THE 



ORCHID WORLD 



AUGUST. 1915. 



NOTES 



Inheritance of Irregular Peloria. — 

 Mr. Wm. Bolton, of Warrington, sends an 

 interesting flower of a Cypripedium hybrid 

 between insigne Oddity and Watsonianum 

 (concolor x Harrisianum). The former parent 

 is a well-known example of irregular peloria ; 

 in other words, the lateral petals are always 

 produced in the form of two additional lips, 

 thus making three in all. In the above- 

 mentioned hybrid this singularity is inherited 

 in almost similar style, the only apparent 

 difference being a wider space between the 

 lips, or pouches, as they are sometimes called; 

 in insigne Oddity the lateral lips clasp the 

 median one. It would be of interest to know 

 how many other seedlings from this pod 

 exhibit the same peculiarity. 



StanHOPEA TIGRINA. — This Mexican 

 species, one of the best of a most remarkable 

 genus, produces large fleshy flowers, often 

 measuring 8 inches across, of yellowish colour, 

 the sepals longitudinally barred and blotched 

 with sanguineous purple, the petals dark vinous 

 red, except the apical area which is light 

 yellow. The months of July and August 

 usually see it at its best, and the extraordinary 

 manner in which the flowers are produced in 

 pendulous fashion from the base of the plant 

 rarely fails to attract attention. Although 

 Stanhopeas are not cultivated as much as they 

 formerly were, or, indeed, as frequently as 

 they deserve, now and again a good example 

 is to be found growing in all its splendour. 

 It has recently been our pleasure to see a 

 vigorous specimen in the well-known collec- 

 tion of Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, C.B., 



Borde Hill, Cuckfield, where, suspended from 

 the roof of an intermediate house, it allows its 

 wonderfully constructed and richly-coloured 

 flowers to be viewed in perfection. 



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Angr^cum ARMENIACUM. — For about 

 twelve years Mr. Jas. Hudson, V.M.H., has 

 been taking care of an inconspicuous Orchid, 

 which was sent to the Royal Horticultural 

 Society at a time when they were vacating 

 the Chiswick garden. It has now flowered 

 and proves to be Angr£ecum armeniacum, 

 originally described by Lmdley in 1839 from 

 a plant obtained by Messrs. Loddiges from 

 Sierra Leone. The flowers are of a uniform 

 apricot colour and closely arranged in 

 horizontal lateral spikes. The spur is twice 

 as long as the calyx, compressed at the base, 

 and then inflated a little so as to appear 

 clavate. Mr. Hudson has now despatched the 

 plant to Wisley, where it will be included in 

 the Society's present collection of Orchids. 



Ccelogyne asperata. — M. Joseph Ginot, 

 St. Etienne, France, sends a many-flowered 

 spike of this elegant species, a native of 

 Borneo and Sumatra, where it grows at an 

 elevation of 1,500 to 2,000 feet. A remarkable 

 fact in connection with this plant is that it is 

 to be found growing in the volcanic sand near 

 the town of Fort-de-Cock, Sumatra. The 

 large flowers are pale creamy-yellow, the 

 median lobe of the labellum having a rough 

 surface, from which the specific name is 

 derived, while the side lobes are lined with 

 brown on their inner portion. An illustration 



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