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ICONOGRAPHY

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ICONOGRAPHY

OF ORCHIDS

CONDU GRE Dr BN:

Jj. Linpen, Lucien Linpen and Em. Ropiaas.

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on the « Marcu » of the International Quinquennial Exhibition
of Ghent in 1893, Messrs. LINDEN exhibiting, each time, only

their own introductions.

The Grandest Display of Orchids and new Plants
in Cultivation.

ALL THE ENGLISH AND OTHER VISITORS AGREE THAT NOTHING IS TO BE
COMPARED WITH THEM ANYWHERE ELSE !

“ The nursery has become a model of its kind, and one in which every plant taken in hand is cultivated
to perfection, 1s the least that can be said of the Orchid and new plant nursery of Brussels. ”
J. O’B.— Garpeners’ Curonicie, April 28, 1894, p. 528.

MESSRS. LINDEN will be happy to quote price and size on application of anything they
have in cultivation.

AMATEURS and NURSERYMEN visiting the Continent are specially invited to favour
Messrs. Linpens’ establishment with a call, when a cordial reception will be given them. English
visitors will find an English welcome.

FOR COLONISTS. — Messrs. Linpen beg to announce that, notwithstanding their numerous
Collectors in Foreign Parts, they are always open to purchase Fine Orchids from all parts of
the world, and residents abroad are earnestly invited to correspond with them on the subject.

MESSRS. LINDEN, having a large staff of experienced Packers, the utmost reliance may

be placed on their skill and care, and orders may be safely entrusted to them from any quarter
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CATTLEYA MOSSIAE nook. var. REINECKEANA Hort. subvar. EXQUISITA Horr,

CATTLEYA MOSSIAE Hook. var. ALBA HorT. subvar. COELESTIS wort.

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CATTLEYA MOSSIAE ook. ee REINECKEANA norr.
subvar. EXQUISITA HORT.

CATTLEYA MOSSIAE sock. va ATR
subvar. COELESTIS HORT.

CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 15.

Cattleya Mossiae. Vide Lindenia, IV, p. 85. :

10 Var. Reineckeana. Floribus albis, labelli disco luteo, lobi anterioris media cette purpureo striata.
Cattleya Reineckeana RCHB. F. Bonpl., IV, p. 327.

Subvar. exquisita. Labelli lobo anteriore toto purpureo reticulato.

Subvar. exquisita Hort., Fourn. des Orch., V1, p. 122.

2° Var. alba. Floribus albis, praeter labelli discum luteo ‘maculatum.

Subvar. coelestis. Lobi anterioris media parte parce violaceo-coeruleo striata.

Subvar. coelestis Hort. Fourn. des Orch., V1, p. 122.

attleya Mossiae var. Reineckeana is well known as one of the most
charming and delicate varieties of the whole genus. The sub-variety
baseeces| exquisita, figured on our plate, is of a superior beauty, and was very
much admired at a meeting of L’Orcuipéenne, on June g last. Our readers
will find its description in the annexed article, together with that of C. Mosszae
alba coelestis, a quite distinct form having a light blue stain on the lip, and with
a number of other choice varieties.

THE FINE SERIES OF VARIETIES OF CATTLEYA MOSSIAE ON
SHOW AT & L’HORTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE »

The account of the last meeting of “ L’ORCHIDEENNE, , the Brussels Society of
Orchidists, which has partly appeared in the Fournal des Orchidées, conveys to those
amateurs who did not attend the meeting in Brussels on the 9 and 10" June, an
unhappily feeble impression of the marvels that had been brought together by the principle

Belgian Orchidists, the great point of attraction being the vast group of 200 flowered —

Cattleya Mossiae under the Central. Pavillon of the winter garden, exhibited by
Messrs LINDEN.
The numerous visitors were astonished at the multitude of new varieties, nearly

all distinct from each other and abounding in such gorgeous colours, that no one could |

help but admire them. — Connoisseurs could not determine to which to give the palm,

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those before the eye always appearing the most beautiful — everyone was enraptured with
the incomparable richness revealed by this popular Orchid, from which it seemed almost
impossible to discover anything new.

This marvellous display of bloom was however far from exhausted, to the first batch
of fine varieties that opened, there succeeded others perhaps still finer — and 10 or 12
days after the meeting Messrs Linpen had formed a new group of fresh varieties —
distinctly superior to the first in point of brilliancy and splendour. Revisiting L’Hor-
TICULTURE INTERNATIONALE on June 20‘, I was somewhat surprised to find in the
Central Pavillon, the group of the 200 Cattleya Mossiae that I had admired on the ot.
My surprise was still further increased when I perceived that the plants had been renewed,
the varieties rewarded by the jury had already been divided up and placed into stock,
and their place taken by others, and still the houses reserved for Cattleyas were full
of varieties equally superb — probably five to ten thousand flowers expanded in all
their beauty. !

It is quite impossible to convey an adequate idea of their infinite variation, and
only by seeing for oneself can any conception of their magnificence be formed. —
Nevertheless it may be interesting to note the distinctive characteristics of a few here
and there, and I have made a list of some of the varieties which may afford the reader
some pleasure in running through and perhaps serve for future reference.

The following is a brief enumeration : —

Var. Jupiter. — Petals and sepals bright rose, the centre of the lip being red-
purple bordered with pale rose, the sides of the throat spotted yellow and striped with
brown.

Var. conspicua. — Lip beautifully fringed with a large purple blotch in the centre
spreading out and fan-shaped towards the front of the lip — the sides of the throat are
orange yellow.

Var. Victoriae. — Sepals and petals soft rose, the latter of great size, lip bright
red, covered with a net-work of purple veins, at the sides of the throat is a large
zone of white, having at the base a blotch of orange yellow, the margin is narrowly
bordered rose.

Var. Miss. — Sepals and petals pale rosy lilac, labellum white with some purple
veins running from the anterior of the tube — the sides of the throat are slightly blotched
with golden yellow.

Var. ignea. — Sepals and petals soft rose, labellum soft rose, stained on the front
with fiery red, the blotches at the sides of the throat are very large and are orange yellow
striped with brown.

Var. aurantiaca. — Sepals and petals warm rosy lilac, the superior half of the front
lobe of the labellum is covered by a large orange yellow blotch, with a net-work of brown
veins, in front is a large streak of brillant red running up towards the tube in a central
line — the border is bright rose.

Var. micans. — Sepals and petals very brillant rose — the tube also — centre of
the lip soft purple, bordered rose, the middle of the throat is bright orange.

Var. citrina. — Sepals and petals soft rose, lip very large, the margin beautifully
wavy and fringed — area white with a large citron yellow blotch at the entrance of the
throat, channelled in front with soft reddish violet spread out like a fan.

Var. delicatissima. — Pale rose, large round lip, border beautifully fringed, white,

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CATTLEYA MOSSIAE Hook. VARIETATES.

VAR. AMPLISSIMA. VAR. ARDENS.
VAR. IMPERATOR. VAR. MAGENTA.
VAR. EXIMIA. VAR. AUROSA.

VAR. MIREILLE.

e to-day publish our first double-sized plate, which we trust will offer
some interest to our readers, according to our endeavour.

‘ For the amateurs who cannot compare their blooms with others
it is often a difficult task to know the real value of a particular form in their
: collection, and when certain very variable Orchids, as Cattleya Mossiae, C. Trianae,
C. Mendeli, Odontoglossum crispum, are to be dealt with, a written description is
quite insufficient. It is for these reasons that we think it well to give to our
readers some terms of comparison by grouping together, on one plate, several of
the most distinct and beautiful varieties, which can be taken for excellent
patterns, as well for their large size as for their bright or delicate colouring.

(Concluded from p. 6.)

bordered pale rose stained pale rose in the centre, with a double blotch of orange yellow,
slightly extended each ‘side of the throat.

Var. deliciosa. — Warm rose, with a red blotch spotted with purple on the front
of the labellum which is bordered with pale rose, the entrance to the throat is primrose
yellow.

Var. amethystina. — Soft rosy lilac, the lip is covered by a large uniformly coloured
blotch of velvety reddish amethyst, with a pale rose margin beautifully crisped and fringed,
the entrance to the throat is primrose yellow, not quite extending to the sides.

Var. citrata. — Soft rosy lilac lip, covered in the centre with deep red veins, at the
entrance of the throat there is a large citron yellow zone.

Var. eximia. — Soft rose, lip very large and beautifully fringed round the margin,
very dark purple in the centre, fording towards the anterior part, and margined white,
upper part of disk orange yellow.

Var. aurantiaca lineata. — Labellum rose covered with a loose net-work of reddish
purple veins, the side blotches of the throat run far down to the front of the labellum
and up the sides of the tube, margin white beautifully waved.

Var. amplissima. — A magnificent variety with very large sepals and petals, finely
waved and fringed — red covered with a network of a brighter shade; at the entrance of
the tube are two small yellow blotches.

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Var. spectabilis. — Sepals and petals warm rose, lip a lively rose veined with
purple and bordered with light rose, at the entrance of the throat is a large band of
golden yellow, streaked with brown.

Var. bella. — Sepals and petals soft rose, the latter being of remarkable size, the
lip very large and round, a large bright red centre, surrounded by an area of white,
with a beautiful rose border — at the sides of the throat are faint yellow blotches.

Var. imperator. — Sepals and petals pale rose with a border of a brighter shade,
labellum very large, of a splendid form, waved, dark velvety red, bordered with white, at
the lower part of throat a large transverse band of orange yellow, deepening in colour to
the central zone of red — one of the most lovely Cattleyas known.

Var. Ambassador. — Rose, lip bright reddish purple, throat orange yellow running
down on to the lip, margined pale rose, beautifully crisped and fringed.

Var. roseola. — Sepals and petals pale rose, brighter towards the margin, labellum
pale rose, with a semi-circular zone of primrose yellow above the disk, veined with a
net work of purple-margin white and charmingly fringed.

Var. Brillant. — Sepals and petals bright rose, tube red, anterior lobe very dark red,
bordered white, finely fringed, on each side of throat a yellow blotch streaked with brown.
Var. Comtesse. — Sepals and petals warm rose, the latter very large, lip white with a

large purple veined red blotch on the central area, the throat is bright orange yellow, the
margins are very wavy and prettily crimped.

Var. Duc de Nassau. — Soft rose, labellum dark red — and rather extended, on the
disk a large, deep orange blotch.

Var. Wiertz. — Sepals and petals bright rose, the lower part of the lip pale rose,
the upper being bright orange bordered pale rose and finely fringed and waved.

Var. Comte de Flandre. — Sepals and petals warm rose, the latter very broad,
incurved, labellum large and round rich purple with a pale rose border, orange yellow
above the disk.

Var. Capitaine. — Lively rose, labellum fiery crimson, borders undulated and fringed,
the sides of throat white, stained with pale yellow at the base.

Var. excelsior. — Warm rose, labellum very large, beautifully fringed, velvety red,

margined white, large yellow blotches at sides of throat, the petals of this variety are

very broad.

Var. Vivid. — Petals very large, brillant rose, labellum very large, pale rose,
traced with dark red in the centre, on the disk, a large golden yellow blotch, covering
nearly the half of the anterior lobe. 3

Var. Rubens. — Sepals and petals rosy lilac, the latter very broad. — Grand
shaped labellum, having at each side of the throat two large white blotches stained
with dark yellow at the base and in the centre a trail of velvety red enlarging towards
the front. — Margin rose, fringed and wavy.

