THE ORCHID WORLD. ^ 



Vol. 6. No. 6. 



NOTES. 



R.H.S. Scientific Committee.— The 

 following have been elected members of this 

 Committee: — Dr. E. J. Russell, Rothamstead, 

 Herts ; and Mr. A. D. Cotton, F.L.S., Plant 

 Pathologist, Kew. 



The Davidson Cup. — This handsome 

 trophy is to be awarded at the forthcoming 

 Chelsea Show for the best Odontoglossum 

 crispum. Considering the popularity of this 

 beautiful species there should be a large entry. 



Calypso Borealis in Finland. — The 

 author of the article on Calypso borealis, 

 page 53, asks whether the leaf always withers 

 before the flower opens. I beg to inform him 

 that the leaf remains green until late summer, 

 the flowering season being May and June. I 

 grow some specimens in the forest here, near 

 my residence, and every year have had the 

 opportunity of seeing them in bloom. In its 

 wild state this species appears in the same 

 way regarding the flower and leaf as has been 

 the case with me. Concerning its natural 

 place of growth I should say forest, not 

 swamps. — E. Odenwnll, Alnjarvi, Kitrcjoki, 

 V inland. 



In an article bearing the title " Orchids in 

 the Rockies," which appeared m Coitntry Life, 

 February 6th, igog, an illustration is given of 

 Calypso borealis, the flowers accompanied by 

 fresh green leaves. The author, Julia W. 

 Henshaw, states : — " Some of the Orchids are 

 quite common in the Rocky Mountains, such, 

 for instance, as the lovely Calypso, whose 



large rose-pink sacs, striped with a deeper 

 hue and variegated by yellow spots, form 

 clumps of exquisite colour in the deep green 

 forests." 



Cypripedium Flowers. — I am inter- 

 ested to know what is the length of time a 

 Cypripedium remains in bloom, as a plant of 

 mine, C. Spicerianum, with a single flower, 

 remained in bloom from August 3rd till 

 November 5th, and then was only cut off to 

 avoid too great a strain on the plant. I have 

 also a plant of C. Leeanum superbum, with 

 two flowers, which have already been open 

 over a month and are large and firm ; as this 

 ]ilant is strong and healthy I intend to see 

 how long it will remain in bloom. Perhaps 

 readers of the ORCHID WORLD will give me 

 further instances. — Chns. Voivcr, Barrack- 

 pore, India. 



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Disbudding. — Although the practice of 

 removing the upper portion of the spike in 

 order to increase the size of the remaining 

 flowers is not now carried out quite so 

 drastically, there are examples to be occa- 

 sionally seen in which some of the lower buds 

 have been removed, the grower thus 

 endeavouring to evade the law by leaving 

 the top portion of the spike in its natural 

 state. There are, however, some cases in 

 which the flowers are so close to one another 

 that the graceful habit of the spike is only 

 preserved by removing every alternate bud. 

 No doubt the remaining flowers are thereby 

 increased in size, and although from a com- 

 mittee's point of view such a plant might 

 justly be disqualified, there are other reasons 

 which appear to make the practice legitimate. 



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