﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[March, 1904. 



well-known Disa uniflora heads the list, though now seldom seen in 

 ■quantity, and the beautiful blue species of different hues — D. graminifolia, 

 purpurascens and longicornu, the scarlet D. ferruginea, and the lovely 

 white D. fasciata occasionally occur in considerable numbers. Most 

 of the species of other genera are scattered, and comparatively insignificant 

 in effect, excepting Satyrium coriifolium, which is common, and of which 

 the flowers, though not large nor growing in masses, are of so vivid a 

 flame colour as to attract the eye upon the sandy downs." 



THE HYBRIDIST. 



Cattleya X Hester. — This is a pretty hybrid derived from Cattleya 

 Harrisoniana 2 and C. maxima «? , from the collection of John 

 Craven, Esq., The Beeches, Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney), sent through 

 Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford. It most resembles the 

 former in general character, but the flowers are more membranous, and 

 the petals much broader. The flower is white tinged with lilac, and the 

 disc of the lip yellow. The plant is rather small at present, but it is 

 likely to prove a fine acquisition when properly developed. 



A very handsome hybrid Paphiopedilum has also flowered from the 

 same collection, of which we have seen the painting by Macfarlane, It 

 was derived from P. X nitens and P. X cenanthum, and thus is a form 

 ■of P. X triumphans, one of the best of this particular group. 



Another charming little hybrid sent from the same collection was 

 •derived from Paphiopedilum villosum $ and P. Charlesworthii g . 



Odontoglossum flavescens, Rolfe. — This is a rather curious Odonto- 

 glossum of the section Myanthum, allied to O. retusum, Lindl., but 

 differing in having clear yellow flowers, with a brown margin to the 

 stigma. It appears to be a native of Peru and Ecuador, and was intro- 

 duced by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., with whom it first flowered in 

 November, 1889, and subsequently on several occasions. It is also said to 

 have come home among Oncidium undulatum, which it so much re- 

 sembles in general appearance as to have been sold for it, and the differ- 

 ence was not detected until the infloiescence appeared. Recently it has 

 flowered in the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin. The segments are 

 elliptical-oblong in shape, and sub-connivent, while the blade of the lip is 

 rounded below, with an oblong abtuse apex, and a very large and pro- 

 minent two-lobed crest, which is appressed to the column at its base. The 

 limb of the lip is suberect, not strongly recurved as in O. forcipatum, to 

 which it is also allied. R. A. R. 



