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Queensland. It was soon afterwards introduced to Europe, but it was not 
until 1891, when Messrs. Sander obtained a fine importation, through their 
collector, W. Micholitz, that the species became generally known. 
Respecting the specific name, Fitzgerald remarked: “I have given this 
finest of the Australian Dendrobes the name Phalznopsis, from the likeness 
of its flowers to moths, and also their likeness to those of the genus 
Phalzenopsis.”” Soon after its discovery in Queensland it was also met with 
by Mr. H. O. Forbes, in his adventurous journey to Timor laut, and it is a 
plant from this source which is figured at t. 6817 of the Botanical Magazine. 
It is now known to occur in several localities in and adjacent to the Torres 
Straits. It is now one of the best known and most deservedly popular species, 
its flowers being produced in autumn and winter, at which time they are 
especially valuable, though in foggy localities they sometimes suffer 
considerably, being as susceptible to fog as Calanthes and Phalznopsis 
The spikes are also very useful for cutting. 
ORCHIDS AT THE GHENT QUINQUENNIAL HORTI- 
CULTURAL EXHIBITION AND CENTENARY. 
THE sixteenth Quinquennial Horticultural Exhibition of the Société Royale 
d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand opened at the Casino, Ghent, on 
April 24th last, and the event assumed a special importance because it also 
celebrated the centenary of the Society’s existence, and a special effort had 
been made to bring together a display worthy of the occasion. A 
particularly interesting feature was the production of a model of the old inn 
in which the first exhibition of the Society was held, in 1809, and which was 
complete to the most minute details. In this building were displayed living 
plants of the various species which were exhibited at that meeting, as nearly 
as could be ascertained, and side by side with them were exhibited plates of 
many of them, published at about the same period. It need hardly be 
explained that Orchids formed no part of that early exhibition, so we must 
devote our attention to those exhibited at the present meeting. 
The Jury was, as usual on these occasions, an international one, and the 
names of the three sections devoted to Orchids (taken from the official list) 
Was as follows : Section 2, Major G. L. Holford, President, Mr. J. O’Brien, 
Secretary, and Messrs. O. Beyrodt, De Barri Crawshay, R. Allen Rolfe, 
P.M. Binot, W. Thompson, and Baron von Boetzelaer ; Section 3, Mr. 
H. T. Pitt, President, Mr. Ch. Dietrich, Secretary, and Messrs. J. S. Moss, 
J. Gurney Fowler, Dr. Capart, F. De Bievre, R. Waroqué, O. Fanyau, and 
Chevalier van Ufford ; Section 4, M. F. Lambeau, President, Mr. S. H. 
Low, Secretary, and Messrs. J. Robson, F. Sander, A. Peeters, G. Vincke, 
L. Linden, Ch. Maron, and R. Lemoinier. 
