THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[April-May, 1916. 



Ortcidium Forbesii. 



Oncidium Forbesii. — This handsome 

 species was discovered by Gardner on the 

 Organ Mountains in 1837, and sent by him 

 to the collection of the Duke of Bedford at 

 Woburn, where it flowered in October of 

 the following- year, and after whose gardener, 

 Mr. Forbes, it was named by Sir Wm. 

 Hooker. The sepals and petals are rich 

 chestnut-brown, broadly margined with 

 broken golden-yellow lines, as also is the 

 labellum. It is sometimes known as the 

 " gold-laced Oncidium." The cool house 

 proves most suitable for its cultivation 

 although it cannot be considered an easy 

 plant to manage. 



L.elio-Cattleya Do:miniana. — An 

 elegant variety of this hybrid between C. 

 aurea and L. purpurata comes from Mr. H. F. 

 Goodson's collection, Fairlawn, Putney (gr. 

 Mr. Geo. E. Day). The sepals and petals are 

 flushed and veined with rose, while the broad 

 labellum is rich glowing crimson with the 

 margin rosc-purple. This hybrid has always 

 been scarce on account of the parents 

 flowering at different seasons of the year, 

 hence it is rarely possible to get both C. aurea 

 and L. purpurata in flower together. The 



wonder is that John Domin)- was so successful, 

 for this hybrid of his first flowered m 1878, 

 and at the time he actually made the cross 

 there could not have been a large supply of 

 plants from which to select. From Mr. 

 Goodson's collection also comes S.-L.-C. 

 Olive, Fairlawn variety, a pretty flower of 

 rose-pink colour, and Odontoglossum Chief- 

 tain, of reddish-brown colour, the white 

 labellum blotched with crimson-red. 



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Orchid Growers. — Mr. H. J. Gillett, who 

 for the last 12 years has been employed in 

 the Orchid department of Messrs. Wm. Bull 

 and Sons, Chelsea, has been appointed 

 Orchid grower to Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, 

 C.B., Borde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex. Mr. E. 

 Johnson, formerly in charge of the Borde Hill 

 collection, is now acting in a similar capacity 

 in the gardens of Lady Wernher, Luton Hoo, 

 Beds. Mr. S. Smith, for several years Orchid 

 grower to Mr. R. Brooman-White, Arddar- 

 roch, Scotland, has removed to Blenheim 

 Palace Gardens, where he has charge of the 

 collection previously cultivated by Mr. F. S. 

 Cooke, who has joined the colours under Lord 

 Derby's scheme. 



