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m cultivation. It was discovcrd l)y VVallis in 

 1868 on the Sierra Nevada, near Merida, 

 in Venezuela, and sent by hiin to Linden's 

 establishment in Belgium, where it flowered 

 m the spring of the following year. The 

 plant m Mr. Cobb's collection bears the 

 varietal name purum, which is, m fact, the 

 specific name given by Reichenbach m 1872. 

 The flower resembles the better known 

 C. Lindleyanum. 



Vanda Denisoniana is a very pretty species 

 originally collected by Col. Benson, who 

 found it growing in sheltered and shaded 

 spots on large trees on the Arracan Mountains 

 westward from Prome, and at an altitude of 

 2,000-2,500 feet, where the mean temperature 

 is about 70 degrees Fahr., and the average 

 yearly rainfall is from go- 1 00 inches. This 

 species first flowered m England in Messrs. 

 Veitch's nursery at Chelsea, April, i86g, the 

 blooms being of a greenish-white colour. 



Leptotes bicolor, also known as Tetra- 

 micra bicolor, is a late winter and spring- 

 flowering species that was first introduced 

 about the year 1831. Its native home is the 

 Organ Mountains, and under cultivation it is 

 best accommodated m shallow pans suspended 

 from the roof of an intermediate house. The 

 sepals and petals are linear-oblong, white, and 

 the hp has two very short lateral lobes and 

 an oblong front lobe nearly as long as the 

 petals, white, streaked with purple on the 

 disc. It is one of the parents of Lepto-Laeha 

 Veitchii, the other being L. cinnabarina. 



Broughtonia sanguinea is interesting as 

 being one of the earliest Orchids cultivated in 

 England, it having been introduced to the 

 Royal Gardens at Kew in 1793. It is a native 

 of Jamaica, where it is found growing on the 

 trunks of trees not far from the seashore, 

 often in company with Brassavola nodosa. 

 The crimson colour of the flowers renders it 

 very attractive. Plenty of bright light, heat 

 and moisture are its principal requirements. 



Maxillaria luteo-alba is a very striking 

 species, and one which, when well grown, 

 yields an abundance of large flowers. An 

 illustration of a flne specimen with 70 flowers 

 appeared m the ORCHID WORLD, Vol. IV., 

 p. 41. As the specific name denotes, the 



colours arc yell(jw and white; tin- side lobes 

 of the labelluni are stri])cd with purple. 



Odontoglossum na^viuni is a pretty flower 

 of the better known cirrliosum habit. Its 

 history dates from 1 842, when it was 

 discovered by Linden. The specific name 

 denotes the " marked " nature of the flowers, 

 which are white spotted with reddish-purple. 

 It IS a parent of three hybrids, namely Nerissa 

 (nasvium x crispum), Nephelc (naex'ium x luteo- 

 purpureum) and Naevross (naevium x Rossii). 



FLOWERS IN SEASON. 



CyPRIPEDIU.M hybrid. — From Mr. Kenneth 

 Palmer, Vyrnwy House, Llansamtffraid, 

 Mont., comes a very pleasing Cypripedium, 

 having the expansive dorsal sepal bright 

 apple-green bordered with white, and lightly 

 spotted on the central area ; the petals, which 

 are neatly crimped on the upper margin, are 

 yellowish with slight crimson-brown shading 

 and spotting. There is evidence of Spicer- 

 ianum, insigne, and villosum m the flower, 

 and a combination such as nitens Sallieri 

 (insigne x villosum) x Leeanum giganteum 

 (insigne x Spicerianum) would probably yield 

 a similar flower. An attractive Odontioda is 

 also sent, the colour being rich scarlet-red, 

 due, of course, to Cochlioda Noezliana, which 

 so dominates the other parent as to completely 

 hide its characteristic points. The plant 

 carries a spike of 23 flowers. 



Odontoglossum Iago. — A flower of this 

 hybrid between Harryanum and Hunnewel- 

 lianum is sent by Mr. Eustace F. Clark, of 

 Evershot, Dorset, and is of interest on account 

 of the proof it gives of the great power of 

 many of the smaller flowering species. In 

 this case the blackish colour of Hunnewel- 

 lianum has permeated the whole of the 

 Harryanum markings. 



Cymbidium Alexanderi rubellum. — A 

 flower of this handsome h\brid, between 

 insigne and eburneo-Lowianum, is sent by 

 Mr. B. J. Beckton, Irlams-o'-th'-IIeight, 

 Manchester. The wax-like segments are of 

 pinkish-white, the labellum boldly marked 

 with q. ruby-coloured blotch, as also is the 



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