THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[I-'ebruary, 1915- 



NEW ORCHIDS. 



THE last issue of the Kcw Bulletin 

 (1914, No. 10) contains the 43rd 

 decade of New Orchids, which are as 

 follows : — 



Cirrhopetalum formosanum, a Formosan 

 species which was sent to Kew by Mr. W. R. 

 Price two years ago and has flowered on two 

 or three occasions. The flowers are straw- 

 ycllov/, with a deep yellow lij^ and a suffusion 

 of pink m the petals. 



lone flavescens, flowered m the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, in September, 

 1914. Allied to lone Andersoni, the pollinia 

 being attached in pairs to two clavate stipes 

 situated on either side of the broad column. 

 The sepals are pale yellowish-green, and the 

 petals and lip deep yellow. 



Coelogyne siamensis, flowered at Kew in 

 October, 1914. The sepals and petals are pale 

 green, and the lip light yellow, with a broad 

 dark brown margin to the side lobes, some 

 brown streaks and dots on the disc, and some 

 bright yellow at the apex of the lateral keels 

 and the base of the central one. This plant 

 has much of the general appearance of C. 

 lentiginosa. 



Arundina subsessilis, from Upper Burma. 

 Introduced by Messrs. Sander and Sons, and 

 flowered in the collection of Mr. H. J. Elwes, 

 Colesborne, Glos., in September, 1914. It is 

 said to be completely herbaceous. The 

 flowers are nearly white, with lilac-purple 

 tips to the sepals and petals, a violet-purple 

 zone round the limb of the hp just inside the 

 margin, and the keels yellow. 



Eulophia subintegra, from South Africa, 

 where it is found in damp places at Olivier's 

 Hook and sources of the Tugela River. 



Eulophia Sankeyi, from South Africa : 

 Orange River Colony ; Harrismith. 



Eulophia inadensis, South Africa : Natal ; 

 Inanda. 



I'lulophia Peglerae, from South Africa : 

 Transkei ; Ketani. 



Polystachya Hislopii, from Tropical Africa. 

 Sent to Kew by Mr. Alexander Hislop, of 

 S. Rhodesia, and flowered in the collection in 

 September, 1914. The sepals and petals arc 



light emerald-green, and the lip white, with a 

 rose-coloured margin, a few similar radiating 

 veins on the side lobes, and a few pale purple 

 spots at the base of the front lobe. 



Zygopetalum Prainianum, imported by 

 Messrs. Sander and Sons through their 

 collector L. Forget, and flowered at St. 

 Albans in September, 19 14, afterwards 

 passing" into the Kew collection. The sepals 

 and petals are dusky-brown, with obscure 

 green stripes on the petals, and the hp white 

 with light rose-purple streaks on the fleshy 

 ribs of the callus. 



ODONTIODA CLOTHO. 



(Odm. Uro-Skinneri X Qda. Thwaitesii.) 



Considering the apparent great power and 

 extreme character of Uro-Skinneri, this 

 hybrid approaches very closely in form the 

 Odontioda in every segment. The colour is 

 darkened by the brown, and obscurely mottled 

 under the lilac-plum colour of the sepals and 

 petals. The lip is slightly three-Iobed, lighter 

 than the sepals and petals, but has a large 

 oblong mass of deeper colour down the mid 

 area. Blooming on a small bulb there is no 

 doubt that when strong it will develop into a 

 similar habit to the Odontioda parent. 



This is another of Messrs. Armstrong and 

 Brown's introductions. They are to be 

 congratulated on their rapid success in raising 

 Odontoglossums and Odontiodas, and have 

 now reached a very interesting period 

 when they will bloom a large number of 

 these charming hybrids. — dc B. Crawshny, 

 Rose field, Scvcnoaks, January i6th, igi S- 



An Artistic Bouquet of Orchids. — 

 The artistically arranged bouquet depicted on 

 the following page was recently presented to 

 II. M. Queen Alexandra by H.S.H. Princess of 

 Monaco. The Orchids, of which only the 

 finest procurable were used, were supplied by 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath. 



