350 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Novemper, 1908. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL handsome flowers are sent from the collection of G. Hamilton- 
Smith, Esq., of Finchley, by Mr. Coningsby. Cattleya x Chloris is a very 
pretty hybrid derived from C. Bowringiana x C. maxima, and fairly inter- 
mediate in shape and colour. A richly-coloured form of Odontoglossum 
grande is from an imported plant now flowering for the first time. A flower 
of the handsome Paphiopedilum Xx Imogene (Arthurianum x ciliolare) 
came from the Westfield collection, and was illustrated at page 136 of our 
fourteenth volume. There are also flowers of P. X Pollettianum magnificum 
and P. X Harrisianum superbum, with what we take to be a form of the 
handsome Leelio-cattleya bletchleyensis. It was obtained about two years 
ago without name or record of parentage. 
An inflorescence of a fine form of Cattleya labiata is sent from the 
collection of Lord Crawfurd, Scampston Hall, Billington, Yorks, by Mr. 
Puddle, in which two or three flowers are completely confluent at the apex, 
while the two lower ones are normal. The upper flower appears quite 
double, owing to the number and arrangement of the parts. There are five 
exterior sepals, four broad petals, and two complete lips, with a curious 
body, which is exactly like half a lip, between them. One side has a petal- 
like outline, and the other side is lip-like, both in shape and colour. The 
ovary and column appear to be double, bnt the latter has three perfect 
anthers at the apex, which shows that the abnormality represents the 
union of three flowers, with some of the parts suppressed. It is probably an 
accidental occurrence, but it gives to the inflorescence a remarkable 
appearance. 
A very curious malformed flower of a hybrid from Paphiopedilum 
Rothschildianum x Curtisii is sent by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. 
The sepals and lip are normal, but the staminode is absent, and the 
character is associated with the presence of a single petal, which stands in 
front of the dorsal sepal. 
A curious inflorescence of Phragmopedilum x Sedeni is sent by Dr. 
Miles Johnston, High Lea, Bideford, who remarks that it is so tangled that 
it may be of interest. It is difficult to say what has happened, for the axis 
seems completely arrested, and some young buds appear to be developing 
within the flower. 
A curiously abnormal flower of Paphiopedilum x Leeanum Clinkaberry- 
anum is sent by Messrs. Stanley & Co., Southgate. There are two broad 
deflexed free sepals, while the two petals appear to be united into a single 
one, which takes the place of the dorsal sepal. The lip is normal, but the 
staminode is entirely absent, and this seems to be the cause of this curious 
displacement of parts, 
