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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 27, 1892. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Cattleya Trianse magnlfica. 
We have been favoured with a fine bloom of this 
variety from “ W.,” an amateur grower and collector 
of Orchids who is too modest and unpretending to 
court public notoriety. The plant was originally 
obtained from the collection of the late Capt. 
Maxwell, Teregles, Dumfries, under the name given 
above. The flowers are notable for their great size, 
and although not so large as they were last year, 
yet that handed to us measured 8 in. across the 
petals. The latter were broadly ovate, clawed, 
beautifully crisped along the margin, of a delicate 
warm rose, more or less shaded in places with a 
darker hue, and measured 3 in. across. The sepals 
were proportionately long, and a shade or so paler 
in colour. The lip was also very handsome, measuring 
close upon 4 in. in length, with a widely expanded 
lamina of a warm mauve-purple hue; the tube 
itself was equally as dark externally as the lamina ; 
and the large blotch in the throat was of a dark 
coppery orange. If we might make a comparison, 
we should say that C. T. magnifica resembles to 
some extent C. T. delicata, but is several shades 
darker and an altogether larger flower. The lip 
reminds us somewhat of C. T. Schroderae, but the 
blotch in the throat is not so large. 
Cymbidium eburneum. 
A splendid specimen of this beautiful Indian terres¬ 
trial Orchid is now to be seen in bloom in the Duke 
of Norfolk’s collection at Arundel Castle. It has 
forty-three spikes, bearing eighty flowers, such an 
aggregate of blooms as is not to be seen on a plant 
every day and which I think is worth recording. A 
few years ago such a plant would have commanded 
an extravagant price. Mr. Burberry, who has charge 
of the garden establishment at Arundel Castle, is to 
be congratulated on his success as a cultivator of this 
grand plant.— Rusticus. 
Vanda Lowii. 
This remarkable Orchid is known under several 
names, but the authors of the Genera Plantarum con¬ 
sider that Aracnanthe Lowii is the most correct, and 
that to be upheld. The most striking peculiarity of 
it is that the two first flowers which expand towards 
the base of the raceme are different from all the others 
which follow. Sometimes, however, only one flower 
is different from the rest, as we noted the other day 
n the nursery of Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, 
where a large plant now in flower carries three pen¬ 
dulous racemes of bloom. One raceme bears seven¬ 
teen flowers, two of which are different from the rest; 
another bears fifteen flowers, only one of which does 
not conform to the others, and a similar odd flower is 
borne on a third raceme, having eleven blooms. 
The sepals of the odd flowers are oblong and blunt, 
the petals oval, broad, and rounded at the tips, and 
all are flat, slightly reflexed, and beautifully spotted 
with crimson on a clear bright yellow ground. The 
rest of the flowers have narrower and wavy sepals 
and petals, heavily blotched, and spotted with crimson 
on a deeper and duller yellow ground. The lip is a 
small and rather curiously shaped organ, hinged to 
the base of the column and moveable. The plant we 
speak of is a large one, but not difficult to accommodate 
even in houses of moderate dimensions, and it is cer¬ 
tainly showy as well as interesting. 
Cypripedium Lindleyanum. 
The flower scapes of this Cypripedium attain a 
height of 3 ft. and bear numerous flowers in clusters 
from the large bracts or spathes on the upper half of 
their length. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, deep 
green, and about 12 in. to 25 in. in length, according 
to the size and age of the plant. The upper sepal is 
green with brown lines and markings. The petals 
are paler and fainter, with more slender green veins 
and wavy on the edges. The lip is brown with deep 
red veins, and of a rich brownish red on the sides of 
the claw. A Botanical Certificate was awarded a 
plant shown by Drewett O. Drewett, Esq., Riding 
Mill on-Tyne, at the Drill Hall, on the 9th inst. 
Epidendnum Watsonianum. 
