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THE ORCHID WORLD 



Cymbidium EBURNEUM. — This species was 

 first described by Lindky in the Botanical 

 Register, 1847, t. 67. It is common on the 

 Khasia Hills, at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 

 feet. Although only one or two flowers are 

 produced on a stem they are, nevertheless, 

 very elegant, of a pure ivory-white colour, 

 and have the merit of lasting a long time in 

 perfection. Thte ridge on tlie lip is of a 

 bright yellow colour, the column being some- 

 times tinged with pink. In a few examples 

 the front lobe of the lip is slightly spotted 

 with rose-purple, a form of this kind having 

 been named many years ago as eburneum 

 Dayanum. A good form of this latter variety, 

 and also an unspotted one, has recently 

 flowered in the collection of Capt Robert 

 Twiss, Bird Hill House, Bird Hill, Limerick. 

 A very pretty and distinct form of 

 Cypripedium Leeanum is also in the same 

 collection, the flower having a somewhat 

 unusually white background with purple lines 

 and markings of more than the usual density 



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EULOPHIELLA Hamelinii. — In a useful 

 new catalogue of Orchids just published by 

 Mess. Th. Pauwels and Co., Meirelbeke, Ghent, 

 several illustrations of meritorious plants are 

 given. One depicts a large specimen of 

 Eulophiella Hamelinii, which, with its mass of 

 roots, is about seven feet in height. An 

 accompanying note states: "This very rare 

 species is the Queen of Orchids. Many 

 attempts to introduce it have failed, in spite 

 of the great expense ajid the care taken in 

 collecting it. This year, thanks to the 

 experience and devotion of the collector, we 

 have introduced about thirty fine plants in 

 perfect order. This wonder comes from 

 Madagascar, where it grows on the stumps 

 of the Pandanus in very damp places, rather 

 exposed to the sun. For successful culti- 

 vation a temperature of 65 to 70 degrees is 

 required. It should be cultivated with a 

 mixture of polypodium, osmunda, oak, or 

 beech leaves, and sphagnum moss. The 

 plants should be placed in a damp house 

 where a good light is obtainable. This 

 superb Orchid produces one or two flower 



spikes about three feet in length, each one 

 carrying from twenty to thirty flowers equal 

 in size to those of a large Phalsnopsis 

 Rimestadiana. They are of a very bright 

 rose colour, the labellum being of a deeper 

 rose, stippled with golden-yellow." 



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CiRRHOPETALUM REFRACTUM. — This in- 

 teresting and very distinct species is remark- 

 able for its wide distribution, being one of the 

 few epiphytic Orchids that inhabit both the 

 Himalayas and Java. The resemblance of 

 the spike of flowers, with their long lateral 

 sepals, to the sails of a windmill has caused it 

 to be known as the Windmill Orchid. 



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ODONTOGLOSSUM VULTURNUS. 



crispum luteopurpureum crispum triumphans 



Wilckeanum harvengtense 



Kegeljani Vuylstekei 

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Vulturnus 



Mr. Richard Ashworlh follows his first 

 Kegeljani hybrid (ashlandense) with another 

 whose yellow ground is as brilliant as could 

 be wished. It is a complete union of the 

 two parents. Sepals and petals of rich 

 Kegeljani tone yellow, two thirds covered 

 by heavy bright brown small blotches and 

 large spots. The lip in this particular variety 

 (the first to open) is narrow and long, bearing 

 a heavy blotch, as does the seed-bearing 

 parent, and tends to somewhat roll inwards, 

 as do some hybrids of Kegeljani ; the lip in 

 character is intermediate. 



de B. C raiushay, February 2^th, igi2. 



DISA GRANDIFLORA. 



THIS elegant South African terrestrial 

 Orchid is found on the margins of 

 streams on the Table Mountain, at an 

 elevation of about 2,000 feet. Owing to the 

 reckless manner in which some collectors have 



