THE 



ORCHID WORLD. 



JUNE, 1914. 



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NOTES 



The Davidson Cup. — This trophy is 

 offered by Mr. E. H. Davidson for the finest 

 Cattleya, not a hybrid, in the Chelsea Show. 

 This season it has been awarded to Cattleya 

 bchroderas " Queen Empress," a beautiful 

 variety of rich rose-purple colour, the wide 

 labellum of bright orange colour. The plant 

 was exhibited by Messrs. Sander and Sons, 

 and has since passed into the collection of Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart. Other Cattleyas 

 which engaged the careful consideration of 

 the judges were C. intermedia alba, a 

 splendidly grown specimen with 1 3 spikes of 

 flowers, shown by Mr. F. J. O. Montagu, 

 Lynford Hall, Brandon, and awarded a 

 Cultural Commendation; C. Mendelii "White 

 Swan," exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co. ; and an elegant C. Schroder^ 

 shown by the Duke of Marlborough. 



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Cypripedium Pereir.e:. — Mr. H. W. 

 Ridley has received from Mr. J. D. Pereira, 

 Singapore, a specimen in formalin and a 

 coloured drawing of this Cypripedium. It is 

 elaborately described in the Gardeners 

 Chronicle, May i6th, 191 4, by Mr. Ridley, 

 who rematks : — " The plant was obtained on 

 one of the islands near the Laukawi group, 

 north of Penang, the home of Cypripedium 

 niveum. It may be a natural hybrid between 

 niveum and exul, although, so far as we 

 know, the latter species has not yet been met 

 with in this region. No artificial hybrid of 

 these two species appears to have been made 

 as yet, but a study of the pecuHarities of the 

 different organs seems to suggest that Mr. 

 Pereira's theory is correct, and that it is a 

 natural hybrid between the two species. It 



seems to be quite a handsome plant, the 

 nearly pure white flower standing up well on 

 Its tall stalk." 



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Cymbidium I'Ansonil — The Orchid 

 Revieiv, May, 1914, contains an interesting 

 note on this plant. It is still uncertain 

 whether it is a species or hybrid. C. 

 Mandaianum is considered identical. 



Dendrobium TAURINUM. — This elegant 

 species, commonly called the Bull-headed 

 Dendrobium, was originally described by 

 Lindley in the Botanical Regisler, ]une, 1843, 

 a coloured plate being also included. The 

 author remarks: — "A native of Manila, 

 whence Mr. Cuming sent it to Messrs. 

 Loddiges. It has large flowers, with 

 yellowish-green sepals, rolled back at the 

 points, very long deep purple twisted petals, 

 and a paler purple lip, with three elevated 

 lines along the middle, and a few small 

 tubercules near the apex. The column is 

 short and somewhat pouched at the base, in 

 consequence of the lip being adherent to it 

 at that place. The plant is 5 feet high. It 

 flowered at Hackney in October, 1842. I 

 have specimens from Mr. Cuming, but they 

 are not nearly so handsome as that now 

 figured from Messrs. Loddiges." This species 

 is rarely seen in cultivation, but well deserves 

 increased attention. One of the best plants 

 seen during recent year was that exhibited in 

 1909 by Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., of 

 Gatton Park, Reigate. This season it has 

 flowered well in Mons. Lionet's collection, 

 Brunoy, France. 



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