254 THE ORCHID REVIEW. fAuGUST, 1908. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
Two beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of Max Isaac, Esq., 
Wildecroft, Blundellsands, by Mr. Driver. One is given as Cypripedium 
x Mahlerz, derived from C. Rothschildianum xX C. Lawrenceanum, and 
the other as C. X tixallense, from the reverse cross. Both contain the 
characters of the parents ina very effective way, and though differing in 
detail must be considered as forms of C. X Mahlere, the earlier hybrid, 
which flowered for the first time ten years ago. 
A flower of a pretty little hybrid from Lelia xanthina crossed with the 
pollen of Cattleya intermedia alba is sent from the collection of Pantia 
Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Epsom. It is a form of Lelio-cattleya stellata, 
which was described at page 149 of our last volume. The flower is 
yellowish white, witha rosy tinge and some darker veining on the front lobe 
of the lip. 
A curious twin flower of Odontoglossum crispum, having two lips, is 
sent from the collection of M. Jules Hye de Crom, of Ghent (gr. M. Coen). 
There is an additional segment between the two lateral sepals, evidently a 
petal, from its positicn and pure white colour, but the other segments are 
normal, the two lateral sepals only being tinted with rose. It is said to be 
one of eleven flowers on the same spike, and borne by a strong, healthy 
plant. The columnis also very broad, and it evidently represents the fusion | 
of two flowers. 
A photograph and flower of a very handsome seedling Odontoglossum, 
called O. X crispo-Harryanum, Gatton Park var., are sent from the collection 
of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, Gatton Park, Reigate, by Mr. Bound. It is 
remarkable for its rich colour, and the exceptionally broad and handsome 
lip, with a clear white apex. It was raised in the collection and is at present 
a very small plant. 
DENDROBIUM CRINIFERUM. 
THE genus Desmotrichum, of Blume, now reduced to a section of Dendrob- 
ium, forms a very curious little group, which is not often seen in cultiva- 
tion, one of the reasons no doubt being the fact that the flowers last only 
a single day, and sometimes even less than that. At all events there is the 
curious little Dendrobium fugax, described from the collection of the late 
Mr. John Day, of which Reichenbach remarked (Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 1257): 
“It bothered for many years both its possessor and its grower, neither of 
whom could, either by day or night, get to see it flowering, though they 
watched it with the greatest care. At length, after much trouble and 
anxiety, came March 14th, 1871, when J. Day, Esq., was so fortunate as to 
catch the fugacious flower just when it was kind enough to get open.” Mr. 