The pseudo-bulbs of this plant are elliptic or some¬ 
what spindle-shaped, 6 in. to 8 in. long, and very 
stout. The leaves are mostly terminal, strap-shaped 
and leathery. The scape attains a height of 18 in. to 
24 in., and is branched in the upper portion. The 
sepals and petals are obovate, bright yellow and 
closely giottled wit!) Cfimson. The tjiree-lobed lip 
is white with some crimson stripes on the obreniform, 
terminal lobe; the lateral lobes are short and ob¬ 
long. The flowers collectively are very pretty and 
conspicuous. A flowering specimen was accorded a 
Botanical Certificate when exhibited^ by Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. 
Dendrobium Foelschii. 
At a casual glance one would scarcely take the 
plant named to be a Dendrobium at all. This is due 
to the narrowness of the sepals and petals, the man¬ 
ner in which they are twisted, and the fact that they 
are crowded together in a close tuft towards the 
apex of the stem. The individual flowers are pro¬ 
duced singly, but the internodes of the stem being 
undeveloped they are aggregated towards the apex 
of the same. The sepals and petals are linear, much 
twisted and white, suffused with purple upwards. 
The three-lobed lip is white with a purple blotch on 
each of the three lobes. The pseudo-bulbs are 
oblong and only about 2 in. long, while the scape 
arising from them attains a length of 1 in. Taken 
collectively they are certainly very pretty. A 
Botanical Certificate was awarded it when exhibited 
by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. 
Saccolabium bellinum. 
An importation of this shows a considerable amount 
of variation in the colour of the flowers. The ground 
colour of the sepals and petals varies from a clear 
yellow to a dark yellow, while the blotches vary in 
size, colour, and number. These matters may seem 
unimportant in themselves, but collectively they con¬ 
stitute the difference between a good and a moder¬ 
ately good variety. None of the forms of this species 
we have seen are thoroughly bad. The lip is both 
curious and beautiful, being white with a yellow 
blotch in the centre, sometimes a few crimson spots, 
and covered over the greater part with white hairs. 
The sac like pouch at the base is also peculiar to_ this 
and a few other species. The flowers are produced 
in a cluster at the top of the short scape, so that the 
general effect is quite different from that of S. 
Blumei for instance. YYe noted a group of plants in 
bloom in the nursery of Messrs. H. Low & Co., 
Clapton, and scarcely two were exactly alike. 
Masdevallia macrura. 
The greater number of Masdevallias having large 
flowers bloom in summer, so that the species under 
notice is exceptional in that respect. The flowers, 
although not so brightly coloured as those of 
M. Harryana, M. Veitchi, and others, are neverthe¬ 
less conspicuous from the great length of their tails. 
The tube of the perianth is short and wide ; the 
upper lip is triangular, ending in a long tail about 
4 in. long ; the lower lip on the contrary is two-lobed, 
ending in similar yellow, pendent or drooping tails. 
The ground colour of the perianth is pale brownish, 
more or less spotted with purplish-brown. Each 
scape bears a single flower which is well carried 
above the foliage, but not so long as to appear in any 
way leggy. It is now flowering in the cool division 
of the Orchid house at Kew. Although introduced 
from Columbia in 1874, it is by no means common. 
Dendrobium Cassiope. 
The seed bearing plant of this hybrid was D. 
japonicum crossed with D. nobile albiflorum. The 
result is a plant intermediate in size and general 
character between the two. The stems are about 
10 in. high, and in form like those of D. nobile but 
smaller. Flowers are very freely produced in lateral 
clusters near the top of the stems. The pedicels as 
well as the sepals and broadly oblong petals are 
pure white. The lip is also broadly oblong and 
pure white with exception of a large purple 
blotch in the throat. A plant was exhibited at the 
Drili Hall on the 9th inst. by Mr. Wm. Murray, 
gardener to Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, 
YVylam-on-Tyne, when an Award of Merit was 
accorded it. 
Cypripedium Hera. 
This hybrid w ; as obtained from C. Leeanum, itself a 
hybrid, as the seed bearing parent which was fecun¬ 
dated with the pollen of C. villosum Boxallii. The 
upper sepal is the most conspicuous organ of the 
flower, and is pale green in the lower half and 
heavily blotched with brownish crimson, while the 
upper half is white with a few purple spots. The 
petals are obovate, and deep brown on the upper 
longitudinal half with a yellow margin. The lip is 
suffused with brownish purple on a yellow’ ground 
The leaves are oblong, dark green and very leathery 
jn texture. A plant was exhibited at the Drill Hall, 
Westminster, on the 9th inst., by Messrs. J. Yeitch 
& Sons, Chelsea, and was accorded a First-class 
Certificate. 