Var. aurosa. — Flower very large, bright rose, lip very large, fringed round the
margin, centre lined with red, bordered rose, a large orange blotch above the disk.
_ Var. rose Diamond. — Sepals and petals very large undulated, bright rose, labellum
deep reddish purple, margined pale rose, blotches of disk very large, bright yellow.

Var. Pacha. — Warm rosy. lilac, lip ample, very vivid red with a fine border of
clear rose, beautifully fringed, throat blotched with bright yellow and striped with
brown expanding lines.

Var. tessellata. — Petals and sepals bright rose the latter very large, labellum of

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CATTLEYA MOSSIAE soox. var. LINDEN'S CHAMPION sos.

CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 15.
Cattleya Mossiae. Vide Lindenia, IV, p. 85. :
Var. Linden’s Champion Hort., Fourn. des Orch., VI, p. 122.

his is beyond doubt one of the noblest and brightest known varieties
of C. Mossiae. The effect of its massive flowers was very striking among
; the large group described by M. pe Bosscuere, which included a
RibeE of choice varieties; the very large and broad lip, fimbriate along the
margin, and the purple-crimson blotch of the front-lobe, attracted every one’s
attention. ;

C. Mossiae Linden’s Champion flowered a few days later than the greater part
of the strain, and could not therefore be exhibited at the meeting of L’Orcut-
DEENNE, On June gth. It may be well surmised that the committee would have
granted it the highest award, for it was very much admired by all amateurs who
could see it afterwards.

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great size with fringed and wavy margins, bright crimson, with a series of darker veins
running through, bordered rose, at entrance of throat two pale yellow blotches.

Var. Colonel. — Glowing rose, large lip, front area blotches fiery crimsom, bordered
with pale rose, nearly white, much undulated aud fringed, large yellow blotches in the
throat, streaked with fawn-coloured lines.

Var. juvenilis. — Sepals and petals soft rose, margined deeper rose, labellum intense
purple extending towards the tube in a large median line, throat yellow — margins rose,
much undulated and fringed, tube bright rose; very distinct.

Var. aurea. — Brilliant rose, a large fiery crimson blotch on central area of the lip
and golden yellow at the base, margined pale rose wavy and fringed.
Var. ardens. — Petals and sepals very large, brilliant rose, labellum very large,

undulated, at the entrance of tube a massive golden blotch streaked with brown, centre
area fiery crimson-purple margined with white.

Var. Juno. — Sepals and petals soft rose, lip purple red bordered pale rose, a large
transverse stripe of golden yellow bars the entrance of the tube and covers the edges
of the lateral lobes.

Var. Mireille. — The entire flower is of a soft rosy lilac, the lip is superbly formed,
having several large undulations upon the edges and beautifully fringed all round, at each

side is a large white stain, the disk is bright orange lightly striped with brown.
Var. magenta. — Sepals and petals very large, soft rose, with a nearly white band

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running along the median vein, the lip is of a beautiful magenta purple, surrounded by a
broad white margin exquisitely fringed, two small brownish yellow blotches occupy the
sides of the throat.

Var. lilacina. — Vivid rosy lilac, lip covered by a large crimson blotch of uniform
colour, margined white, the throat is blotched with brilliant yellow.

Var. alba coelestis. — Sepals and petals white, the latter very large and broad,
lip very large, beautifully fringed, pure white — the centre of tube bright chrome yellow
the front central portion of the lip is stained with a lovely violet blue. — An exquisite
and remarkable variety.

Var. Reineckeana exquisita. — Petals and sepals pure white, labellum white, with
vivid crimson stripes and veins, far more extended and distinct than in the ordinary form
of Reineckeana, the throat is pale lemon yellow.

Var. Marechal. — Sepals and petals bright rose, the latter very broad, lip very large,
deep crimson with rose-coloured margin, prettily fimbriated, the sides of the throat are
blotched with orange yellow dotted crimson.

Var. Amiral. — Sepals and petals bright rose, the latter very large, lip large and
round, deep fiery crimson, forked in the anterior part, the area is bordered with pale
rose — the yellow blotches are only slightly extended.

Var. Linden’s Champion. — Flowers of the largest size, and of most perfect shape
— petals and sepals enormous, of a beautiful rose colour, the lip is also of immense
size, oblong, very much undulated and fringed at the edges, a large velvety red-purple
blotch covers the centre area, surrounded by a white margin, the edge being pale rose —
the throat has two large bright orange-yellow blotches. This is the “ nec plus ultra ”
of Catileya Mossiae.

I have tried my best to do justice to this magnificent series of new varieties chosen
from amongst thousands, but I must confess that no written words are capable of picturing
their beauty, delicacy or richness. Numerous amateurs have been to see and admire the
display since the meeting of June 9", and they may control the fidelity of my notes.
What a pity that such a group was not shown in the Great Exhibitions of neighbouring
countries! In London for example, at the Temple, or at Manchester, at Paris or in other
similar shows!! There has never been to my knowledge such a collection of ideal varieties
of one particular species — and what a species! brought together.

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ORCHIDEES RECOMMANDEES

CYCNOCHES CHLOROCHILON. — Cette remarquable Orchidée vient de fleurir, en
excitant comme toujours beaucoup de curiosité. Les fleurs des Cycnoches peuvent étre
rangées, avec celles des Coryanthes, parmi les plus grandes de cette famille, et elles ont
une forme singuliére qui surprend vivement les profanes. Quoique cette espéce ne posséde
pas un coloris aussi attrayant que le C. Loddigesi, elle ne mérite pas moins de figurer
dans toute collection d’amateur.

Les Cycnoches se cultivent 4 peu prés de la méme facon que les Catasetum et
Mormodes, auxquels ils ressemblent beaucoup par le port. Ils réussissent facilement
en serre chaude, avec des arrosages abondants, et forment chez moi des bulbes trés
volumineux.

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VANDA MARRIOTTIANA. — Un amateur me demandait tout récemment des ren-
Seignements sur ce beau Vanda, qui avait fleuri dans sa collection au mois de juin, et
dont la ressemblance avec un Phalaenopsis Vintriguait beaucoup.

Ce n’est pas une espéce, mais une variété du V. Parishi, qui a été découvert en 1862
par le vaillant explorateur dont il porte le nom. La variété Marriottiana, qui est beaucoup
plus belle au point de vue du coloris, est assez analogue a ce point de vue au Phalaenopsis
Luddemanniana ; elle a les pétales et les sépales d’un rouge légérement nuancé de brun,
avec un peu de blanc 4 la hase, et le labelle petit comme dans tous les Vanda, entiérement
rouge magenta pourpré.

Au point de vue de la culture, cette plante n’offre qu’une particularité, c’est sa petite
taille, qui permet de la cultiver en panier suspendu prés du vitrage. Elle réclame des
atrosages trés abondants pendant la végétation, et beaucoup de soleil pendant tout le cours
de l’année.

ONCIDIUM AMPLIATUM MAJUS. — Sa floraison est terminée depuis plus d’un
mois, et la végétation est maintenant assez avancée; par suite les arrosages devront étre
abondants, et les plantes devront étre placées le plus prés possible du vitrage, ce qui
profite au développement des pousses.

Cet Oncidium est un des plus recherchés des amateurs, et sa popularité est trés
légitime; ses fleurs sont disposées en grappes nombreuses et multiflores, trés ramifiées et
en méme temps trés denses; elles ont une forme élégante, et l’attention est surtout attirée
par le labelle trés ample, largement étalé, d’un coloris jaune pur extrémement vif.

Cette espece a les pseudobulbes trés comprimés, presque plats, et appliqués les uns

contre les autres; a cause de cette particularité de forme, elle est facile a cultiver sur
tronc ou sur bloc, et dans ce cas on doit l’arroser trés fréquemment.

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ACINETA HRUBYANA. — Les Acineta sont trés remarquables par la forme globu-
leuse de leurs fleurs, leur grosseur, et leur curieuse disposition en grappe dense pendante.
L’A. Hrubyana, moins connu et beaucoup plus rare que la plupart de ses congénéres,

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est cependant un des plus remarquables. Ses fleurs, A en juger au moins par la plante que
j'ai vue en fleurs il y a deux ou trois mois, sont particuligrement nombreuses (24 sur une
inflorescence), et elles sont d’une grandeur exceptionnelle. Leur coloris blanc ivoire, -
seulement pointillé de rouge brunatre, est trés attrayant, et je considére cette espéce
comme fort probablement la plus belle du genre entier. :

Les Acineta, cultivés en serre tempérée, réussissent admirablement et forment des
pseudobulbes trés vigoureux.
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AERIDES HOULLETIANUM. — Les fleurs de cette espece assez rare sont grandes
et d’un charmant coloris, maculé et strié de rouge pourpre sur le labelle, et au moment
de l’été ot elles apparaissent elles ne peuvent manquer d’étre vivement appréciées par les —
amateurs. ; hes

Cette espéce fut décrite pour la premiére fois en 1872 par REICHENBACH, qui indi-
quait les pétales et sépales comme étant d’un brun jaunatre, en ajoutant entre parenthéses
« brun Bismarck. » J’ignore quelle est cette nuance, mais je constate que les pétales et
les sépales de l’A. Houlletianum sont jaunes, d’un jaune mat et translucide, ot je ne vois
pas trace de brun.

L’A. Mendeli, trés voisin de celui-ci, est décrit comme ayant les segments blancs, et
cependant REICHENBACH le donne comme synonyme al’A. Houlletianum.

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_ Aganisia ionoptera, Catasetum saccatum, Cattleya Buyssoniana, Cattleya
x parthenia, Cattleya Rex, Cattleya Warocqueana var. amethystina ,
Cochlioda Nétzliana, Cypripedium X Bragaianum, Cypripedium > Des-
boisianum, Cypripedium X Engelhardtae, Cypripedium Stonei, Dendrobium

Phalaenopsis, Laelia purpurata, Laelia purpurata var. alba, Mormodes Law-
renceanum, Odontoglossum Bergmani, Odontoglossum Claesianum, Onci-
dium lamelligerum, Oncidium Leopoldianum, Peristeria aspersa, Phalaenopsis
Lowi, Phalaenopsis speciosa, Zygopetalum Gautieri, Zygopetalum Lindeniae.

2nd Volume

Aerides suavissimum, Anguloa uniflora var. Treyerani, Burlingtonia pu-
bescens, Catasetum barbatum var. spinosum, Cattleya bicolor, Cattleya x
Hardyana var. Laversinensis, Coryanthes leucocorys, Cycnoches peruvianum,
Cypripedium X vexillarium, Dendrobium x Ainsworthi, Dendrobium leuco-
lophotum, Dendrobium superbiens, Diacrium bicornutum, Disa grandiflora,

Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa, Laelia purpurata var. rosea, Laeliocattleya
X Arnoldiana, Masdevallia coriacea, Mormodes Rolfeanum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. xanthotes, Phalaenopsis violacea, Rhynchostylis coelestis, Sele-
nipedium X calurum, Trichocentrum triquetrum.

