﻿December, 1904.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



STANHOPEA ANFRACTA. 



This distinct and interesting Stanhopea has appeared again, a flower having 

 been sent to Kevv by Mr. J. O'Brien, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, who remarks 

 that it was sent by the late Consul Lehmann, together with another which 

 was doubtfully referred to S. Schilleriana, Rchb. f. It was formerly 

 identified with S. Wardii var. venusta, and was so figured (Rolfe in Lindenia, 

 vii. t. 315), but this afterwards proved to be erroneous. The habitat was 

 not mentioned. This plant flowered with Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, in 

 October, 1S91. In the September following another plant flowered with 

 Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth, and Co., Heaton, Bradford, and this 

 was believed to have been collected in Ecuador or North Peru, by Hennis. 

 In some respects it recalls a miniature edition of S. graveolens, having a 

 similar but much smaller sac to the hypochil, but the whole flower is much 

 smaller, the sepals not exceeding 1} inches in either of the three flowers 

 mentioned. Another probably allied plant is S. cymbiformis, Rchb. f. 

 (Xen. Orch., ii., p. 84, t. 124), but the figure shows very pale yellow flowers, 

 and the lip quite different in shape. In the present one the lip is remark- 

 ably zigzag in shape, in allusion to which the name is given. The upper 

 half of the hypochil is suddenly bent at nearly right angles to the base, then 

 the mesochil again bent at right angles, and the horns again bent at about 

 the same angle as the upper half of the mesochil. The lip is very strongly 

 constricted underneath, just in front of the sac. The flower is deep buff 

 yellow, with a few brown spots on either side of the channel of the 

 hypochil.— which latter is open from base to apex,— and a faint purple spot 

 on either side near the base. The column is greenish, with narrow paler 

 wings, which also bear a few purple spots. It is one of the smallest forms 

 of the group to which it belongs. R. A. Rolfe. 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR DECEMBER. 



By JOHN M.tCKAY, The Gardens, Highbury, Birmingham. 

 Temperatures for this month should range as follows, always allowing 

 a rise with sun heat. 



Cool House.— Day, 55 ; night, 50 ; morning, 4S . 



Intermediate House.— Day, 6o° to 65°; night, 55 to 6o° ; morning, 



53 East Indian House —Day, 65 to 70 ; night, 6o° to 65 ; morning, 6o°. 



We are now in the depth of winter, and many Orchids are resting, 

 while the growth of others seems almost at a standstill. Under such 

 conditions, 111 good cultivators will be contented, their sole aim this month 

 being to keep what growths the plants have already made in a sound and 



