NOTES. 



Malayan Orchids. — The thirteenth 

 number of the second series of the Bulletin 

 (ill J ardin Bolaniquc dc Biiilcnzorg is 

 occupied with descriptions of new Malayan 

 and Papuan Orchids. About 75 species are 

 described by Dr. J. J. Smith. 



produced a spike of 10 flowers, since when it 

 has made a bulb far exceeding in height and 

 robustness those of earlier date. The 

 remarkable number of 17 blooms on a single 

 spike is worthy of being placed on record, for 

 we doubt if a similarly fine example has 

 hitherto been seen. 



"Die Orchideen." — Part 4 of this 

 interesting work by Dr. R. Schlechter contains 

 many illustrations of Dendrobiums and 

 Bulbophyllums, as well as a coloured plate of 

 Cymbidium Lowianum. So far, 38 groups, 

 comprising 284 genera, have been dealt with. 



CatTLEYA AtalanTA. — It is not every 

 amateur who reaps success with the cultiva- 

 tion of every kind of Cattleya ; some succeed 

 well with the labiata section, while others 

 obtain good results with those belonging to 

 the long-bulbed section. If any difficulty is 

 experienced it is usually with the latter class, 

 for, with few exceptions, all long-bulbed 

 Cattleyas require exceptional care to ensure 

 their healthy existence. It is therefore pleasing 

 to be able to record the success obtained 

 by Mr. Ziba A. Ward, of Cringlewood, 

 Northenden, Manchester, who has on several 

 occasions received high awards for his 

 interesting exhibits at the meetings of the 

 Manchester Orchid Society. Most satis- 

 factory results have been secured by him in 

 the cultivation of Cattleya Iris and C. Adula, 

 and now we have the pleasure of receiving 

 from him a photograph of C. Atalanta (gigas 

 X Leopoldii) with a spike of 17 perfect 

 blooms. Last season this same plant 



SelENIPEDIUM SCHLIMII. — It has long 

 been known to horticulturists that this species 

 is self-fertilising, and produces seed freely. 

 The sexual apparatus differs in no essential 

 character from that of Cypripediums, but, as 

 is the case with all the Selenipediums, the 

 relative position of the stigmatic disc to the 

 other parts is somewhat modified. This disc 

 is rhomboidal in outline, much thickened 

 beneath, especially on the basal side, forming 

 there a conical protuberance that' stands 

 immediately below the anthers, is nearly 

 parallel with the staminode, and projects 

 beyond it. The anthers are normal as regards 

 form and position, but the glutinous envelope 

 is exceedingly thin, loses its viscidity after the 

 flower has been some time expanded, and 

 becomes dry. The granular pollen is then set 

 free upon any slight motion imparted to the 

 flower, and as these granules are exceedingly 

 minute and numerous, it can scarcely happen 

 that some of them do not fall upon the 

 stigmatic disc, especially the thickend i)art 

 that projects immediately below the anthers, 

 and the ovary thence becomes fertilised. The 

 consequence to the plant is the enfeebling of 

 its constitution, by which the species is one of 

 the most difficult to import alive, and scarcely 

 less difficult to keep alive when so imported. 

 For some time after its first introduction, 



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