3 Volume

Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, Cypripedium exul var. Imschootianum, Den-
drobium bigibbum var. albo-marginatum, Epidendrum Capartianum, Eulo-
phiella Elisabethae, Habenaria militaris, Houlletia odoratissima, Lycaste
lasioglossa, Miltonia Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum X excellens var. dellense,
Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Lindeniae, Odontoglossum praestans, Peris-

teria Lindeni, Phaius tuberculosus, Saccolabium bellinum, Saccolabium
Hendersonianum, Selenipedium caudatum var. Uropedium, Sobralia violacea,
Stanhopea eburnea, Stanhopea Moliana, Stanhopea Wardii var. venusta,
Stauropsis Warocqueana, Trichopilia brevis, Zygopetalum cerinum.

4 Volume

Anguloa uniflora var. eburnea, Bulbophyllum anceps, Bulbophyllum
Dearei, Cattleya Aclandiae, Cattleya Alexandrae var. elegans, Cattleya
Alexandrae var. tenebrosa, Cattleya < Brymeriana, Cattleya Dowiana var.
Statteriana, Cattleya >< Hardyana var. Gardeniana, Coryanthes macro-
corys, Cypripedium Leonae, Cyrtopodium punctatum, Dendrobium Mac-

Carthiae, Dendrobium nobile var. Cooksonianum, Epidendrum Wallisi,
Grammangis Ellisii, Laeliocattleya elegans var. Broomeana, Miltonia
vexillaria var. virginalis, Odontoglossum Insleayi var. Imschootianum,
Odontoglossum nebulosum, Stanhopea insignis, Vanda insignis, Zygopetalum
graminifolium, Zygopetalum (Warscewiczella) Lindeni.

5 Volume

Angraecum articulatum, Batemannia Colleyi, Brassia bicolor, Cattleya
amethystoglossa var. rosea, Cattleya Hardyana var. Statteriana, Cattleya
labiata, Cattleya Mossiae var. Mendeli, Chysis bractescens, Coelogyne
Hookeriana, Colax jugosus, Cypripedium Lucienianum, Cypripedium me-
moria Moensi, Cyrtopodium Aliciae, Laelia < Oweniae, Laeliocattleya

amoena var. delicata, Lycaste macrobulbon var. Youngi, Lycaste Skinneri
var. purpurea, Masdevallia Harryana varietates, Maxillaria callichroma,
Miltonia Warscewiczi, Mormodes igneum var. maculatum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. Ferrierense, Phalaenopsis Liiddemanniana, Vanda tricolor var.
planilabris.

6 Volume

Aerides Lawrenceae, Aganisia lepida, Catasetum Imschootianum, Cata-
setum Rodigasianum var. tenebrosum, Cattleya Aclandiae var. salmonea,
Cattleya Eldorado var. Treyeranae, Cattleya velutina, Chondrorhyncha
Chestertoni, Cymbidium grandiflorum var. punctatum, Cymbidium Lowia-
num, Cypripedium > Claudii, Cypripedium % conco-Lawre, Cypripedium
X Lathamianum, Cypripedium >< Lawrebel, Cypripedium philippinense,

Cypripedium >< Weathersianum, Galeandra Claesii, Laelia purpurata var.
astuosa, Laeliocattleya >< eximia, Lycaste cinnabarina, Masdevallia ><
Pourbaixi, Maxillaria striata, Odontoglossum Thompsonianum, Odonto-
glossum Triomphe de Rambouillet, Vanda tricolor var. Hoveae, Zygope-
talum grandiflorum.

7 Volume

Cattleya Aclandiae var. tigrina, Cattleya Eldorado var. Lindeni, Cattleya
Eldorado var. Oweni, Cattleya Trianae var. Caparti, Cymbidium eburneum,
Cypripedium > Dallemagnei, Cypripedium > Gibezianum, Cypripedium
Godefroyae var. leucochilum, Cypripedium insigne var. montanum, Dendro-
bium Wardianum var. Lindeniae, Laelia X juvenilis, Laelio-Cattleya x
Cauwenberghei, Laelio-Cattleya X elegans var. leucotata, Lycaste Im-

schootiana, Lycaste Luciani, Masdevallia Davisi, Maxillaria mirabilis, Odon-
toglossum cirrhosum, Odontoglossum cordatum var, aureum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. Dallemagneae, Odontoglossum crispum yar. ocellatum, Odon-
toglossum crispum var. Waltonense, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Cha-
beriae, Trichopilia suavis, Zygopetalum intermedium var. peruvianum.

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SACCOLABIUM AMPULLACEUM uot.
THE AMPULLACEOUS SACCOLABIUM.

SACCOLABIUM. Vide Lindenia, U1, p. 99.
Saccolabium ampullaceum. Caule brevissimo, foliis crassissimis distichis’ ligulatis canaliculatis apice truncatis
dentatis, racemis oblongis erectis foliis multo’ brevioribus, sepalis petalisque ovatis patentibus subaequalibus, labello
angusto acuminato concavo calcare compresso pendulo duplo breviore.
Saccolabium ampullaceum LinDL. in Sert. Orch., t, 17; Fourn. Linn. Soc., Il, p. 35; Paxt. Mag. Bot., XIII,
P. 49; Bot. Mag., pl. 5595; Fl. Mag., pl. 393; WILL. Orch. Alb., IV, pl. 191; Hoox., Fl. Brit, Ind., VI, p. 64.
| Aerides ampullaceum Roxs., Fl. Ind., Ul, p. 476.

) accolabium ampullaceum is a native of Sylhet, where it was discovered in
1813 by Roxpurcu; it was also found by Hooxer and Een in
Sikkim, about 1100 to 3000 feet above the sea-level. ;

a drawing belonging to the East Indian Company. It flowered a short time later
at Chatsworth and in other collections, but it was not before 1865 that it became
generally distributed in the gardens.

It is a charming little plant, of dwarf habit, like S. Tint but
giving a free and very pleasing display of flowers, which form a very dense oblong
raceme ; they are individually provided with a slender spur, one time again as
long as the flower. The colour is a bright rosy carmine; the column is pure white
and the anther yellow. _

Being of dwarf habit, it may be advantageously treated in baskets or teak
cylinders, hanging from the roof, and thrives well under a regular temperature of
18 to 22° C., in a very moist and bright atmosphere. It requires scarcely shading,
as it leaves are thick and leathery, but in summer the humidity of the house
must be maintained to near the saturation point, and the compost always alive
and moist.

Le Saccolabium ampullaceum est originaire du Sylhet, od il fut découvert
en 1813 par Roxsurcu; il a ete signalé par Hooxer et THomson, dans le

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Sikkim, 4 une altitude de 350 a ‘Iooo meétres.

Il fut figuré pour la premiére fois par Linpizy dans le Sertum Orchidearum,
en 1838; cette planche était la copie d’un dessin appartenant A la East India

It was first figured by D' Linney in 1838, in his Sertum Orchidearum, after

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Company. Peu de temps aprés, il fleurit 4 Chatsworth et dans d’autres collec-
tions, mais ce n’est que vers 1865 qu'il fut réellement répandu dans les cultures.

C’est une charmante petite plante, de port nain comme le S. Hendersonianum
et ne dépassant guére 15 centimétres de hauteur, mais produisant une floraison
abondante et trés remarquable. Les fleurs sont disposées en racémes trés serrés,
formant une masse compacte, oblongue, d’un superbe effet. Elles sont remar-
quables, au point de vue botanique, par la longueur de l’éperon, deux fois
aussi long que la fleur elle-méme, et présentant vers le sommet une sorte de
renflement ou d’ampoule, a laquelle fait allusion le nom spécifique, particula-
rité qui s’observe également dans plusieurs Angraecum. Elles ont un coloris
rose carminé vif trés attrayant; lorsqu’on regarde chaque fleur en détail, on
remarque, se détachant sur ce fond, la colonne blanc pur et l’anthére jaune.
Mais 4 quelque distance, on n’apergoit qu’une superbe hampe rose vif.

Grace a sa petite taille, ce Saccolabium peut étre cultivé avec avantage en
panier suspendu, et orne d’une fagon ravissante la partie supérieure de la serre
chaude. Il se cultive avec une température réguliére de 18 a 22°C., beaucoup
d’humidité et de lumiére en toute saison. Ses feuilles coriaces et épaisses ne
craignent guére le soleil, et il est rarement nécessaire de l’ombrer, mais en été
le cultivateur doit fréquemment humecter le compost et renouveler l’humidité
de l’atmosphére.

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EULOPHIA CONGOENSIS cocn.

THE CONGOLAN EULOPHIA.

EULOPHIA. Sepala subaequilonga, inter se libera, lateralia patentia interdum basi columnae adnata. Petala

sepalo postico similia vel vix latiora, cum eo patentia vel erecto conniventia. Labellum a basi columnae erectum,
supra basin brevissime contractum, inter sepala lateralia in gibbum saccum vel calcar.productum ; lobi laterales erecti,
columnam amplectentes vel rarius obsoleti, medius patens vel recurvus, saepius latus, integer vel bilobus ; discus
medio varie cristatus vel lamellatus. Columna brevis, crassa, apoda, saepius bialata; clinandrium valde obliquum

~ erectum, integrum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, semi-globosa, obtuse conica vel acuminata, biappen-

diculata vel interdum bicornuta, imperfecte bilocularis ; pollinia 4, ovoidea, cerea, per paria saepius connexa, postico
minore, inappendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti brevi vel rarius elongata glandulae disciformis rostelli annexae.
Capsula ovoidea vel oblonga, rarius elongata, erostris, pendula, costis prominulis crassiusculis.

Herbae terrestres, caulibus foliatis basi demum in pseudobulbos saepius anguste oblongos vel elongatos incrassatis.
Folia disticha, saepius angusta, elongata, plicato-venosa. Scapi vel pedunculi aphylli multivaginati, ad basin caulis
foliati laterales. Racemus simplex vel laxe paniculato-ramosus. Flores mediocres vel parvuli, pedicellati, conferti vel
dissiti. Bracteae membranaceae, longiusculae vel parvae. ;

Eulophia R. BR. in Bot. Reg., sub. tab. 686 (1823). — LINDL. Gen. and Sp. Orch., p. 180 (1833). — BENTH.
et Hook. F. Gen. Pl., Il, p. 535 (1883). — L. Linp., Orchid. exot., p. 767 (1894). — Coan. in Fourn. des Orch.,
VI, p. 175 (1895). i

Eulophus R. BR. in Bot. Reg., sub. tab. 578 (1821 — nomen tantum).

Cyrtopera LINDL. Gen. and Sp. Orch., p. 189 (1833).

Orthochilus HocustT..in A. Ricu. Fl. Abyss. II, p. 284, tab. 82 (1851).

