﻿October, 1904.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Maxillaria venusta and M. grandiflora, Dendrobium Jamesianum, D. 

 infundibulum and D. longicorne, Odontoglossum Rciehenhcimii, Oncidium 

 cheirophorum, Vanda. Kimballiana, and others, it is advisable to remove 

 to this house for the winter. The Masdevallias, too, are generally 

 considered cool Orchids, but they always do better for a few degrees more 

 warmth, and if not taken to a warmer house should be given the warmest 

 end, especially that pretty little M. tovarensis, M. ephippium, and all the 

 species of the Chimaera section. Lrclias pumila and Dayana are just now 

 showing for bloom. These also do well in the Cool house during summer, 

 but should now be removed to the Intermediate house, where the flowers 

 will open much finer. 



The deciduous Calanthes are pushing their spikes rapidly ; keep them 

 still in a nice warm temperature, but reduce the supplies of water, as they 

 will not require so much as before. Those of the Mexican Laslias that are 

 producing their flower spikes should yet have a sufficient amount of water 

 given until they bloom, or the strain upon the plant will be very great. 

 Let all the plants be now gone over and well cleaned ; extra attention can 

 now be given to this most important work, as damping down and watering 

 will take much less time, and there is little or no repotting to be done. 

 Time spent in cleaning and freeing the plants from their natural enemies is 

 always well spent. 



CYMBIDIUM NIPPONICUM. 



In a recent issue of the Tokyo Botanical Magazine (1904, p. 107) we find a 

 description of a curious leafless Japanese species of Cymbidium under the 

 name of C. nipponicum, Makino. It is based on Bletia nipponica, Franch. 

 & Savat., and the author has evidently overlooked the fact that this plant 

 was transferred to Cymbidium about nine years ago (Rolfe in Orch. Rev., 

 iii., p. 39). It was also described and figured as a new species, under the 

 name of Cymbidium pedicellatum in 1900 (Finet in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 xlvii., p. 26S, t. 9, fig. A). In neither case is there any information as to 

 whether the species is parasitic, like its Indian ally, C. macrorhizon, Lindl., 

 though Makino remarks :— " This Orchid is found on hills or in fields not 

 too far from sea," and that it flowers from June to August. With respect 

 to C. macrorhizon, Mr. Gustav Mann has written, since my former note : — 

 "It is a parasite, but I have never succeeded to dig up a joining of the 

 rootstock, which is very brittle, with the roots of another plant." Messrs. 

 Sander received a plant of it some time ago from India, but it was dead on 

 arrival, and under the circumstances named it is unlikely that either of the 

 species will appear in cultivation. 



R. A. R. 



