellow disc to the lip. The 
general resemblance to D. nobile is so great as to render it almost certain 
that this species was one of the parents, and the other must have been paler 
in colour, with a bright yellow disc to the lip, and a consideration of all the 
