ORCHID WORLD. 
DECEMBER, 1912. 
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NOTES. 
Ghent Show, 1913. — The 17th Imer- 
national Horticultural Exhibition of Ghent, 
Helgium, will be held Saturday, April 26th 
to Sunday, May 4th, 191 3. At this nnportant 
event Orchids will be particularly well shown, 
the schedule containing no less than 88 
special classes for these plants. His Majesty 
the King of Belgium is offering a Large Gold 
Medal for the finest group of Orchids 
exhibited by an amateur, and Mons. Firmm 
Lambeau is giving a valuable Work of Art 
for the best trade exhibit. A very large 
number of other Prizes are mentioned in the 
schedule. 
Oberonia species. — At the meeting of 
the Linnean Society held November 7th, 
191 2, Mr. H. N. Ridley, F.R.S., read a paper 
on a collection of plants from Mount 
Menuang Gasing, Selangor. This mountain, 
4,900 feet high, is the most southern high 
point of the great chain of the granite moun- 
tains which form the backbone of the 
peninsula. 143 species of plants were 
collected by Mr. Kloss, the most noteworthy 
being one, at present undescribed, which is 
probably the biggest species of the large 
oenus Oberonia. 
Bifurcated De^^urobium. — An excellent 
example of bifurcation appears in the 
pseudo-bulb of a Ja\anese Dendrobium of 
the phaljenopsis section which has just been 
received from the collection of E. Baxter 
Cox, Esq., Adelaide, S. Australia. The 
upper part of the bulb gradually widens until 
two distinct stems appear, each one of which 
has the remaining portion of strong terminal 
flower spikes. The exact cause is somewhat 
difficult to determine, although it is not 
unlikely due to vigorous development. The 
bifurcation or dividing of an organ must not 
be confused with the union of parts which 
under normal circumstances are separate, 
for examples of the latter class are invariabl)' 
due to arrest of development following an 
insufficiency of nutriment. 
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Vanda CCERULEA ALBENS. — A recently 
imported plant of this elegant species has 
produced flowers which, although quite equal 
in size to the type, are very distinct m colour. 
The pure white sepals and petals ha\e a 
very slight tinge of reddish-purple at their 
extreme points, the labellum having the usual 
tint of blue over its entire surface. These 
distinctive qualities appear to be permanent, 
and thus differ from those of the small type 
of whitish flowers often seen on plants which 
are undeveloped and insufficienth- exposed 
to bright light. The subject of this note is 
a plant in the collection of Albert Gunn, Esq., 
Newport, Mon. 
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