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THE ORCHin WORLD. 



[March, 1914. 



are borne 10-30 on a raceme, and are 

 brownish-purple, or yellowish, sometimes 

 mottled with red. The seed capsules are 

 oblong, and droop when ripe. Besides this 

 one we have C. innata and C. odontorhi/a, the 

 latter having tooth-shaped coralloid roots. 

 There are quite a number of woodland 

 Orchids here, and T hope to gel other people 

 interested and to search for them. — IF. S., 

 Hartford, Coin;., USA. 



"The Orchid Review." -In the issue for 

 February a full account is given of Oncidium 

 Engelii, a flower of which was sent to Kew 

 for determination l)y Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co. The illustrations are Cypripedium 

 Leeanum var. Gratnxiae and Paphinia cristata. 

 Some interesting details are given of this 

 latter sjiecies. 



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Orchids at Stone, Staffs. — A series of 

 beautiful Odontoglossum hy])rids has recently 

 attracted considerable attention in Mr. Wm. 

 Thompson's collection at Walton Grange, 

 .Stone. A selection of flowers has been kindly 

 sent by the grower, Mr. J. Howes, and prove 

 the high-class nature of the plants recently 

 exhibited at the Manchester Orchid .Society. 

 Odontoglossum crispum Palatine, F.C.C., 

 M.O.S., is a fine example, having thick 

 textured segments of excellent shape and of 

 cream) -white colour ; Od. Bonar Law, A.M., 

 M.O..S., is a handsome form of the richly 

 blotched hybrids, the petals being very broad; 

 Od. eximium, W^alton Grange var., A.M., 

 M.O..S,, has the segments almost covered with 

 crimson, the only exception being a narrow 

 white line round the extreme edge, which 

 adds a finishing touch to the flower ; Od. 

 illustrissimum Mrs. McVittie, A.M., M.O.S., 

 is a large and distinct bloom, the inner parts 

 of the segments having immense crimson- 

 brown blotches ; Od Desdemona, of unknown 

 parentage, has also received a similar award, 

 and is one of the choicest examples, the 

 coloration being exceedingly bright ; Od. 

 amabile Astrum completes this interesting 

 and valuable selection. 



" The Orchis." — In the February issue of 

 this journal Dr. R. Schlechter contributes an 

 article on the genus Caladenia. A coloured 

 ]:)late with figures of Caladenia alba, carnea, 

 lihimentosa, flava, gemmata and Patersoni is 

 also included. 



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Cypripedium Iona. — What a |)r(Ht\- h\ l )rid 

 Cypripedium lona is. It is a cross between 

 Fairrieanuiu and l)rllatiilum, and was shown 

 b\- the Diiki- of Marlborough, Royal Horti- 

 cultural .Society, January 7th, 1913, and 

 Manchester Orchid .Society, Januar\- 15th, 

 IQI4, when an Award of Merit was granted 

 in both instances. What is wanted in a 

 Cypripedium? I suppose shape, colour and 

 si/e. The shape of Iona is ideal. The dorsal 

 is round, flat, and low set. It scores, too, m 

 colour, which shows clean purple stripes 

 regularly pencilled on a white ground, so as to 

 suggest almost the artificial. I suppose it was 

 penalised for size. .Size seems to prepon- 

 derate in giving rewards, shape comes next, 

 and colour last. It is pleasing, however, to 

 notice that more insistence is being given to 

 shape and set of segments than formerly.— 

 " Amos" 1\1 auclicstcr. 



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Orchids at Brunoy. — The collection of 

 Mons. Lionet contains many fine varieties of 

 Vanda tricolor, which have recently been seen 

 at their best. These include formosa, tigrina, 

 cinnamomea and superba. Vanda suavis is 

 also well represented, the varieties de Caen, 

 with very dark side lobes of the bluish-purple 

 lip, and V. s. Pescatorea are very good 

 coloured examples. A plant of V. lamellata 

 Boxallii is carrying a spike of sixteen flowers 

 with yellowish ground colour. In a house 

 entirely devoted to Bulbophyllums and Cirr- 

 hopetalums the rare B. mandibulare is 

 flowering. The plant carries two spikes with 

 nine large very curiously shaped brownish 

 flowers. Other flowering species of interest 

 are B. odoratissimum, B. micropetalum, and 

 B. saltatorium affine. Eria flava is also very 

 interesting. The short spike, as well as the 