Eulophia congoensis. Pseudobulbis parvis, late globoso-conicis, transverse pluriannulatis, plurifoliatis ; foliis
majusculis, oblongo lanceolatis, acutis, inferne in petiolum longe attenuatis ; scapo erecto teretiusculo, usque ad
medium multifloro, foliis multo longiore; bracteis lanceolato-linearibus, longe acuminatis, pedicellis subaequilongis ;
floribus magnis, erecto-patulis, longiuscule pedicellatis; sepalis petalisque aequilongis, oblongo-lanceolatis, breviter
acuminatis 5-7 nerviis, planis, erecto-patulis, unilateralibus, sepalis lateralibus dorso subcristatis; labello membranaceo,
petalis subduplo longiore, trilobato, lobis lateralibus minutis erectis subrotundatis margine interiore cum columna
leviter cohaerentibus, lobo terminali amplo late obovato apice subtruncato margine integerrimo, disco ‘nudo basi ad
medium leviter incrassato ; calcari nutante, gracillimo, subrecto, pedicellis aequilongo ; columna brevi, recta, dorso
valde compressa et plana, margine crasse alata; anthera depressa, apice cornibus 2 acutis valde divergentibus ornata.

Eulophia congoensis CoGN. in Fourn. des Orchid., VI, p. 155 (1895):

he beautiful Eulophia figured on our annexed plate was introduced
from Congo by Messrs Linpen, L’HorricutturE INTERNATIONALE, and
# flowered for the first time at their establishment.

It is closely allied to E. guwineensis R. Br., a species which inhabits various
districts of central and specially western tropical Africa; but the colour is quite

different in the two species; moreover, the latter has notably narrower and more
shortly petiolate leaves; the sepals and sepals strongly twisted, instead of flat ;
the front lobe of the lip ovate, acute at the apex and undulate-crenulate along
the margin, with the spur more or less bent upwards, and the column curved

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in front and somewhat keeled on the back. These differences, taken together,
are sufficient, in our mind, to allow of considering the two plants as well distinct
specifical types.

La charmante espéce d’Eulophia figurée ci-contre est originaire du Congo
et a fleuri dans les serres de L’Horricutture INTERNATIONALE durant tout le
mois de juillet dernier.

Ses pseudobulbes sont assez petits, plus ou moins agglomérés, largement
globuleux-coniques, hauts de 3 c™, larges a la base de 3 1/2 c™, marqués de
plusieurs anneaux transversaux qui sont les cicatrices des anciennes feuilles,
surmontés de plusieurs feuilles. Celles-ci sont assez grandes, dressées-étalées, a
sommet assez fortement contourné en dehors, oblongues-lanceolées, aigués,
longuement atténuées inférieurement et rétrécies en un long pétiole assez gréle et
profondément canaliculé, atteignant o™6 4 o™7 de longueur; le limbe proprement
dit est long de o™1g 4 020 et large de o™8. Le scape, qui nait latéralement de la
base des pseudobulbes, est dressé, droit, cylindrique, assez gréle, long de o™7o,
chargé d’assez nombreuses fleurs dans sa moitié supérieure; pédicelles dressés ou
un peu étalés, gréles, cylindriques, presque droits, longs de 12 4 14 m™. Bractées
étalées, linéaires-lancéolées, longuement acuminées, d’un vert clair légérement
saupoudré de rouge brunatre, longues de g-10 m™. Ovaire plus ou moins arqué,
a 6 légers sillons, vert nuancé de pourpre, long de 10-1r m™. Sépales et pétales
a peu pres de méme forme et de mémes dimensions, dressés-étalés, tous tournés
vers le haut en s’étalant un peu en éventail, plans, oblongs-lancéolées, bri¢vement
acuminés, 4 5 ou 7 fines nervures, longs de 22 4 24 m”, largesde 4 a 5 m™,
d'un pourpre violacé intense, un peu plus pales au sommet et vers les bords; les
sépales latéraux ont leur nervure médiane saillante en dehors presque en forme de
créte. Labelle membraneux, trilobé; lobes latéraux trés petits, arrondis, dressés,
un peu adhérents par leur bord interne avec les bords de la colonne; lobe terminal
ample, presque plan, largement obovale, 4 sommet arrondi presque tronqué, a
bords trés entiers, d’un pourpre un peu nuancé de blanc, passant au blanchatre
vers la base, avec une large macule d’un pourpre violacé intense en dessous du
centre ou il est aussi un peu charnu, long de 3 1/2 c™, large supérieurement de
32-33 m™,; €peron descendant ordinairement le long du pédicelle; trés eréle,
presque droit, un peu obtus au sommet, dilaté a la base, long de 2 ie2-ce Gun
blanc verdatre un peu nuancé de pourpre. Colonne droite, fortement comprimée
d’avant en arriére, a dos plan, a bords amincis en ailes charnues, longue et large
de 8 m™, épaisse de 2 m™, blanchatre, fortement lavée de pourpre vers le
sommet et plus légérement sur les bords. Anthére déprimée, d’un fauve jaunatre
avec des points bruns, surmontée de deux cornes aigués, étalées horizontalement

et 4 pointe un peu recourbée. A. Coaniaux.

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THE ASTONISHING CATASETUM.

CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, vol. I, p. 59.

Catasetum stupendum. Foliis elongatis, oblongo-spathulatis acutiusculis, inferne longe attenuatis; scapo erecto
paucifloro; floribus amplis, longiuscule pedicellatis; sepalis membranaceis, anguste lanceolatis, acutissimis, margine
involutis, dorsali erecto non incurvo, lateralibus leviter incurvis patentissimis et leviter deflexis ; petalis membranaceis,
lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, erectis, sepalo dorsali arcte conniventibus; labello carnoso, pendulo, sepalis
lateralibus paullo breviore, obovato-suborbiculari, apice rotundato, non lobato margine inferna integerrimo lateraliter
superneque longiuscule inaequaliter fimbriato, limbo satis convexo superne obscure lateque costato supra basin pro-
fundiuscule angusteque saccato, sacci ore transverse dilatato margine antice posticeque prominente; columna longis-
sima, crassa, leviter clavata, apice longe rostrata, antennis elongatis divergentibus laevibusque.

Catasetum stupendum Coan. in Fourn. des Orchid., V1, p. 13 (1895).

his, one of the many novelties recently introduced, deserves certainly
attention on account of the size of its flowers, of their distinct colouring
and strange shape. It flowered for the first time during the last winter
among the collections of L’Horticutrure INTERNATIONALE, Brussels.

Like nearly all its congeners, this species is dicecious, and the flowers repre-
sented on our present plate are the male ones, the female ones being not known
yet. It belongs to Mr. Rorre’s section Myanthus, and to the first division of that
section.

It comes not very near to any species of the same group, although it bears
some general analogy to C. saccatum Lot., but it will be seen, at a glance on
the figure of this species (Lindenia, pl. 269), that the differences are numerous,
the lip notably having a very distinct form in the two species.

Parmi les nombreuses nouveautés que le genre Catasetum nous a fournies
dans ces derniers temps, celle-ci est certainement remarquable par les dimensions
de ses fleurs, par leur coloris spécial et surtout par leur conformation étrange.
Introduite du Pérou par L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, elle a fleuri l’hiver
dernier dans les serres de la célébre Société bruxelloise.

Le C. stupendum a des pseudobulbes coniques, un peu comprimés, hauts de
dix centimétres, d’un vert clair, couverts des débris des vieilles feuilles, réduites
a l’état de minces pellicules blanchatres. Feuilles longuement oblongues-spathu-
lées, un peu aigués, fortement atténuées inférieurement, a 5-7 nervures trés
saillantes 4 la face inférieure, d’un vert clair, dress¢es avec le sommet un peu

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réfléchi, atteignant o™38 de longueur sur o™05 de largeur. Grappes dressées,
laches, portant 4 ou 5 fleurs, 4 pédoncule assez gréle, d’un pourpre brun; pédicelles
dressés-étalés, d’un pourpre foncé, longs de o™05. Sépales membraneux, étroite-
ment lancéolés, trés aigus, assez concaves, 4 bords involutés, d’un brun foncé un
peu pourpré, légérement teintés de vert sur les bords et au sommet, longs de
6a 8c", larges de1a1 1/2 c™, le dorsal dressé, les latéraux trés étalés et un peu
défléchis, légérement incurvés. Pétales membraneux, linéaires-lancéolés, longue-
ment acuminés, connivents avec le sépale dorsal et de méme longueur que lui,
d’un brun foncé nuancé de vert surtout dans la partie supérieure. Labelle charnu,
pendant, long de 5 1/2 2 7 c™ sur 5 46c™ de largeur, 4 contour obovale-subor-
biculaire, A sommet arrondi, non lobé, a bords assez longuement et inégalement
fimbriés excepté vers la base ot ils sont entiers; limbe assez convexe, présentant
une sorte de large cdte dans sa partie supérieure, et un peu au-dessus de sa base
un sac étroit et profond, dont ouverture est dilatée transversalement et dont les.
bords sont un peu saillants, surtout en avant et en arriére ou ils forment presque
une dent; face supérieure d’un beau vert clair avec nombreuses petites macules
d’un brun pourpré, blanc autour de la poche; face inférieure d’un brun foncé vers
la base, le reste vert maculé et presque strié de brun pourpre. Colonne dressée,
épaisse, demi-cylindrique, un peu rétrécie inférieurement, surmontée d’un bec

long der 1/2 c™, longue en tout de 5-5 1/2 c™, d’un jaune verdatre, maculée de ©

brun pourprée dans la partie postérieure, ainsi qu’a la base en avant; antennes
allongées, d’un jaune verdatre, la droite 4 peine arquée projetée en avant et longue
de 2 1/2 4 3 c™, la gauche un peu plus courte, flexueuse et plus ou moins projetée
a droite.

Il est 4 remarquer que, comme presque toutes ses congénéres, cette espéce

-est dioique, et que notre description se rapporte exclusivement au pied male, celui
que représente notre planche et le seul qui soit connu jusqu’ici. Dans la classifica-

tion de M. Rotre, dont nous avons exposé les bases précédemment (Lindenia, X,
p. 54), elle doit étre rattachée a la section Myanthus, caractérisée par : « Fleurs
dioiques; labelle tourné en haut et concave en forme de casque dans les fleurs
femelles, tourné en bas et beaucoup plus plat dans les fleurs males; colonne munie
de deux antennes, tantdt l’une d’elles seulement, tantét les deux étant dirigées en
avant et sensitives. » Elle rentre dans la premiere division de cette section, celle
dans laquelle /es antennes sont dans des plans différents, l'une d'elles seulement étant

sensitive.

Elle n’a d’affinité bien grande avec aucune des espéces que nous connaissons:
dans ce groupe. Elle a bien quelque analogie avec le C. saccatum LopL.; mais il
suffira de jeter un coup d’ceil sur la figure qui représente ce dernier (Lindenia, VI,
pl. 269) pour constater les nombreuses différences qui les séparent, le labelle
entre autres étant de forme toute différente dans les deux espéces.

A. Coaniaux.

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VANDA PARISHI xcus. r. var. MARRIOTTIANA cuz.

THE REV. C. S. PARISH’S VANDA, SIR W. H. MARRIOTT’S VARIETY.

VANDA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 47.

Vanda Parishi. Sepalis petalisque cuneato oblongis acutis subundulatis, labelli auriculis angustis apice lineari
ligulatis, in calcar gibbum parvum basi exeuntibus, antice in laminam rhombeam sub apice gibbam, linea media
carinatam expansis, callo conico in basi laminae.

