June, 1913.I 
THE ORCHID WORLD. 
collect a quantity of various species and send 
them to England in sealed bottles and 
labelled according to the phmt from which 1 
take them. It is possible that in tlie jungle, 
where such a number of varieties of different 
species grow together in a small area, and 
bloom more or less at the same time, a certain 
amount of natural hybridisation takes place, 
with the result that a few hybrids may be 
forthcoming under proper cultivation. Should 
any readers of the ORCHID WORLD wish to 
put themselves in communication with mg in 
regard to the importation of seed-pods, I shall 
be only too pleased to meet their wants in this 
line whilst travelling on my own business. — 
Chas. Pozver, Orchid Villa, Barrackpore, 
Calcutta. 
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DendROBIUM Wardianum. — This well- 
known Orchid, named after Dr. Ward, oi 
Southampton, was originally introduced from 
Assam, but during later years a stouter 
Burmese form has been received under the 
name D. Wardianum Lowii. The variety 
candidum was applied by Reichenbach to a 
form which appeared in Mr. E. G. Wrigley's 
collection, in the year 1876. In this variety 
the violet-purple had disappeared from the 
tips of the segments leaving a white flower, 
although the two eye-like brown spots on the 
lip still remained. The variety album first 
made its appearance in Mr. W. R. Lee's 
collection in i8gi. In this flower the 
albinism has been carried to a further extent 
by the elimination of the brown spots, leaving 
a pure white flower with the usual yellow 
colour on the centre of the lip. A very fine 
example of this latter rarity has been kindly 
sent by Mr. Robert Brown, of Craighead, 
Bothwell, N.B. 
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AngR/ECUM SESQUIPEDALE. — The adjoin- 
ing illustration is of a specimen plant in the 
Byram collection. Ferrybridge, Yorks. This 
season it carried five spikes of flowers ; two 
with four each, two with three each, and one 
with two, making a total of sixteen blooms. 
The plant is in perfect health, but rather 
leggy. Mr. George Taylor, the successful 
VOL. in. 
cultivator of the specimen, generally washes 
out all the potting material each year as soon 
as root action commences after the resting 
season. A fresh compost of osmunda fibre, 
sphagnum moss, with a liberal quantity of 
charcoal and rough crocks, is then used. The 
roots are so stiff and stubborn that much 
difficulty is experienced in lowering the plant 
to a greater depth in the pot. 
Angracum sesquipedale. 
SOBRALIA MACRANTHA ALBA. — A very fine 
specimen of this rarity was exhibited by 
Mr. J. Gurney Fowler at the Chelsea Show, 
and deservedly received a Cultural Commen- 
dation. The plant carried no less than 75 
flowers and buds, and allowing for those 
produced previous to the exhibition the total 
number must have been over one hundred, 
truly a fine cultural achievement. Although 
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