July, 1914.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



233 



who know the many disappointments. Mr. 

 i nompsoii IS to be congratulated on his many 

 successes. A pleasing plant is a seedling 

 becvveen Cochlioda Moezliana and Oncidium 

 crispum. 



ine best hybiids include O. scintiUans 

 l^Rossii X VV'ilckeanum) ; O. Nebulum (nebu- 

 losum X aspersum) ; a good variety of O. 

 VV iickeanum carrying two spikes on the same 

 bulb, and having a total of twenty-eight buds; 

 O. John Robson, witli a pleasing white 

 ground ; O. Dorothy Arkle, a beautiful result 

 with richly coloured blotches ; O. Christo- 

 pherson, with almost solid blotching ; O. 

 W alton Monarch, wich very regular markings 

 and a good lip ; O. lUustrissimum var. Mrs. 

 McVittie ; O. Bonar Law, with broad 

 segments and rich colour ; and O. promerens 

 " f"'ire King," one of the many plants from 

 this collection which has received the First- 

 class Certificate of the Manchester Orchid 

 Society. One now in flower, and perhaps the 

 best, IS O. eximium var. Excelsior, which 

 received a First-class Certificate at the 

 International Show, 191 2; the round petals 

 as well as the broad sepals are of soHd 

 crimson-purple colour, only a narrow line of 

 rose-white existing round the margin. Another 

 excellent hybrid is O. Ed. Thompson. 



Cypripediums are strongly represented, and 

 in a large house may be seen a comprehensive 

 collection. The illustration on page 57 of the 

 present volume shows one of the specimen 

 plants. Cypripedium mirum, illustrated in this 

 issue, was awarded a Gold Medal by the 

 Manchester Orchid Society ; and Cyp. 

 Desdemona, figured on page 126, received a 

 I'lrst-class Certificate from the same Society. 

 Other plants include Dreadnought, Estella 

 (Godefroy^e x bellatulum), Boltonii, Hinde- 

 anum, Holdenii, Daisy Barclay and the 

 Westonbirt variety of Bianca. Needless to 

 remark there are many superb plants of 

 the albinos, of which mention may be made 

 of callosum Sanderas, Maudiae and Law- 

 renceanum Hyeanum. The true Goweri 

 magnificum, Charlesworthii var. Temeraire 

 (F.C.C., R.H.S., November 22nd, 1910), 

 Queen Alexandra and Snow Queen are also 

 much prized. 



Cypripediums are being raised from seed 

 with great success and on several pots 

 inspected there were countless seedlings in all 

 stages of germination. It is very strange how 

 some seeds germinate within a few days of 

 being sown while others remain apparently 

 dormant for a considerable time. One pot in 

 this house continues to yield young seedlings, 

 although they have been taken off almost 

 weekly for the long period of fifteen months. 



Laelias are best represented by the 

 celebrated L. tenebrosa " Walton Grange 

 var.," quite an albino of its kind, and one that 

 is now proving of great utility for hybridisa- 

 tion. In a large and substantially built house 

 are many large specimen plants of L. 

 purpurata ; this old species still holds its own 

 for producing a supply of useful flowers. 

 Cattleyas comprise a wide selection, the forms 

 of Mendelii and Mossiae being numerous and 

 very varied. An excellent batch of C. gigas 

 and C. aurea grow well on the side staging, 

 almost every growth showing a flower sheath. 

 C. Trianae " Queen of the Earth " is a very 

 attractive variety. 



The Miltomas are of equal interest, for they 

 contain many of the original plants of M. 

 Bleuana .Stevensii, produced from the variety 

 of vexillaria known as Lcopoldii. One of the 

 latest additions to this section is a nice plant 

 of the elegant M. Charlesworthii. There is 

 also a specimen plant of M. Phalasnopsis. 

 Dendrobiums include a handsome specimen 

 of D. Kingianum, and its variety album. 

 Other Dendrobes of the black-haired section 

 include longicornu, which has lately been a 

 mass of bloom, formosum, and infundibulum. 

 There are also two strong plants of the rare 

 Philippine D. Schiitzei, figured in the Orchid 

 World, Vol. III., p. ig. 



In another house there arc about twenty 

 plants of the red-flowering Epiphronitis 

 Veitchii, which have recently been a mass of 

 bloom. On a shelf may be seen a few plants 

 of Trichopilia Backhouseana, which are 

 rem;irkable for being amongst the very few 

 [jlants in this collection that fail to grow 

 satisfactorily. 



Vanda Amesiana grows well in the 

 Odontoglossum house, where also are many 



