﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[April, 1904. 



sphagnum moss forms a suitable compost. The climatal conditions, however, 

 seem the most important, and Warm house treatment is essential to 

 success. The species has been known for about seventy years, having been 

 originally described and figured in 1834, under the name of Epidendrum 

 bicornutum {Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 3332), from a plant which flowered in the 

 collection of Earl Fitzwilliam, at Wentworth, in April of that year. It had 

 been introduced by Messrs. Shepherd, of Liverpool, from Trinidad, a 

 locality from whence it has since been frequently imported, and where it is 

 said to grow on rocks on small islets so close to the sea that they must 

 often be bathed with salt spray. Afterwards it was found by Sir Robert 

 Schomburgk, in Demerara, growing on the trunks of trees by the River 

 Berbice. It has also been found on the Essequebo and Corentyne Rivers, 

 as well as on the Kwaimatta Savannah, in Guiana, and on the Island of 

 Tobago. It is one of a few species having hollow pseudobulbs, which are 



that invariably occurs in the new growths. It is a very beautiful species 

 when well grown. 



SOCIETIES. 



A meeting of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 

 Westminster, on March 8th, when there was a large and interesting display 

 of Orchids. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), staged a 

 magnificent group, for which a Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded. It 

 contained fine forms of Cattleya Trianse, Cypripedium X Deedmani- 

 anum, C. X Lathamianum with eleven flowers, C. X macrochilum, 

 Calanthe Regnieri, C. X Baron Schroder pallida, Odontoglossum X 

 Adrians memoria Victoria Reginas, O. crispum Mrs. H. G. Moon, Ladia 

 X vitellina, Epidendrum X dellense, Masdevallias, Sophronitis, and others. 



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

 Flora Medal for a fine group, containing forms of Phaius X Norman, the 

 purple Masdevalha cucnllata, M. rosea, good varieties of Cattleya Triana; 

 Vanda Cathcartii, Cymbidium X Lowio-eburneum, Odontoglossum 

 Edwardi, forms of O. crispum, Brassavola nodosa, Dendrobium X Ellisii, 

 and the rare Acineta X Humboldtii, which received an Award of Merit. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Christchurch Road, Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), 

 received a Silver Flora Medal for an excellent group, including several 

 varieties of Dendrobium X Thwaitesise, D. Wiganiae, D. nobile murrhini- 

 acum, D. n. virginale, raised true from seed, D. X Blackianum (Find- 

 layanum X Wiganiae), a fine hybrid described on page 104, D X Cybele 

 elegans, Odontoglossum crispum, Ladio-cattleya x warnhamensis, &c. 



