250 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [AUGUST, 1903. 
ORCHIDS AT BRUGES. 
Five years ago we had the pleasure of seeing Messrs. Sander & Sons’ 
establishment at Bruges, when it was but recently organised (O. R., vi., 
pp. 266-267), and during the present year we have been able to renew the 
acquaintance. With the Orchid department we are alone concerned, and 
here we saw evidence of a great development, which testifies to the growing 
popularity of these beautiful plants. 
We first entered a large Odontoglossum house, having open stages, both 
in the centre and at the sides, and found an extensive series of plants, in 
excellent health, and producing a forest of spikes, of which a considerable 
number were already expanded. Some good O. crispum were in bloom, 
showing the usual range of variation in shape, colour and markings, and 
one of these bore a spike of no less than twenty-one flowers. There were 
also many O. triumphans, and its variety latisepalum, in bloom, and Mr. 
Sander stated that the latter is a quite distinct geographical form, coming 
from the Bogota district with O. crispum, and although very variable can 
always be distinguished by the shape of the lip and a pale, nearly white,. 
stripe across the petals. The natural hybrid, O. x loochristiense, comes 
with the latter. The typical form of O. triumphans comes from Ocana, 
with O. Pescatorei, and among them are occasional examples of O. X 
excellens. It would be very interesting to study the two forms 
geographically in this “way to see whether the differences mentioned are: 
constant. One form of O. triumphans, it may be added, was of a rich 
orange colour. We also noticed several pretty forms of O. x Adriane, 
and some O. Hunnewellianum, which came in an importian of O. crispum 
from one particular locality, and it is said that examples of both O. 
gloriosum and O. X Andersonianum were also found among them. Other 
Odotoglossums seen in flower in this house were examples of O. Pescatorei, 
tripudians, X Andersonianum, luteopurpureum, and a very fine form of 
O. X Coradinei. There were also a few good capsules of hybrid seed. 
The next two houses also contained quantities of Odontoglossums, 
together with a good blotch of Ada aurantiaca from Ocana, and here we 
noted good examples of O. Hallii, O. cirrhosum, and a remarkable yellow 
form much like the latter, but rather finer, and with a large brown blotch 
on the lateral sepals, and another on the lip. We also noted a very vigorous. 
example of O. x Rolfez, and several good capsules. 
Then came a house of Cattleyas and Cypripediums, where we noticed 
good examples of Cattleya intermedia, C. Mendelii, and Lzlio-cattleya X 
Pallas, followed by four houses of Cattleya labiata, computed to contain 
ten thousand plants. After this came two houses containing imported 
Vanda ccerulea and Cattleyas. The former were being put into moss to 
