162 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [June, 1908. 
substance of the flowers, but a greater proportion of “starry” forms. The 
Velez type has whiter flowers, of rounder shape, with less substance, and 
more arching spikes. M. Pauwels finds O. gloriosum as well as O. Hun- 
newellianum in importations from the Velez district. It was interesting 
to find that M. Pauwels, who has been in the districts mentioned—which are 
widely separated—was able to confirm, from personal observation, the 
remarks of M. Fl. Claes published some time ago. O. luteopurpureum, 
however, is not generally found here, if at all, and M. Pauwels says that it 
is where the O. crispum climate merges into that of Cattleya Mendelii, that 
O. luteopurpureum occurs, also with some O. X Adriane. Some very 
interesting information is steadily accumulating as to the distribution of 
these beautiful plants. In the houses mentioned we saw many good O, 
triumphans in flower, including one very yellow form, with O. Uroskinneri, 
and various others. From the Pacho district were pointed out two good 
rose-coloured forms of O. crispum, O. X Andersonianum, and a very pretty 
var. Ruckerianum with a spike of fourteen flowers. 
A batch of seedling Odontoglossums was seen in the next house, about 
5,000 of them in various stages, from the smallest upwards, some of them 
seeming quite at home on the outsides of the pots. And there were other 
signs of hybridisation. For example a capsule of Odontoglossum Edwardil 
Xx Cochlioda Neetzliana was just bursting, and there was a good capsule of 
Cymbidium insigne x C. Lowianum concolor, while capsules of Odonto- 
glossum and others were noticed. In flower we saw some good O. crispum, 
O. gloriosum, O. Hunnewellianum, a fine O. x Vuylstekei, Masdevallia 
coccinea, &c. It was curious to seea plant of Oncidium saltabundum ? from 
the O. Harryanum district, which had been three years in spike, and had 
some young plants growing on it, one of them with four leaves. 
The Phalznopsis house contained a good batch of P. Sanderiana and 
others, with a lot of seedling Cattleyas, &c., in various stages. The 
succeeding Vanda house contained a good batch of V. coerulea and V. 
teres, Cypripediums, including many varieties of C. insigne, a batch of 
Dendrobium Wardianum, and others. In flower were C. glaucophyllum 
and C. niveum, with a fine Miltonia x Bleuana splendens, bearing two 
spikes and twelve flowers, and M. Roezlii, the latter bearing a few capsules. 
There were also some seedling Cypripediums, capsules of C. insigne 
Sandere, &c., with a nice batch of seedlings from Anguloa Clowesii X 
Lycaste Skinneri, between one and two years old, which should throw an 
interesting light on the disputed origin of Angulocaste Bievreana. 
In the remaining houses we noted many more Cattleyas, including some 
fine C. Mendelii and Lawrenceana in flower, one of the latter bearing as 
many as fourteen spikes. One spike of this bore eight flowers, and M. 
‘Pauwels stated that he had seen one with nine flowers. There was also 4 
