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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 



A bkautiful three-flowered inflorescence of Laelio-cattleya X Dominiana 

 is sent from the collection of Sir James Miller, Bart., Manderston, Duns, 

 N.B., by Mr. Hamilton. The flower is of excellent shape, and the sepals 

 and petals are bright rosy purple, while the lip is of the richest purple- 

 crimson imaginable. The parents, it is now scarcely necessary to add, are 

 Laelia purpurata and Cattleya Dowiana, though, curiously enough, the 

 parentage of the original form was long in doubt, owing to the loose way in 

 which the records were kept in the early days of hybridisation. 



Several beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of R. I. Measures, 

 Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. First may be mentioned two spikes 

 of the brilliant Saccolabium ampullaceum, and Mr. Smith remarks that 

 there are eight others still on the plant, which must have presented a fine 

 sight. This species is certainly one of the gems of the genus when well- 

 grown, as its compact habit and dense erect spikes of bright rose-purple 

 flowers render it particularly effective. Cymbidium Devonianum is also 

 flowering well, and a good spike is enclosed as a sample, together with a 

 good spike of the beautiful and very fragrant Vanda suavis. Cattleya 

 Mendelii selbornensis is a beautiful white form, with a small zone of light 

 purple in front of the yellow disc. Lastly must be mentioned a photograph 

 showing a very fine specimen of Miltonia flavescens, bearing no less than 

 thirteen spikes and 113 flowers ; an excellent example of good culture. 



A very beautiful Odontoglossum is sent from the collection of John S. 

 Moss, Esq., Wintershill Hall, Bishops Waltham, whose identity is some- 

 what uncertain. Mr. Moss remarks :— " I should think myself it is O. X 

 Adriana? crossed with X Ruckerianum or X Wilckeanum," and it is just 

 one of those anomalous forms which makes one wish that our hybridists 

 would turn their attention to the question. It bears a general resemblance 

 to O. X Adrianse throughout, and may be a fine form of it, but the flowers 

 measure three inches across their broadest diameter. All the segments are 

 prettily crisped, and tinged with light rose, with numerous small red spots 

 on the sepals and lip, and a much smaller number on the petals. O. X 

 Adrianai recrossed with O. crispum might yield something of the kind, but 

 it may be only a fine form of the latter. In any case it is very beautiful, 

 and should be taken care of. 



Two pretty forms of Cattleya Mendelii are sent from the collection of 

 J. H. Craven, Esq., Keighley, Yorks, by Mr. Corney. One is a pretty light 

 blush variety, having a white lip with a light yellow disc. The other is a 

 light rose flower, very prettily streaked with rose, especially on the petals, 

 and the front of the lip darker. A good flower of Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum 