Planta minor ex icone parishiana nunc spithamaea; folia late ligulata apice inaequali biloba densa, valde
carnosa; pedunculus arrectus pauciflorus (8-florus) grandiflorus; sepala et petala flava maculis multis rotundis brunneis,
basi intus alba; labellum parte inferiori album striis geminis aurantiacis, parte anteriori violacea, columna alba; callus
in fundo conicus violaceus; caudicula longius ligulata sub polliniis, dilatata; glandula triangula.

Vanda Parishi Reus. F. in Xen. Orch., I, p. 138; Ip., Gard. Chron., 1870, p. 890. — WILL. Orch. Alb., I,
pl. 15. — Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind., VI, p. 51.

Var. Marriottiana. Petalis sepalisque malvaceo-roseis, rubro punctulatis; columna alba, purpureo-maculata;
labelli auriculis albis, purpureo striatis.

Var, Marriottiana RcuB. F. in Gard. Chron., 1880, p. 743. — WILL. Orch. Alb., II, pl. 61. — N. E. Br. in

Gard. Chron., 1883, p. 307. — Fourn. Orch., VI, 165.

anda Parisii bears the name of the well-known traveller to whom we
are indebted for so much valuable contributions to the flora of tropical

Asia, and by whom it was first introduced in 1862. The species was
lost sight off shortly afterwards, and re-appeared in the gardens only eight years
later, through an importation of Messrs Hucu Low & C°.

It is a native of Moulmein, and is apparently somewhat rare in its natural
state, having always been imported in small quantities. A few plants only of it
are to be found in the great collections.

The variety Mariottiana is far more richly coloured and more highly appre-
ciated than the type, and one of the gems of the indian house. It flowered for
the first time and was described in 1880. Its story was recently traced by the
well-known italian amateur, Mr. J. Ross, in a letter directed to the Fournal des
Orchidées.

Le Vanda Parishi porte le nom du célébre explorateur auquel sont dues tant
de précieuses découvertes dans la flore asiatique, et qui l’introduisit pour la
premiére fois en 1862. L’espéce fut perdue peu de temps aprés, et ne fit sa
réapparition dans les cultures qu’en 1870, grace 4 une importation de MM. Hucu
Low et C°. Elle est originaire du Moulmein, ot elle est probablement assez
rare A l’état naturel, car elle n’a jamais été importée en grandes quantités et

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d’exemplaires.

La variété Marriottiana, Nenicec plus riche comme coloris que le type et
beaucoup plus recherchée, est une des plus brillantes Orchidées de la serre
chaude. Elle a paru pour la premiére fois et a été décrite en 1880. Son histoire
a été retracée récemment par M. J. Ross, dans une lettre adressée au Fournal

- des Orchidées, de 1a fagon suivante :

« Ce Vanda fut découvert par Boxatt, le collecteur de Hucu ae et Cc,
dans les bois d’un de mes amis, prés de Mandalay, en Birmanie. Mon ami, en
accordant son consentement 4 M. Boxatt d’exploiter ses bois, lui a fourni aussi

~ ses grandes foréts indigénes, a condition qu’une part de tout ce qui serait trouvé,

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« Le hasard a voulu que j'ai eu tous les Vanda Parishi Marriottiana, qu’on

_croyait n’étre que le V. Parishi ordinaire.
« Ne sachant quoi faire de quelques centaines de ces plantes, jen ai fait

vendre aux enchéres chez STEVENS une quantité. La premiére a fleurir était
dans la collection de Sir Witi1am Marrort, et reconnue pour une nouveauté,

elle a recu'son nom. Trés peu de temps apres, plusieurs exemplaires ont fleuri
chez moi. Tant que je sais, la plante n’a pas été retrouvée, et je crois que les

plantes actuellement en culture dérivent de cette seule importation. »

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LAELIOCATTLEYA x SCHULZIANA tii.

Mr. JOHN SCHULZ’S LAELIOCATTLEYA.

LAELIOCATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, VII, p. 25.
Laeliocattleya X Schulziana L. Linp., infra.

= he present form, which we have much pleasure in dedicating to the
| distinguished Russian orchidist, Mr. Joun Scuuxz, is by no way less
S) beautiful than those previously figured in this work, and affords a proof
of how wide and charming is the range of variations offered by the crossing of
Laehocatileya x elegans with the numerous forms of Cattleya labiata. Its peculiar
merits are the elegant shape and the bright rosy lilac colour of the petals and
sepals, the large size and intense dark red hue of the lip. The plant, moreover,
is very floriferous, as it may be seen on the annexed plate.

Le croisement du Laeliocattleya x elegans avec les diverses variétés du
C. labiata fournit une série extrémement riche de formes distinctes et char-
mantes. Nous en avons déja publié plusieurs; celle que nous figurons aujourd’hui,
et que nous dédions a |’éminent amateur russe M. Joun Scuuzz, n’est pas moins
belle que ses devanciéres. Elle est remarquable par la forme trés élégante et
le coloris rose lilacé vif des pétales et sépales, par l’ampleur et Vintensité du
labelle rouge foncé, maculé jusque sur les bords supérieurs des lobes latéraux.
C'est, d’autre part, une plante trés florifére, comme on peut en juger d’aprés
notre planche, et elle sera vivement appréciée par tous les amateurs de ces belles
Orchidées de serre tempérée.

C’est surtout dans ce groupe que |’on peut concevoir la prodigieuse richesse
des ressources que nous offre l’hybridation. Chaque croisement de deux espéces
typiques produit déja un certain nombre de descendants distincts, ainsi qu’on
peut s’en rendre compte, par exemple, dans le cas du Cattleya x Hardyana: ce
n’est pas un seul hybride fixe qui est sorti de la fécondation croisée du C. gigas
et du C. aurea, mais une série de sept ou huit formes au moins, trés différentes
entre elles. Si l’on croise maintenant le C. x Hardyana avec une espéce nouvelle,
on est en droit d’espérer d’en obtenir un nombre considérable de variétés
distinctes. De méme, le Laeliocattleya x elegans, si variable 4 l'état naturel, en y

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rattachant la variété Schilleriana, fournira par son croisement avec les Carleva
ou les Laelia une mine féconde d’hybrides de haute valeur.

Tout récemment encore, son croisement avec le C. gigas a donné un
produit d’une trés grande beauté, le Laeliocattleya x Clonia. Une immense série
d’hybrides de Cattleya est encore en réserve, notamment dans les serres du
Parc Léopold, et l’on peut prédire qu’un avenir trés rapproché nous réveélera
des merveilles en nombre indéfini. C’est par milliers que l’on doit compter les
semis élevés actuellement 4 L’HorticuttureE INTERNATIONALE, A tous les degrés de

développement, et appartenant, non pas seulement aux genres les plus célébres ch:

les plus populaires, mais aussi a d’autres plus rares ou plus obscurs, quoique les
premiers, bien entendu, forment la trés grande majorité. L’expérience quoti-
dienne rend faciles les opérations qui paraissaient, il y a peu de temps, d’une
difficulté insurmontable. Les semis d’Odontoglossum poussent admirablement,

et certains Cattleya aussi vite que les Cypripedium. Rien n’est plus passionnant

que de suivre, jour par jour, la croissance de ces petites plantes dont chacune
est une énigme et promet tant d’heureuses surprises.

Aprés l’époque des grandes explorations, des découvertes capitales ef ches
vers 1840-1850, l’ére qui s’ouvre actuellement est celle ot il y aura le plus de
plaisir 4 étre orchidophile.

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CATTLEYA SKINNERI impr. var. OCULATA norr.

G. URE-SKINNER’S CATTLEYA, OCELLATE VARIETY.

CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 15.

Cattleya Skinneri. Pseudobulbis valde incrassatis oblongis basi attenuatis, foliis binis oblongis obtusis, pedun-
culo plurifloro, sepalis oblongis, petalis ovato-rotundis, labello panduriformi obscure trilobo, lobis lateralibus convo-
latis, terminali lato brevi retuso, disco canaliculato, columna perbrevi.

Cattleya Skinneri LinDL., Bot. Reg., 1840, Misc. 83. — BateoM., Orch. Mex. et Guatem., pl. 13. — PAXxT.,
Mag. Bot., XI, p. 193. — Bot. Mag., pl. 4270.

Epidendrum Hugelianum Reus. F. Xen. Orch., Il, p. 29.

Var. oculata Horv., passim.

attleya Skinneri was discovered in 1836 by G. Ure-Sxinner, to whom
it is dedicated. It is found in the low regions of Guatemala; D' OrrsTEp
and Warscewicz collected it also in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Its flowers are not amongst the largest in the genus, but they are very
numerous, rather broad and massive, and form in the aggregate a beautiful
display. When grown in large specimens, as those which are to be seen in
the great collections and at the shows of April and May, C. Skinneri is certainly
one of the most attracting Orchids.

The variety oculata is the best form of this species; its name refers to
the dark maroon purple blotch existing at the base of the lip. The whole flower
also is of a deeper colour.

In the regions of Central America where C. Skinneri grows, it is frequently
called Flor de San Sebastian, and we read in the Botanical Magazine that the
country people decorate the temples and shrines of their favourite saint with
a profusion of flowers of this species. This is not a unique case of a super-
stition or special favour attaching to Orchids in their native country, and it
must be acknowledged that it is not only in our refined civilization that their
beauty excits admiration.

Le Cattleya Skinnert fut découvert en 1836 par G. UrRE-Sxinner, a4 qui il
est dédié. II est originaire des régions basses du Guatemala, du Nicaragua et de
Costa Rica, et fut collecté dans ces deux derniéres régions par le D* OgrsTED et
par WARSCEWICZ.

Il est particuliérement remarquable par l’abondance et le coloris trés vif de

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ses fleurs. Celles-ci sont produites en bouquets de 6 42g ou Io, au sommet de
pédoncules assez courts, dépassant de peu les feuilles. Elles ne sont pas trés
grandes, mais assez larges, et elles produisent par leur masse un effet superbe.
Présenté en fort spécimen, comme on le voit assez fréquemment dans les grandes
collections ou aux expositions au mois d’avril ou mai, le Cattleya Skinneri est une
des Orchidées les plus attrayantes. |

La variété oculata se distingue par un coloris plus vif et l’existence dans la
gorge du labelle d’une tache brun pourpré sombre qui fait admirablement ressortir
le blanc pur de l’aire centrale. C’est la forme la plus appréciée de cette belle espéce.

Le C. Skinneri est fréquemment désigné, dans les régions de l’Amérique
Centrale d’ou il est originaire, sous le nom de Flor de San Sebastian, et il parait,

d'aprés le Botanical Magazine, que les indigénes ornent les temples et les autels
de leur saint favori d’une profusion de fleurs de cette espéce 4 l’époque de leur

épanouissement. Ce n’est pas d’ailleurs le seul exemple d’une superstition ou
d’une faveur spéciale se rattachant aux Orchidées dans leurs pays d'origine, et
il faut bien reconnaitre que leur beauté n’est pas, admirée seulement de nos civi-

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VANDA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 47.
Vanda spathulata. Foliis ovato-oblongis oblique rea racemis erectis multifloris foliis et caule multo

longioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis planis, labelli hypochilio antice bicalloso, epichilio rhomboideo apice

incurvo medio cristato, ovario hexagonoptero.
Species pulcherrima. Folia et racemi guttulis sanguineis notati. Biores aurei, immaculati, hypochitio intus albo.
Vanda spathulata SPRENG. Syst., 3, 719. — LINDL. Orchid. Pl, Vand,
Ponnampon Maravara SCHEEDE, 12, t. 3.
Efidendrum spathulatum Linn., Syst. Pl., 1348,
Limodorum spathulatum WiLuD., Sp., 4, 125.
Aerides maculatum SmiTH! in Rees. Suppl.
Hab. in Mysore. Buchanan, Wight (3 sp. comm. cel. Wight).

