﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Vol. XII.] JUNE, 1904. [No. 138. 



DIES ORCHIDIANI. 



At last the remarkable Cymbidium rhodochilum has flowered in another 

 collection, a beautiful specimen being exhibited by Dr. Hodgkinson, The 

 Grange, Wilmslow, at the meeting of the Manchester and North of England 

 Orchid Society, held on May 13th, when it received a First-class 

 Certificate. I believe this is the first time it has been exhibited. It has 

 twice flowered at Kew, but I have not heard of its flowering elsewhere ; 

 though a few other plants are known to be in existence. " I wonder what 

 use the hybridist will be able to make of it." I made this remark when 

 commenting on its appearance two years ago (vol. x., p. 192), and it will 

 be interesting to hear the results of any experiments that have been made. 

 It is a remarkable plant, and quite unlike any other cultivated species, as 

 may be inferred from its name, w hich was very happily chosen. Its history 

 has been given in these pages (vol. ix., p. 10 ; x., p. 184), and those who can 

 refer to the Botanical Magazine will find it well depicted at plates 7932, 

 7933- 



At the R.H.S. meeting held on May 17th two beautiful forms of 

 Odontoglossum crispum were exhibited under the names of O. c. xanthotes 

 Burford var., and O. c. x. Snow Queen. A short time previously appeared 

 O. c. x. Cooksonia:, and two years earlier O. c. x. Gratrix's var., while in 

 1899 we had O. c. x. Brooman White's var. The varietal name xanthotes 

 was given over ten years ago to distinguish a particular form in which the 

 spots were yellow, and it is said that all the later forms differ from it, yet 

 all have yellow spots. But I would ask whether such sesquipedalian 

 names are really necessary ? If the forms are distinct from O. c. xanthotes, 

 and must have distinguishing varietal names, I think the word xanthotes 

 should be dropped out. We are getting too many long names, and there 

 will soon be neither time nor space to record them. 



