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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[Jun€-July, 1916. 



NEW ORCHIDS. 



The following new Orchids are described 

 in the Kew Bulletin, igi6, p. 77 : — 



PLEUROTHALLIS PAPILLIFERA.— Sent 10 

 Kew by Mr. C. H. Lankester, and flowered 

 in November, 191 5. The sepals are described 

 as light green, and the petals semi-transparent 

 white, with numerous dark purple papills on 

 the nerves and margin outside. Native of 

 Costa Rica. 



Kr.'ENZLInella rufescens. — Flowered 

 with Messrs. Sander and Sons, in October, 

 1915. The flowers are tawny-yellow, more 

 or less dotted with brown on the lateral 

 sepals, and obscurely lined on the dorsal, with 

 the front of the lip green, and two dusky lines 

 extending down the sides to the slightly 

 auricled base. The locality is stated to be 

 not quite certain, but it is believed to be one 

 of M. Forget's Peruvian introductions. 



EULOPHIA Stewartl-E. — Flowers cream- 

 coloured, with deep brown centre. Native of 

 South Africa, on marshy ground. 



SiGMATOSTALix COSTARICENSIS. — Pre- 

 sented to Kew by Mr. C. H. Lankester, and 

 flowered in October, 191 5. The sepals and 

 petals are greenish-yellow, with a large 

 brown blotch about the centre, and the lip 

 red-brown, with a deep yellow apex and 

 margin. Native of Costa Rica. 



GOMPHICIS Tracey.^:. — Allied to G. alba, 

 and a native of Colombia. 



ChlOR.^:A ROBUSTA. — Allied to C. viridi- 

 flora, but the lip is obscurely trilobed, and has 

 more numerous, stouter crests. Mr. Elwes, 

 who obtained it from Chile, remarks that it 

 is very similar in colour and habit to C. 

 grandiflora and C. Elwesii. 



Chlor.^A DENSIFLORA. — Described as a 

 tall green-flowered species, having the general 

 habit of C. cylindrostachya, but the flowers 

 are much smaller, and the lip scarcely 

 half as broad and different in shape, while 

 the other segments are also considerably 

 narrower. Obtained from Chile by Mr. H. J. 

 Elwes. 



Chlor.t:a Elwesii. — Described as 

 " Flowers handsome, green with black veins.' 

 Nearly allied to the Patagonian C. magel- 



lanica. Native of Chile, found in large tufts 

 under Araucarias. H. J. Elwes. 



Ascara TENUIFLORA. — A native of Chile, 

 where a single plant was found in Araucaria 

 forest. Allied to A. thermarum, but with 

 smaller flowers, and the details of the hp 

 different. 



SOPHRO-CATTLEYA REX. 



(Orchidhurst variety.) 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, of Tun- 

 bridge Wells, are to be congratulated in giving 

 us this superb hybrid and in taking another 

 step forward. Combining all the high 

 qualities of its parents, we have here one of 

 the most majestic hybrids ever raised. 



Emanating from S.-C. Doris xC. Empress 

 Frederick, one would expect something good, 

 but hardly of the standard here evolved. The 

 constituent parts are made up as follows : — 



S. grandiflora C. aurea C. Mossiae C. aurea 



S.-C. Doris C. Empress Frederick 



S.-C. Rex 



(Orchidhurst var.) 



It is pleasing, in a way, to notice that the 

 colouring derived from Sophronitis grandiflora 

 has not been overshadowed by the influence 

 of C. aurea, which, as is seen, enters twice 

 into the composition of S.-C. Rex, although 

 C. aurea is shown very prominently in the 

 gold veming of the throat. C. Mossiae, too, 

 is distinctly traced in the beautifully fringed 

 hp. 



In the coloration of the broad sepals and 

 petals it seems to be quite a new departure, 

 and what I should describe as a rich crushed 

 strawberry, brilliant and sparkling, the lip 

 carmine, merging into deep ruby crimson. A 

 remarkable feature of this hybrid is the size 

 of the segments, building up a flower quite 

 the dimensions of a typical Cattleya. An idea 

 of its substance may be conveyed by the term 

 " like boards." Altogether a hybrid of sur- 

 passing excellence and worthy of the estab- 

 lishment from whence it emanates. — H. A. 

 Farmer. 