Itough known to science over fifty years, this beautiful golden yellow
_Vanda, which seems to inhabit a wide range, extending along the
S| Mysore Hills to Ceylon, has never been introduced to gardens, other
sah as an occasional plant, and therefore Orchid growers may be said to
have never had.a chance of growing it to that perfection, which would admit
of its producing its wealth of bloom, which always strikes those who see it in
its native habitat with boundless admiration. Information from those who have
seen it growing in wild points to the fact, that the plant should have abundance
of light when cultivated, for naturally it grows on trees, above which the
tips of the plants appear, and with them their gorgeous blooms, wich are often

mistaken for the flowers of the tree on which it is growing. The growth of

the tree keeps pace with the growth of the Vanda, and thus it always occupies

the same position. Altough well-known to searchers among Orchid literature,
it is yet a plant practically new to gardens, and in them has yet to become

the favourite it merits to be. |
James O’Brien.

-Quoique connu des botanistes depuis plus de cinquante ans, ce beau Vanda
jaune d’or, qui parait d’ailleurs avoir une aire de dispersion étendue, allant
jusqu’d Ceylan et aux collines de Mysore, n’a jamais été, 4 proprement parler,
introduit dans les cultures. Il n’y a fait son apparition qu’accidentellement, et
Yon peut dire que les cultivateurs d’Orchidées n’ont jamais eu l'occasion de
Vobtenir dans l'état de splendeur ot il se révélerait, chargé de cette profusion
de fleurs qui produit toujours tant d’impression et eadoaaice sur les personnes
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D’aprés les renseignements communiqués par les, voyageurs qui ont vu la
plante dans son pays d’origine, elle doit recevoir dans les cultures une lumiére
abondante, car elle pousse naturellement sur des arbres, au-dessus desquels se
dresse le sommet des plantes, chargé de fleurs éclatantes que Yon prend souvent
pour les fleurs de Varbre sur lequel elles croissent. L’arbre s’accroit en méme
temps et avec la méme vitesse que le Vanda, de sorte que celui-ci reste toujours
dans la méme situation.

Tout en étant connu de ceux qui étudient la littérature des Orchidées, le
Vanda spathulata est encore 4 peu prés nouveau dans les cultures, et n’a pas
jusqu’ici pris la place éminente qu'il mérite d’occuper.

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ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 11.
Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p. gg.

Var. luteo-radiatum. Sepalis petalisque secundum lineam mediam luteo radiatis.
Var. luteo-radiatum LIND., supra. :

he new variety here figured stand conspicuous among the many varieties
which are received notice, for its very rare and even exceptional
colouring.

It is not unfrequent to observe a more or less yellow shade in the various
forms of Odontoglossum crispum, but always mixed with brownish red or rosy
lilac; there are other varieties with a yellow blotch at the base of the lip
only, whilst the sepals and petals are pure white. In one variety, O. crispum
xanthotes, figured in the present work a few years ago, may be noticed a white
and yellow colour, but there are only some few yellow spots. The variety
luteo-radiatum has very conspicuous yellow bands along the median line of the
petals and sepals, which constitute a very distinct and beautiful character.

Our plate was prepared after a plant which bloomed during last spring
at L’Horticutture InTerNaTionate, Brussels, and which was then quite recently
imported and rather weak. It may be expected therefore that it will improve
under cultivation, and give in the future larger blooms of a better substance.

La nouvelle variété que nous figurons aujourd’hui se distingue par un coloris

trés rare et méme exceptionnel dans l’espéce ‘si variable dont nous avons déja
_ publié tant de formes.
Il est assez fréquent de trouver un coloris plus ou moins mélangé de jaune
| dans les Odontoglossum crispbum; mais cette nuance est ordinairement combinée
avec du rouge-brun ‘ou du rose lilacé. La plupart des variétés connues sont
| maculées des diverses teintes du rouge et du rose. Celles qui n’ont pas de macules
| de ce genre sont entiérement blanches, a part le labelle, qui est communément
_taché de jaune 4 la base. Dans une seule forme, 1’O. crispum xanthotes, qui a été.
figuré dans cet ouvrage, le jaune apparait en dehors de la base du labelle, mais
c’est sous forme de gros points peu nombreux.

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trés nettes le long de la ligne médiane des pétales et des sépales, ce qui lui donne
un caractére tout A fait distinct. Elle a été peinte d’aprés une plante en fleurs au
printemps dernier dans les serres de L’HorticuvTure INTERNATIONALE. La plante
en question était assez faible et d’importation récente, et il y a lieu d’espérer
qu’elle donnera dans la suite des fleurs encore plus grandes et mieux étoffées.

L’Odontoglossum crispum, ses variétés et les hybrides naturels qui s’y rat-
tachent, constituent un groupe d’une remarquable richesse en coloris variés. Avec
ces seules plantes, on peut former des massifs sur une tablette de serre, ou des
bouquets dans un surtout, offrant les plus riches et les plus gracieuses combinai-
sons de nuances, avec des formes exquises. Lorsque I’hybridation aura fait encore
quelques progrés, et qu’on sera parvenu a « améliorer » les Odontoglossum
par des croisements spécifiques, ce qu’on parait un peu trop négliger jusqu’a
présent, on pourra espérer de produire des merveilles incomparables, aujourd’hui
raretés exceptionnelles, mais bientdt presque aussi répandues que les formes
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THE RETUSA RHYNCHOSTYLIS.

RHYNCHOSTYLIS. Vide Lindenia, VI, p. 27.
Rhynchostylis retusa. Foliis longis canaliculatis arcuatis acutis mucronatis, racemis pendulis densifloris obtusis

aequalibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis oblongis duplo angustioribus, labelli calcare compresso obtusiusculo intus pubescente,
lamina oblonga rotundata ciliata emarginata utrinque costata.

Rhynchostylis retusa BLUME, Bijdr., p. 286. — Rcup. F., in WALP. Ann., VI, p. 887. — Hook. F. Fl. Brit.
Ind., VI, p. 32. — L. Linp., Les Orch. exot., p. 940. ;

Saccolabium Blumei LINDL. in Bot. Reg., 1841, misc. no 115. — Ip. Sert. Orch., pl. 47. — Linp. Pescat.,
pl. 21. — Ill. Hort., 1868, pl. 545. — De Puypr, Les Orch., pl. 27. — WILL. Orch, Alb., IV, pl. 169.

hough the beautiful plant here figured is more commonly known in
the gardens as Saccolabium. Blumei, it must be referred to the genus»
a3 Rhynchostylis, which was founded by Biume upon this same species,
and subsequently adopted by Retcnensacny and BEnTuam.

Rhynchostylis vetusa was detected by Biume during his journey through
Java in 1823-1824, and first described by him, a short time afterwards, in his
Bijdragen, or contributions to the flora of that island. It was introduced by
Messrs Loppicxs in 1839, and flowered for the first time in England in 1841,
on which occasion was figured and described in D' Linpiey’s Sertum Orchidaceum,

under the name of Saccolabium Blumei. It is spread over un immense geogra-
phical area, and has been found in various districts of tropical and southern
Asia. ; ,

It has pendulous racemes, longer than the leaves ; the flowers are crowded,
white, spotted with amethyst purple, and very sweetly scented.

La plante que nous figurons sous ce titre, le plus correct indiscutablement,
est beaucoup plus connue sous le nom de Saccolabium Blumei, et dans Vhorti-
culture elle n’est guére désignée autrement. Cependant, elle rentre, au point de
vue botanique, dans le genre Rhynchostylis, dont le présent ouvrage a déja
indiqué les caractéres distinctifs; bien plus, c’est elle qui a suggéré la nécessité
de créer ce genre, mentionné pour la premiére fois dans les Bydragen de Bung,
adopté par REICHENBACH et consacré par BenTHAM et Hooker dans leur Genera.

Je me rappelle avoir entendu des amateurs exprimer quelque effarouchement
devant ce nom dénué d’harmonie, et le traiter comme un intrus; a les entendre,

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auteurs se mettaient A bouleverser les habitudes traditionnelles et 4 remplacer
des noms sympathiques 4 tous par des appellations nouvelles plus ou moins
barbares.

Ces réflexions étaient assez piquantes, étant donné que les deux genres
Rhynchostylis et Saccolabium sont de la méme ancienneté, et ont été fondés
simultanément par le méme auteur, BLume. Ce n’est que seize ans plus tard,
en 1841, que Linptey donna au R. retusa le nom de Saccolabium Blumei, de
sorte que le premier nom a une priorité incontestable.

Le R. retusa fut découvert par BLume pendant son exploration de Vile de
Java en 1823-24, et décrit par lui l’année suivante. Il fut introduit de la méme
localité en Europe par MM. Loppiczs en 1839, et fleurit pour la premiére fois
en Angleterre en 1841. Depuis lors, il a été trouvé dans d’autres régions de
l’Asie tropicale et méridionale, car sa dispersion géographique est trés vaste.

REICHENBACH a rattaché comme variété a cette espéce, sous le nom de
R. retusa guttata, la plante connue sous le nom de Saccolabium guttatum. Celle-ci
est beaucoup plus ancienne que le type, car elle était déja connue de LinnE, qui
avait décrite en 1753 sous le nom d’Efpidendrum retusum; elle fleurit en Angle-
terre en 1820, d’aprés Linp.ey, et fut décrite par ce célébre orchidographe dans
le Botanical Register, en 1831, sous le nom de Sarcanthus guttatus.

Le R. retusa a la tige gréle, généralement peu élevée, les feuilles ligulées,
recourbées d’une fagon gracieuse, longues de 22 a 30 centimetres, d’un vert vif,
plus pale en dessous. Ses tiges florales ne sont pas dressées, comme celles du
R. coelestis, mais pendantes; elles sont d’une grande longueur et portent un
racéme trés dense de fleurs blanches et pourpres, avec le labelle pourpre. Ces
fleurs sont trés agréablement parfumées, et mesurent prés de 2 centimétres de
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CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, I, Dests:
Cattleya Aliciae L. Linp., infra.

» his charming and distinct plant made its appearance last year among
4an imported lot of Cattleya Mossiae received at L’Horticutture Inrer-
g NATIONALE, Brussels. The question arises whether it is a natural hybrid
or a mere variety, but we think the latter scarcely probable, given the distinct
character of the flower. The lip seems even to bear some analogy, in the shape
and particular colour, to Cattleya gigas. That it is a new speciés, can scarcely
be expected, as it came from a much explored and well known locality, and but
one plant was found in the imported lot. ;

But in any case, it is certainly a very beautiful plant. It is unfortunately
unique, and the orchidists will certainly regret with us that it cannot take a
place in all the great collections.

We have had a great pleasure in dedicating it to H. S. H. Madame la
Princesse DE Monaco.

