﻿October, 1904] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



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From the above it will be apparent that the writer is satisfied of the well- 

 nigh impossibility of inducing this species to continue in vigorous health 

 unless a very light position, as well as a warm one, can be provided. The 

 repotting is best done when starting the plant- into growth in the early 

 spring, but where good material is used in the potting compost, the plants 

 will not require repotting very often, but the surface moss dies in the 

 resting season, and therefore top-dressing is an annual requirement. 

 Importations arrive in the spring, and they are then procured for a moderate 

 outlay. It is more desirable to secure imported plants than to have to 

 deal with established or semi-established plants. A change in the condition 

 of culture or the least check is undesirable.— Journal of Horticulture. 



ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 



Two very beautiful hybrids are sent from the collection of the Right Hon. 

 J. Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Birmingham. Cattleya X Niobe superba 

 is a particularly fine form raised in the collection from C. Mendelii 9 and 

 C. Aclandiae 8 , and thus the reverse of the original hybrid, of which, how- 

 ever, it must be considered a variety. It has the characteristic shape and 

 strongly three-lobed lip, with comparatively small side lobes, and the front 

 lobe and petals very broad, while in colour it most resembles C. Mendelii. 

 C. X Iris is a most beautiful flower, having the sepals and petals rich 

 orange-yellow, and the bicol or-like lip rich purple. The combination of C. 

 bicolor and C. Dowiana has proved exceptionally fortunate. 



A three-flowered inflorescence of the very pretty hybrid exhibited by J. 

 Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate, at the R.H.S. meeting on September 

 20th, under the name of Cattleya X intermedio-gigas, is sent by Mr. 

 Bound. Its parentage is given as C. X intermedia X gigas, and the seed 

 is said to have been sown on June 26th, 1901, so that the flowering stage 

 has been reached with exceptional rapidity for a Cattleya. There is a 

 puzzling resemblance in the flowers to C. X Minucia, in which C. 

 Loddigesii was the seed parent, and the white of C. intermedia is completely 

 lost, so that we should like to see the record confirmed. The plant is not 

 yet fully developed. 



A very pretty light form of Oncidium Forbesii in sent from the collection 

 of Arthur Dodd, Esq., Aintree, near Liverpool, in which the markings are 

 unusually pale, and thus the flower appears much more yellow than usual. 

 It was a question at first whether the plant might not be a natural hybrid, 

 but the characters generally are those of O. Forbesii, to which for the 

 present at least it must be referred. It is a very charming form. 



Two handsome Paphiopedilums are sent from the collection of R. I. 

 Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Caniberwell, by Mr. Smith. P. X 



