110 . THE ORCHID REVIEW. [APRIL, 1908 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of G. Hamilton 
Smith, Esq., of Finchley, by Mr. Coningsby. A flower of Odontoglossum 
x Wilckeanum is excellent in shape, and very richly blotched with deep 
chestnut brown on a light yellow ground. The petals are broad and very 
strongly toothed. It was purchased at the sale of the late Sir F. Wigan’s 
collection, when quite a small plant, and, according to the label in the pot, 
it came from Messrs. Sander in 1903. A very pretty O. Rossii rubescens 
came as an imported plant last year, and is now carrying sixteen fine 
flowers. All the bulbs in the clump are said to be very small. There is 
also a good O. X Adrianz with light yellow ground, the chaste Dendro- 
bium nobile virginale, and a brightly-coloured form of Cattleya Triane. 
An eight-flowered spike of the handsome Saccolabium bellinum is sent 
from the collection of G. W. Jessop, Esq., Rawdon, Leeds, by Mr. 
Wilkinson, together with a very deep yellow Dendrobium, having a velvety 
disc to the lip, which is reddish maroon in colour. It has the fragrance of 
D. aureum, and we believe is descended from that species and D. signatum, 
and is thus a form of D. x Ophir. It is very richly coloured. 
A very fine form of Paphiopedilum x Parkerianum (xX nitens X 
Boxallii) is sent from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, 
Bury, by Mr. Rogers. The dorsal sepal has a bright green disc, blotched 
with dark brown, and a very broad white margin, on’ which occur many 
small purple spots. The petals are nearly horizontal, and much like P. X 
nitens in colour. The flower has been expanded thirteen weeks, and is 
apparently as fresh as ever. 
Odontoglossum x armainvillierense var. Peetersii is a very handsome 
variety sent by M. A. A. Peeters, of Brussels, who remarks that it was raised 
from O. Pescatorei fertilised by O. crispum Stanleyi, and that he considers 
it to be the finest raised up to date. It has very broad segments, the — 
greater part of which is taken up by one immense maroon-purple blotch, : 
only slightly broken by a little white on the petals. The apex of the lip and 
margins of the other segments are white. It is a small plant now flowering 
for the first time, and is certainly a great beauty. 
A flower and leaf of a han 
the collection of Mrs, Ross, of Florence, Pp. x euryandrum is said to be 
one parent, but the other is doubtful. The peduncle is said to be three 
omely marbled. From the acute 
S the other parent. 
us are sent from the collection of T- 
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