Ce ravissant Cattleya, d’un caractére si distinct, est malheureusement une
plante unique, et tous les amateurs regretteront sans doute comme nous qu'il ne
puisse pas prendre place dans toutes les grandes collections. Il est méme trés
difficile de prévoir si, dans un avenir plus ou moins éloigné, l’hybridation pourra
le reproduire, car l’origine de cette plante est trés douteuse.

Le C. Aliciae a fait son apparition dans les serres de L’Horticutture InTER-
NATIONALE, l’année derniére, dans un lot d’importation de Cattleya Mossiae. Est-ce
un hybride naturel? Est-ce une variété ? La seconde hypothése nous parait peu
vraisemblable, tant la fleur a un cachet distinct. Il nous semblerait méme y
retrouver dans le labelle quelque chose de l’allure et du coloris particulier du
C. gigas. Est-ce une nouvelle espéce? On ne peut guére l’espérer, étant donne
que la région d’origine est fort explorée et bien connue, et qu’enfin |’impor-
tation n’en renfermait qu’un seul exemplaire.

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S. A. S. Madame la Princesse pz Monaco, dont le gout éclairé s’intéresse 4 toutes
les choses artistiques et belles, et a su créer, 4 Monaco comme a Marchais,
de magnifiques modéles de ce que doit étre une collection d’Orchidées, digne
d’étre annexée 4 une habitation seigneuriale, et véritablement digne d’étre
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BULBOPHYLLUM. Vide Lindenia, vol. Ill, p. 27.

Bulbophyllum carinatum. Rhizomate elongato, squamis parvis acutis laxe imbricatis vestito; pseudobulbis rotun-
datis, valde compressis, apice emarginatis, Squamis scariosis semi-tectis, monophyllis; folio amplo, brevissime petio-

lato, ovato-cordato, brevissime acuminato, nervis saturate viridibus nervulisque pulcherrime reticulato ; pedunculis

brevibus, bifloris; pedicellis refractis; floribus magnis; sepalis membranaceis, subaequilongis, anguste triangularibus,

longe et anguste acuminatis, dorso superne late alato-carinatis, lateralibus latioribus arcuato-reflexis; petalis triangu-

laribus, longe aristato-acuminatis, sepalo dorsali subdimidio brevioribus; labello longe angusteque unguiculato, trulli-

formi, basi rotundato-cordiformi, lobo terminali angusto, recurvo, supra breviter hirtello et profunde canaliculato,

subtus latissime alato-carinato; columna breviter bialata, alis apice utrinque bidentatis et minute unisetosis.
Bulbophyllum carinatum Coen. in Lindenia, X1, p. 20 (septembre 1895) et in Fourn. des Orchid., V1, p. 216.
Crescit in Borneo.

4 his new species, remarkable for its attractive foliage and curious flowers,
| is a native of Borneo, from where it was introduced by L’Horticutture
19 INTERNATIONALE, Parc Léopold, Brussels. It flowered for the first time
about the end of July 1895.

It is closely allied to B. reticulatum Bavem., discovered by Tuomas Loss
in 1852, also in Borneo, but it differs from this species in various characters.
It belongs to the Leopardinae section of BENTHAM.

Cette nouvelle espéce, remarquable a la fois par son beau feuillage et par
ses curieuses fleurs, est originaire de Bornéo, d’ot elle a été introduite par
L’HorricuLTurE INTERNATIONALE; elle a fleuri dans les serres du grand établis-
sement bruxellois vers la fin du mois de juillet dernier.

Elle est munie de longs rhizOmes rampants, couverts d’écailles aigués assez
petites, lachement imbriquées, terminés par les pseudobulbes. Ceux-ci sont d’un
vert trés intense, A contour arrondi, distinctement échancrés au sommet, forte-
ment comprimés, l’une des faces étant plane et l’autre bombée; leur Sear est
de 21 A 22 mm., sur 7 mm. d’épaisseur; ils sont surmontés d’une seule feuille,
et sont entourés a leur base de plusieurs écailles, qui n’en couvrent guére plus de
la moitié inférieure. Feuille un peu réfléchie, ovale-cordée, trés briévement acu-
minée, 4 pointe fortement repli¢e en dessous, tone de Io cm., ite - 6 a
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et les nervilles transversales ; pétiole robuste, trés comprimé transversalement,
profondément et étroitement canaliculé en avant, long au plus de 6 mm. Pédon-
cule trés court, biflore, couvert de bractées membraneuses d’un vert blanchatre;
pédicelles courts, réfractés sur le pédoncule, munis 4 leur base d’une assez
grande bractée dun vert blanchatre A nervures vertes, carénée sur le dos dans
la moitié supérieure. Ovaire arqué, a 6 sillons profonds. Sépales membraneux,
étroitement triangulaires, longuement et finement acuminés, 4 peu prés de méme
longueur, 4 dos muni, dans les deux tiers supérieurs, d’une caréne ailée, trés
mince, large de 2 mm. ; ils sont d’un pourpre foncé un peu violacé et légérement
pariolés de blanc jaunatre ; le dorsal est un peu concave, fortement incurvé, avec
trois lignes longitudinales d’un blanc jaunatre, long de 41 4 42 mm., large infé-
rieurement de 13 4.14 mm.; les latéraux sont arqués, rejetés vers le bas, assez

concaves inférieurement, condupliqués supérieurement, A caréne dorsale seule
a blanche, longs de 42 4 43 mm., larges 4 la base de 20 mm. Pétales dressés,
E ; plans, membraneux, seulement un peu charnus a la base, triangulaires, longue-
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4 a. avec sept ou huit lignes longitudinales blanchatres, longs de 24 4 25 mm., larges
4 Ala base de 12 4 13 mm. Labelle porté sur un onglet mince, étroit et flexible, ©
d’un blanc pourpré, long: de 6 A 7 mm.; limbe trulliforme, d’un pourpre tres
foncé finement bariolé de blanc jaunatre, a face supérieure finement tuberculeuse
et briévement poilue-hérissée, 4 base arrondie-cordiforme, les oreillettes basilaires
non ou & peine recourbées en dessous; lobe terminal fortement récurvé, a face
supérieure profondément canaliculée, A face inférieure formant une aile mince et
trés large, long de 11 mm., large 4 la base de 3 mm., €pais avec Vaile de 6 mm.
Colonne d’un pourpre foncé, trés courte, prolongée en un pied long de pres
de 2mm., A ailes étroites munies chacune de deux dents aigués et d’une petite
pointe jaundtre insérée un peu en avant de la dent postérieure. Anthére d’un
jaune verdatre. ;
5 ; Le.B. cavinatum a de grands rapports avec le B. reticulatum Baten. (figuré
Ps ) in Bot. Mag., tab. 5605 et in Batem., Second Cent. of Orchid. Pl., tab. 190),
| originaire également de Bornéo, ov il a été découvert par Tuomas Loss vers 1852.
Dans le Genera Plantarum, Benruam a subdivisé le grand genre Bulbo-

:- ae : phyllum en sept sections. Le B. carinatum, comme le B. reticulatum, appartient a
celle qu’il nomme Leopardinae, et quil a caractérisée comme suit : « Pédoncule —
court, lachement 2-3 flore, plus rarement uniflore, 4 fleurs assez grandes. Sépales
-larges, étalés. Pétales plus petits. Colonne anguleuse en avant, a angles a peine
prolongés en dents. Anthére convexe ou hémisphérique-aplatie. » Les espéces de
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Catasetum punctatum. Pseudobulbo fusiformi-oblongo; foliis majusculis, oblongo-spathulatis, acutiusculis vel
apiculatis; inferne satis attenuatis; Scapo nutante, superne 10-11 floro; bracteis ovato-triangularibus, acutis; floribus
majusculis, patulis; sepalis membranaceis, subpatulis, elliptico-ovatis, acutiusculis, satis concavis; petalis erecto-patulis,
obovato-oblongis, obtusiusculis, lateralibus reflexis ; labello carnoso, galeato, transverse constricto, distincte trilobato,
lobis lateralibus late rotundatis incurvis, margine ciliato-fimbriatis; intermedio brevissimo late truncato obscure apicu-
lato integro intus medio utrinque transverse lamellato ; columna elongata, clavato, longiuscule rostrata, antennis
elongatis medio approximatis apice aequaliter divergentibus.

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Crescit in Brasilia.

pecies, introduced from Brazil by the collectors of L’HorticuururE
INTERNATIONALE, and which flowered for the first time at Brussels, in
July 1894. As mentioned by Mr. Rotrs, it is allied to C. albovirens
Bars. Ropr., another brazilian species, from which however it is easily distin-

guishable. Moreover, C. albovirens has not yet entered in european gardens.

Le C. punctatum est muni de pseudobulbes fusiformes-oblongs, ayant de
7 415 centimétres de longueur, surmontés de trois ou quatre feuilles. Celles-ci
sont dressées-étalées, oblongues-spathulées, un peu aigués, d’un vert intense,
longues de 2 a 3 décimétres, larges de 5 A 8 centimétres. Le scape est assez
gréle, vert, cylindrique, penché, long de 20 a 25 centimétres, et porte dix ou
onze fleurs dans sa partie supérieure. Les fleurs sont étalées, larges de 5 a 6
centimetres, fortement aromatiques, portées sur un pédicelle long de 2 centi-
meétres et munies de bractées environ moitié plus courtes. Les sépales sont un
peu étalés, ovales elliptiques, 4 peine aigus, assez concaves, d’un jaune pale un
peu verdatre, couverts de trés nombreux points assez gros, d’un brun pourpre.
Les pétales sont dressés-étalés, obovales-oblongs, un peu obtus, a bords réfléchis,
de méme couleur que les sépales, mais a macules plus larges et moins nom-
breuses. Le labelle, long d’environ 25 millimétres et large de 2 centimétres, est
charnu, trés concave en forme de casque, rétréci transversalement, d’un jaune
orangé plus pale vers le sommet, distinctement trilobé; lobes latéraux arrondis,
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tronqué et obscurément apiculé, muni a

a leur sommet.
Cette espéce appartient évidemment a la section Eucatasetum, caractérisée
par les fleurs dioiques, le labelle plus ou moins concave en forme de casque et

‘toujours tourné vers le haut, la colonne plus ou moins allongée et munie anté-

rieurement de deux longues antennes. Elle présente donc des pieds males et des
pieds femelles; mais comme pour la grande majorité de celles qui ont été intro-
duites, le pied femelle est encore inconnu. Notre planche ne peut par conséquent
en représenter que le pied male.

Le C. punctatum fut introduit du Brésil par L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE,
ebal a fleuri pour la premiére fois dans les serres de cet établissement au mois
de juillet 1894. M. Rotre a ‘signalé son affinité avec le C. albovirens Bars. Ropr.,
autre espéce brésilienne dont il est facile de le distinguer et qui ne se rencontre
d’ailleurs pas encore dans les cultures européennes.

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CYPRIPEDIUM x AYLINGI caste STAND HALL var.
CYPRIPEDIUM x EVENOR uorr. var. GRANDIFLORUM.

CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 8.
Cypripedium Aylingi. Hybridum inter C. niveum et C. ciliolare.

