January, 1916.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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Cyrlopodium punctalum. 



Cyrtopodiu.m punctatum. — The stout 

 stems of this elegant species are 3 feet or 

 more in height, with numerous long and 

 narrow leaves. The flower-spike, which rises 

 from the base of the plant, is about as tall, 

 the numerous flowers being tawny-yellow, the 

 sepals barred and spotted with cinnamon- 

 brown, the petals generally without spots. 

 The median lobe of the lip yellow bordered 

 with red, the lateral lobes brick-red ; the 

 crest white dotted with red. Column 

 yellowish-green. The variety Saint Leger- 

 ianum was discovered in central Paraguay, 

 and is superior, having brighter markings on 

 the bracts and flower segments. The plants 

 appear to delight in a high temperature 

 during the growing season and a compost of 

 peat and fibrous loam. The flowering season 

 is about the month of May. 



L/elio-Cattleya callistoglossa. — An 

 exceptionally fine variety of this good old 

 hybrid has just appeared in the collection of 

 Mr. J. J. Neale, Lynwood, Penarth, and a 

 flower sent by his grower, Mr. Haddon, allows 

 us to record the following: — Total width 

 10 inches, breadth of petal 3 inches, length of 

 labellum, 44- inches. 



Odontoglossum Boadicea aureum. — 

 Slowly, but surely, the yellow race of Odonto- 

 glossums IS becoming a reality. It does not 

 seem so many years ago since we first saw 

 O. armainvilherense xanthotes, or, in slightly 

 plainer words, a yellow-spotted variety of O. 

 ardentissimum, which Messrs. Charlesworth 

 raised by crossing crispum xanthotes and 

 Pescatorei album. Then came O. eximium 

 xanthotes, produced by mating the yellow- 

 spotted ardentissimum with crispum 

 xanthotes. Not long after came the inter- 

 esting O. Jorisianum aureum (luteopurpureum 

 Vuylstekeanum x triumphans aureum), raised 

 by Mr. F. Menteith Ogilvie and fully 

 described in the ORCHID WORLD, Vol. IV., 

 pp. 1 99 — 201. Now we have the pleasure of 

 recording O. Boadicea aureum (ardentissimum 

 xanthotes x triumphans aureum), raised by 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., the first flower 

 opening in the middle of December, 191 5. It 

 is in every way a charming thing, the flower 

 beautifully spotted with bright honey-yellow 

 colour, with the labellum comparatively large 

 and flat in form. Flowering on a small plant, 

 the blooms cannot be expected to show their 

 full size, but there is enough evidence to show 

 that a successful as well as a valuable result 

 has been procured. 



