“OCTOBER, 1908.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 293 
about twelve feet long this year. It is grown in an ordinary pot, and 
never dried off, but is not treated asan aquatic. There was also a batch of 
about two dozen Phaiocalanthe Colmanii, which will produce a good show 
later on. A plant of Broughtonia sanguinea had two spikes of bloom, and 
we noted three capsules on it. Over a hundred spikes of white forms of 
Leelia anceps were pushing up, and the cultural points which Mr. Bound 
insists On as most important are plenty of sun, shutting the house up early 
enough to ensure a rise of temperature in the afternoon, and putting on 
top air at night. A good plant of the Javan Phaius flavus was in bloom, 
with the handsome Lelio-cattleya callistoglossa superba and L.-c. Nysa. A 
hybrid of Lelia Cowanii X anceps Dawsoni was pointed out as throwing up 
aspike. A plant of Epilelia radico-purpurata had a spike of three flowers, : 
in which very little of the Lelia character, which was the mother, was 
visible. Epidendrum Wallisii, in flower, was pointed out with the remark 
that it cannot be crossed with Cattleya. The charming little Lelia mono- 
phylla was bearing many flowers, and Mr. Bound remarked that he had 
many times tried to hybridise it, but could never get a pod, either as seed 
or pollen parent. There were also some good flowers of L. pumila, and a 
very fine form of Promenza xanthina, with a plant of Gongora galeata. 
The next house was largely devoted to Cattleyas in various stages, and 
‘we noted about three dozen Dendrobium Phalenopsis in bloom, in various 
shades of colour, producing a very charming display. 
A Cool house contained many interesting things in bloom, including a fine 
series of Masdevallia Chestertoni, Carderi, trichete, tridactylites, nidifica, 
ccalura, erythochzete, Roezlii, and many others. A large form of M. Chimera 
is said to have produced a flower measuring eighteen inches from tip to tip 
of the sepals. M. melanoxantha, a species now excessively rare, was also 
in bloom, with Scaphosepalum antenniferum, anchoriferum, gibberosum, and 
octhodes, Physosiphon Loddigesii, Pleurothallis macroblepharis, and other 
interesting things. A plant of Odontoglossum tripudians bore a branched 
spike of twenty-six flowers, and we noted O. Uroskinneri, O. Harryanum, 
and Cochlioda rosea in bloom. A lot of spikes were pushing up, and we 
noted capsules on C. Neetzliana, Odontoglossum ramosissimum, and O. 
Edwardii. 
Passing into the next house we found a nice batch of Cattleya X Browniz 
in flower. Itisa hybrid between C. Bowringiana and C. Harrisoniana, and 
of great value as a decorative plant. A light form of Ccelogyne speciosa 
carried six blooms, and it was remarked that this plant was the seed parent 
of the pretty C. x Colmanii, plants of which were growing near by. Other 
interesting things in flower were two good Brassia longissima, Warscewic- 
zella Wailesiana, Miltonia Regnellii citrina and Gatton Park var., M. spec- 
tabilis Moreliana, Oncidium x Mantinii, Epidendrum fragrans, &c. 
