﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



callosum Sander*, C. insigne Sanderianum, and C. x Minos Low's 



Messrs. Stanley, Ashton & Co., Southgate, exhibited the natural hybrid 

 Miltonia X Cogniauxia.- Stanleyi i K< -nclii X sjuTtabilis Moreliana), the 

 flower being deep purple and most like the former in shape. 



The report of the Scientific Committee of the same date contains the 

 following : — 



Orchids malformed.— Mr. Bidgood, Saltwell View, Gateshead, sent 

 some excellent coloured photos of Orchids, showing certain peculiarities: 

 (i) An Odontoglossum citrosmum had the basal flower of a spray with two 

 well formed columns, three labella, and eight other perianth segments. 

 The ovarian section had no ovary cells, but numerous clusters of fibro- 

 vascular cords, showing that it was a " multifold" flower, the cords of each 

 perianth-segment branching and entering two, instead of a single segment : 

 so that, excepting one, all the parts of the perianth were doubled. (2^ 

 Phaius Humblotti X P. Wallichi, received from Mr. Cookson's collection. 

 One photo showed the inflorescence, one flower of which had the lower 

 portion of one of the lateral sepals petaloid like a labellum ; the placenta of 

 the ovary next to the position of the labellum was absent. A second 

 flower had no labellum, the lateral sepals were fused, making one wide, 

 median sepal, and both the lateral petals were slightly labellate. 



A second meeting was held on January 26th, when a much finer show of 

 Orchids was seen than on the last occasion. 



J. Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Bound), exhibited a 

 magnificent group of Dendrobiums, extending the whole length of the 

 •central staging of the Drill Hall, to which was deservedly awarded a Gold 

 Medal. It included many varieties of D. nobile, D. n. Ballianum, and 

 D. n. Colmanianum being noteworthy ; also D. X Othello giganteum, D. X 

 Apollo, D. X Snowflake, D. X Rubens grandiflorum, D. X Ainsworthii, 

 D. X splendidissimum, D. X Artemis, D. Curtisii, D. X pallens, D. X 

 Schneiderianum, D. X Juno, together with some well-flowered Laelia 

 anceps, including L. a- Stella, L. a. Hilliana enfieldense, L. a. Sanderiana, 



