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THE ORCIIII) WORLD. 



MASDEVALLIA SCHLIMII. 



THIS species is a native of the 

 mountains of Merida in Venezuela, 

 at 6,000 feet elevation, where it 

 was discovered by Schlim in 1843-44. It 

 was not introduced into European 

 gardens till 1883, when it was sent to 

 Messrs. Sander and Sons by one of their 

 collectors. It was shortly afterwards 

 found by Messrs. Veitch and Sons' 

 collector Burke, on the eastern Cordillera 

 of New Granada, near Cocui, whence it 

 spreads northwards along the Cordillera, 

 with a vertical range of g,ooo-i 1,000 feet 

 to near Bucaramanga. In this locality 

 it IS purel)- epii^hytal, growing only on 

 the old stunted trees where decaying 

 vegetable matter can rest and accumulate. 

 The leaves are elliptic-obovate, 12 or 

 more inches long and 3 inches broad. 

 The flowers are about i { inches in m 

 diameter ; the tube light orange-yellow i/ 

 above ; the upper sepal light yellow ; 

 the lateral sepals yellow, densely mottled 

 with brownish - purple papillse ; tails 

 golden-yellow ; the minute petals white. 

 It was first flowered in England by Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., who exhibited 

 it at the Royal Horticultural Society, // 



April 10th, 1883, when a First-class 

 Certificate was awarded. 



Dendrobium crepidatum album. — 

 Flowers of this interesting rarity are 

 kindly sent by Capt. Robert Twiss, of Bird- 

 hill, Limerick. The pink tinge usually seen in 

 this species has entirely disappeared, leaving 

 a shining" white flower, the labellum yellow, 

 except a small part of the apical area, which, 

 like the other segments, is pure white. This 

 species, a native of Assam, was introduced 

 into cultivation in 1849, and flowered for the 

 first time in the collection of Mr. R. S. 

 Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, in the spring 

 of the following year. The specific name, 

 crepidatum, refers to the slipper-like hollow 

 near the base of the lip. It is a charming 

 little plant and well worthy of cultivation. 



From the same collection comes a spike of 

 Odontoglossum Thompsonianum (Edwardii 

 X crispum roseum), a richly coloured variety, 

 in which the tips of the segments are bright 

 rose, doubtless due to the variety of crispum 

 used in its production. 



Odontoglossum Vulturia. — Mr. E. \\'. 

 Thompson, of Haddon House Gardens, 

 Ashton-on-Mersey, sends a fine example 

 of this hybrid between Vux'lstekeae and 

 triumphans. The colour is chestnut-red with 

 bright golden-yellow tips to the segments. 



