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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



Grammatophyllum SPECIOSUM. — With 

 reference to a note in our last issue concern- 

 ing this giant Orchid, a correspondent informs 

 us that this species, though by nature an 

 epiphyte, readily adapts itself to terrestrial 

 treatment and frequently grows with increased 

 strength when planted on the ground. At 

 Peradeniya, where it was formerly treated as 

 an epiphyte, this plant is now grown on a 

 specially prepared soil, with the result that it 

 flowers regularly every year. 



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Cattleya Iris King Edward VII. — A 

 flower of this very fine variety has been sent 

 by Mr. G. E. Day, Orchid grower to H. S. 

 Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney. It measures 

 inches across the broad, golden-amber 

 coloured petals ; the lip is 2^ inches wide, of 

 a rich-]iurple, the margin beiing undulated 

 and slightly fringed. This flower much 

 resembles Cattleya aurea in size, bvit the 

 fleshy nature of Cattleya bicolor has been in- 

 herited to a large extent, the result being an 

 unusually large, thick textured flower of great 

 beauty. It received a First-class Certificate, 

 September 13th, igio. 



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L^lio-Cattleya St. Gothard (L.-C. 

 GOTTOIANA X C. HardyanA. — This is an- 

 other elegant hybrid from the same collection. 

 The form of the flower is perfect, every seg- 

 ment being well proportioned. The colour is 

 very rich, that of the lip being crimson-purple 

 and extending completely round the border. A 

 First-class Certificate was awarded to the 

 plant when exhibited by Mr. Goodson, 

 October 13th,, 1908. 



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The Charleroi Exhibition. — At this 

 recent great horticultural show the following 

 medals were awarded to Orchids. Gold 

 Medal, value 250 fr. : Messrs. Duchesne and 

 Lanthoine, Watermajl. Gold Medals, value 

 200 fr. : M. Jules Henin, Fraciennes ; M. Ch. 

 Dietrich, Auderghem ; Messrs. Charlesworth 



and Co., Haywards Heath. Gold Medal, 

 value loofr. : Mr. Hermann Cogen, Tervueren, 

 Silver-gilt Medals, value 30 fr. : M. Firmin 

 Lambeau, for the best Cattleya, the best Catt- 

 leya hybrid, and for the best Miltonia hybrid. 

 Messrs. Duchesne and Lanthoine received a 

 .Silver-gilt Medal, value 30 fr., for the best 

 Cypripedlium. 



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Cymridium erythrostylum. ■ — Little 

 more than six years ago this species, which is 

 closely allied to C. eburneum and C. Parishii, 

 was discovered in Annam by Mr. Micholitz 

 when collecting for Messrs. Sander and Sons. 

 It was first flowered in this country by .Sir 

 Fred. Moore at the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Glasnevin. The pure-white flowers are 

 \'ery elegant and attractive, the sepals being 

 broader than the petals, about an inch in width 

 and slightly concave. The lip is three-lobed 

 at the apex, yellowish-white, and lined 

 throughout with reddish-purple, the lines 

 breaking up into dots at the margin of the 

 side lobes. The column is bright crimson, in 

 allusion to which the specific name was gi\'en. 

 Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid grower to .Sir 

 George Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, has 

 forwarded a truly magnificent inflorescence 

 consisting of 14 large flowers, each one 

 measuring four inches from top to bottom, and 

 without any suspicion of colour on the sepals 

 and petals. This example is certainly a 

 record of cultural skill. 



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Bulbophyllum leopardinum. — Of this 

 interesting species, a plant of which has 

 recently flowered in the Mundham collection, 

 Mr. Robert Pantling has recorded ( Orchids of 

 the Sikkun-Himalaya) the following in- 

 cident, which throws some light on the 

 fertilisation of the genus generally : — " One 

 of the many visitors to the plant on my table 

 while I was making a drawing of it, was an 

 insect rather longer than the common house- 

 fly, but brownish in colour and covered with 

 stiff hairs. One' of these alighted on a flower 

 and depressed the mobile lip to its utmost. 



