190 ‘THE ORCHID REVIEW. (June, i908, 
BULBOPHYLLUM MIRUM. 
Tus remarkable Sumatran Bulbophyllum has appeared in cultivation, 
having been exhibited in the collection of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., at 
the recent Temple Show, when it received a Botanical Certificate from the 
Orchid Committee. It was figured and described in 1906, by J. J. Smith 
(Ic. Bogor. ii. t. 216), the habitat given being Padang Pandjang, Sumatra. 
It is described as having the habit of B. biflorum, Teijsm. & Binn., though 
its real affinity is doubtful, and in the remarkable appendages of the petals 
it can only be compared with Epicrianthes javanica, Blume, a plant now 
referred to Bulbophyllum, but which differs totally from the present one in 
habit. The plant is about three inches high, and has ribbed pseudobulbs, 
oblong leaves, and short, two-flowered scapes of light coloured flowers, 
which are closely dotted with light reddish brown. The lateral 
sepals are united, incurved at the margin, and about twice as long 
as the ovate connivent dorsal one. The petals form the really remarkable 
feature of the species, as they consist of a small rounded disc, on the back 
of which is situated a tuft of about fifteen to seventeen mobile linear 
filaments, which protrude from the angle formed by the sepals, and wave 
about with the slightest breeze. The character has evidently some con- 
nection with the insects which fertilise the flowers, but the details can, of 
course, only be guessed. Observation of the plant in its native habitat 
would throw an interesting light on the subject. R. A. ROLFE. 
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NOTES. 
Two meetings of the R.H.S. will be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, during June, on the gth and 23rd, when the 
Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock, noon. The 
afternoon lecture on the second date will be given by the Rev. Prof. G. 
Henslow, V.M.H., the subject being ‘‘ The absorption of Rain and Dew by 
the green parts of Plants.”’ The following meeting will be the Society's 
Great Summer Show, to be held at Holland House, Kensington, on July 
7th and 8th. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society offers a vety 
attractive programme for its coming 1908-g Session, which opens on Jane 
4th. There are five “Cup” Competitions open to amateurs who af 
members of the Society. Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, 
offer a 50-guinea Cup to the amateur exhibitor who gains the largest number 
of points for plants which have not hitherto been dealt with by the Society: 
The competition is to be repeated in three successive years, a new CUP ° 
the same value being given annually. Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans 
and Bruges, offer a 50-guinea Cup for Cypripediums, which may be Ww? 