Odontoglossum Edwardi. 
The subject of this note is unique in the genus as far 
as colour is concerned. It is also a very strong 
growing species, with large pseudo-bulbs, and long 
lanceolate or strap-shaped leaves. Small or newly 
established pieces do not produce very strong flower 
scapes, but established and well grown plants throw 
up a panicle of bloom, 5 ft. or 6 ft. high, branching 
throughout a greater portion of its length. Such a 
specimen w r e noted recently in the nursery of Messrs. 
Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., Park Road, 
Clapham. At the time we speak, the flowers were 
in the bud state, but almost on the point of expan¬ 
sion, and there were eighty-eight of them on the 
scape. There are varieties with different hues of 
colour ; one is of a light reddish purple hue, and 
others have mauve-coloured or almost violet flowers, 
the latter being the darkest, and certainly the 
showiest and most interesting. 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei Schroderianum. 
The flowers of this variety are broad for the species 
and rounded with well imbricated or overlapping 
segments. The sepals are broad, elliptic, and white 
with a few violet blotches in the centre, and some¬ 
times amalgamated in one large irregular blotch. 
The petals are ovate and white with numerous small 
violet blotches on the lower half. The lip is white 
with a yellow disc and some crimson stripes on the 
calli. A healthy plant of it was exhibited at the 
Drill Hall on the 9th inst. by Baron Schroder, when 
a First-class Certificate was accorded it. 
Odontoglossum ioplocon. 
In general aspect this resembles O. Edwardi, to 
which it is no doubt closely allied. The rich, deep 
violet colour of the flowers and their metallic gloss 
will commend this plant to Orchid growers and 
connoisseurs. The sepals are lanceolate and clawed f 
the lateral ones being much the longer, and in that 
respect this Odontoglot differs from O. Edwardi. 
The petals are similar in form and undulated or 
wavy on the margins as are the sepals. The lip is 
subulate, slightly auricled at the base, with a long 
pale purple point and a large golden yellow crest at 
the base, and which contrasts boldly with the other 
parts of the flower. The branching flower scape 
when exhibited at the Drill Hall on the 9th inst., by 
Baron Schroder, was about 5 ft. long. An Award of 
Merit was accorded it. 
Cypripedium insigne Cambridge Lodge var. 
The chief feature of this variety is the bold and 
well-defined character of the blotches on the 
standard or upper sepal. The lower portion pre¬ 
serves the usual greenish groundwork, and this is 
richly ornamented with large and well-defined 
browmish-purple blotches ; the upper portion is pure 
white. The habit of the plant is dwarf and com¬ 
pact, while the flower itself is by no means large, but 
of good substance. It was exhibited at the Drill 
Hall on the gth inst. by R. J. Measures, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr.. H. Simpkins), Cambridge Lodge, 
Camberwell. 
Trichocentrum triquetrum. 
The habit of the plant, the shape of the leaves and 
their arrangement resemble those of a dwarf Iris. 
The flowers themselves are, however, very different, 
and are pendulous on short penduncles from the 
axils of the leaves. The sepals and the broad 
petals are pale yellow, the former being arranged 
scmew’hat in the form of a triangle. The lip is the 
largest and most conspicuous organ of the flower, 
and is convolute round the column, with a broad, 
rounded, pale yellow lamina, spotted with orange. 
The flowers are on the whole large for the genus, 
A piece of it was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart., M.P., at the Drill Hall on the 9th inst., when a 
Botanical Certificate was awarded it. 
WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN, 
Calatheas and Marantas —-Many of these 
will soon start into growth, ar.d if repotting isneces- 
sary, it should be done before growth has made much 
headway. The plants may also be divided with most 
convenience at this season, and this is the readiest 
and best means of increase. As many roots as pos¬ 
sible should be preserved to each crown, and the 
divisions might be made by means of a sharp knife 
so as to injure the rjfizornes as little as possible. 
