May, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 157 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
Two very handsome Orchids are sent from the collection of the Right Hon. 
Joseph Chamberlain, m.p., Highbury, Birmingham, by Mr. Mackay. 
Lzlio-cattleya < highburiensis is represented by a magnificent inflorescence 
of eleven flowers, in which the rich purple colour of Cattleya Lawrenceana 
completely monopolises the lip, and largely preponderates in the petals, 
while the sepals are light buff with a slight suffusion of purple. Cattleya 
Schreederz highburiensis is a sturdy inflorescence of three light blush-pink 
flowers, whose petals measure three inches across, and the lip has a light 
purple area round the orange-coloured disc, while the margin is beautifully 
undulate. It is one of the most beautiful forms of the species. 
An interesting group comes from the collection of J. J. Neale, Esq., of 
Penarth (gr. Mr. Davy), including a nice inflorescence of Vanda Denisoniana, 
the coral red Rodriguezia secunda, Dendrobium fimbriatum oculatum, and 
Xylobium squalens, a plant rarely met with in cultivation; also flowers of 
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum, P. barbatum and its variety Warneri, P. X 
delicatulum, a fine Oncidium Papilio, Cattleya citrina and C. Forbesii, 
Phragmipedilum xX Sedeni, Masdevallia caudata, Sobralia Warscewiczii, 
and Ccelogyne speciosa. The latter, Mr. Davy remarks, flowers with them 
nearly all the year round. The Rodriguezia was received from a friend in 
Panama only two months ago. 
Several beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of E. J. Lovell, 
Esq., Oakhurst, Oxted, by Mr. Jones, including Dendrobium superbum, 
some fine D. Wardianum, D. Findlayanum, D. x AinsWorthii roseum, and 
several good forms of D. nobile, showing a considerable range of variation 
in size and colour. Miltonia Roezlii alba is represented by a very beautiful 
flower, while of the genus Odontoglossum there are good examples of 
O. triumphans, O. gloriosum, several nice forms of O. crispum varying from 
white to rose, and a light form of O. x Adriane, the latter having been out 
for over six weeks. Four flowers out of an importation of O. crispum are 
sent, to show the kind of variation one sometimes gets when buying these 
imported plants, namely white and rose coloured forms of O. crispum, the 
former only spotted on the lip and the latter on the sepals, a light yellow 
slightly spotted form which looks as if it had some gloriosum “blood” in 
it, and the Bogota form of O. triumphans. The flowers are well grown, 
and collectively form a most effective little group. 
A beautiful clear white form of Odontoglossum crispum is sent from the 
collection of W. Farrer, Esq., Leyburn, Yorks, by Mr. Carnell, together 
with a good Dendrobium nobile, and two large forms of Cattleya Mossiz, 
one having the segments pale blush, and the other rose-pink, with the front 
lobe of the lip beautifully veined with crimson in front of the yellow disc. 