Cypripedium X Aylingi L. CasTLE in Fourn. of Hortic., 1890, p. 480, cum ic. — Gard. Chron., 1890, p. 792,
cum ic. — L. Linp. Les Orch, exot., p. 707.

Cypripedium X Evenor, Hybridum inter C. Argus et C. concolor.

“an © are indebted for the picture of these two charming plants, to the
Ki kindness of the well-known English orchidist, TH. Starter Esq., who

meas) S¢Nt us a Superb plate made in his collection by Mr. J. MAcraRLANE;
this plate was reduced for our publication, but the flowers, of course, are repre-
sented at their natural size.

There are in the genus many larger flowers than C. x Aylingi and
C. x Evenor; but we know scarcely any more elegantly shaped, or more
beautifully coloured.

C. x Aylingt was exhibited, for the first time, at a meeting of the Royal
Horticultural Society, on June 10th. 1890, by J. Hotiincton Esq., of Forty
Hill, Enfield. It was awarded a First-class Certificate, and on the following day,
a Botanical Certificate, at a meeting of the Royal Botanic Society.

It is dedicated to Mr. Aytine, the grower, who raised it by crossing
C. niveum with C. ciliolare.

The flowers of the Stand Hall variety, figured on our plate, are more ana-
logous in their shape to those of C. nivewm than was the case, with the typical
hybrid, judging from the engraving published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in 1890,
as the flower there represented has less deflexed, acute, instead of obtuse petals,
and the dorsal sepal, oblong, slightly acuminate.

Cypripedium X Evenor is more recent and was shown for the first time at
Drill Hall, on May 17 th. 1892, by its raisers, Messrs Veircu and sons, of Chelsea.
It was awarded an Award of Merit. It was then recorded as a product of C. Argus
and C. bellatulum, while another origin is mentioned in the list of hybrid Cypri-
pediums published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle at the beginning of present year,
viz, C. Argus x concolor. We are quite confident that the last pedigree is more
correct, as C. x Evenor is nearer to C. concolor both in the shape of flowers,

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and especially of the petals, and in their colouring. It is somewhat analogous
to C. x Marshallianum, although recalling in its habit the second parent,
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ONCIDIUM LOADED WITH FLOWERS.

ONCIDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 37.

Oncidium onustum. Sepalis omnibus liberis ; labello bilobo transverso, lobis lateralibus linearibus apice subdilatatis ;
callo basees oblongo cochleato antice appendicula tuberculiformi instructo, alis columnae 2 integerrimis, foliis linearibus
complicatis falcatis, scapo simplici, racemis cernuis secundis multiforis.

Oncidium onustum LINDL., Gen. et Sp., Orch, Pl., I, Vand., Pp. 203. — Ip., in Hoox. Fourn. Bot., 1, 7. —
CumING n° 1208. — Reus. F., in WaLp. Ann., VI, p. 717.

Oncidium holochrysum Reus. F. in Hamb. Gartenz., XVIII, p. 33.

“ann ven describing this fine species, in Wa.pErs’ Annales, REICHENBACH
; remarked : — “ Flowers large, very densely producted on nodose
) racemes, apparently white. ” A better aquaintance with the plant, com-
pelled him to alter his opinion, but it is not surprising that he failed to
recognize it at first, on seeing its real colour, and that he gave it a new name,

O. holochrysum Reus. F. must be therefore considered a mere synonym,
although more used in the gardens than the name retained by the botanists
according to the law of priority. We may add that neither of them is particularly
descriptive, as there is no lack of “ golden yellow ” nor of “ flower loaded ”
Oncidiums. The great majority of these species are well known in cultivation,
and there is no large collection of Orchids in which not more or less are found.
A most enchanting sight offers a low house furnished with Oncidiums, when in
their flowering season.

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En décrivant cette belle espéce dans les Annales de WaLPERs, REICHENBACH
écrivait ce qui suit : « Fleurs grandes, trés densément groupées en racéme
noueux, apparemment blanches. » En la connaissant mieux, le célébre orchido-
graphe devait changer d’avis, et l’on s’explique assez aisément que, trompé par
ce renseignement erroné, il ne l’ait pas reconnue et lui ait assigné un nom
nouveau lorsqu’il eut plus tard l’occasion de la voir sous ses véritables
couleurs.

Le nom d’O. holochrysum est Aone un simple synonyme, et cependant il est
beaucoup plus répandu dans horticulture que la désignation qui doit étre retenue
par les botanistes en vertu de la loi de priorité. Il est d’ailleurs beaucoup plus
caractéristique que l’autre, et rappelle une des principales qualités de cette

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espéce, son coloris d’un jaune d’or brillant, d’un éclat si superbe a cdté des
Cattleya et des Cypripedium.

Il existe un certain nombre d’autres Oncidium dans lesquels le jaune d’or
domine, par exemple 1’O. concolor, ou, en mélange avec du brun, l’O. varicosum
Rogersi, \'O. splendidum, '0. cristatum, VO. ampliatum. lly a beaucoup d’autres
espéces qui sont « chargées de fleurs, » notamment 1’O. macranthum, |’O. Forbest,
et beaucoup d'autres a fleurs plus petites, comme 1’O. incurvum, 10. ornithorhyn-
chum, etc. Mais 1’O. onustum est l'un de ceux qui combinent le mieux ces deux
précieuses qualités; ses fleurs, disposées en racémes denses et trés ramifiés,
produisent un grand effet par leur coloris uniforme si vif; une plante peut a elle
seule décorer une petite serre, et chaque plante tenant trés peu de place, il suffit
d’un coin de tablette pour former un véritable massif d’une trés grande beauté.

Les Oncidium a longues grappes multiflores méritent d’avoir une place
importante dans toutes les collections d’Orchidées, qu’ils contribuent beaucoup
A égayer par la légéreté de leur floraison et par leurs vifs coloris; ils sont égale-
ment précieux pour la fleur coupée, et dans les grands bouquets et les surtouts de
table; ils nous paraissent indispensables pour alléger l’ampleur majestueuse des
joyaux de la famille orchidéenne et contraster avec les roses, les pourpres ou

“les bruns par leur jaune éclatant, presque introuvable dans les autres genres.

L’O. onustum est originaire de l’Amérique centrale, de Panama et de la
Colombie occidentale. C’est un plante a tout petits pseudobulbes gracieusement
pointillés de brun sur fond vert. On peut le cultiver sur bloc ou en panier sus-
pendu au vitrage. Il réussit bien aussi en pot.

‘Son origine indique qu'il doit étre cultivé dans la serre: mexicaine ou tem-

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CATASETUM FIMBRIATUM unoz. var. COGNIAUXI 1. LIND.
THE FIMBRIATE CATASETUM, Mr. A. COGNIAUX’S VARIETY.

CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 59.

Catasetum fimbriatum. Racemo cernuo multifloro, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, lateralibus longioribus,
labello plano cordato membranaceo dentato vel basi saccato conico, dente prominente in discum.

Catasetum fimbriatum Linp., in Paxr. Fl. Gard., I, 124, pl. 84. — Reus. F., in Wave. Ann., VI, p- 569.

Myanthus fimbriatus Morr., Ann. Gand, IV, p. 453, pl. 231.

Var. Cogniauxi L. Linp., Fourn. des Orch., V1, p. 282.

Catasetum Cogniauxi L. Linp., Fourn. des Orch., VI, p. 223.

j atasetum fimbriatum made its first appearance on the continent in
| September 1848, when a flowering plant was exhibited by the Chevalier
Heynpericx, and was awarded a gold medal, unforeseen in the schedule
of competitions. It was then described by Cuartes Morren in the Annales de
Gand, as Myanthus fimbriatus, and in the accompanying plate we may tolerably
well recognize the subject of the present figure. The species already proved to
be rather variable, as another plant flowered in the collection of M. LEGRELLE,
a short time after the show, having white and green flowers, according to
M. Morren, whilst those of the plant exhibited by M. Heynpericx were yellow

and rose-coloured.

It is certainly one of the most attracting forms of the group to which it
belongs, and which includes also C. saccatum, C. tenebrosum, C. christyanum and
many others. It has a much more pleasing colour than its allies, and its raceme,
bearing twenty six flowers as densely arranged as in Grammangis Ellisi, pro-
duced a beautiful display.

Cette belle espéce, qui vient de faire sa réapparition assez inattendue parmi
les importations de L’HorticuLture INTERNATIONALE, rappelle de brillants souve-
nirs d’une époque ot les Orchidées commengaient a faire beaucoup parler d’elles
en Belgique, et ot se fondaient véritablement, aprés les glorieuses découvertes
des quinze années précédentes, la culture et le gotit de ces magnifiques plantes.

La premiére apparition du Catasetum fimbriatum sur le continent date du
mois de septembre 1848, époque ou une plante en fleurs fut exposée par le
chevalier Heynpericx et obtint une recompense exceptionnelle, une médaille d’or

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non prévue par le programme des concours. CuarLes Morren le décrivit alors
dans les Annales de Gand, sous le nom de Myanthus fimbriatus, et en publia un
portrait qui est assez reconnaissable. La plante parut dés lors trés variable, car
peu de temps aprés l’exposition, un autre exemplaire fleurit chez M. Lecrete,;
les fleurs de celui-ci étaient blanches et vertes, dit M. Morren, tandis que la
plante exposée par le chevalier HeynpEricx les avait roses et jaunes.

Lorsque ce Catasetum fleurit au mois de septembre dernier, dans nos serres,
je l'avais d’abord considéré comme une espéce distincte; son gracieux coloris,
la forme du labelle et l’allure de la plante ne me paraissaient pas conformes aux
descriptions et aux portraits qui m’étaient connus. Je l’avais alors dédi¢ a mon
distingué collaborateur M. Atrrep Cocniaux, et jlavais eu un vif plaisir a
attacher son nom a l'une des plantes d’un genre a 1’étude duquel il a tant
contribué, comme le savent tout particuliérement les abonnés de la Lindenia et
du Fournal des Orchidées. Malheureusement, lorsque j'ai pu en communiquer des
échantillons A M. Coeniaux, celui-ci m’a fait connaitre que la plante n’était qu’une
variété du C. fimbriatum.

C’est assurément une des plus gracieuses formes du groupe auquel elle
appartient, et qui comprend notamment les C. saccatum, C. tenebrosum, C. Chris-
tyanum, etc. Son coloris est beaucoup plus gai que celui de ces voisins, et ses
fleurs, groupées en une grappe de vingt-six fleurs aussi dense que celle du
Grammangis Ellisi, produisaient un effet superbe.

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STAUROPSIS LISSOCHILOIDES prrrz.
LISSOCHILUS-LIKE STAUROPSIS.

STAUROPSIS. Vide Lindenia, VII, p. 65.

Stauropsis lissochiloides. Foliis ensiformibus emarginatis, racemo multifloro-terminali brevioribus, sepalis peta-
lisque oblongis obtusis, labello oblongo canaliculato apice uncinato.

Epiphyta, rhizomate repenti articulato. Folia longa, ensiformia, coriacea, emarginata, 12-15 unc. longa. Scapus
terminalis, simplex, 1-3 petalis. Spica multiflora, Flores speciosi, lutei, purpureo maculati. Bracteae breves, ovatae,
rigidae. Sepala et petala aequalia, oblonga, obtusa. Labellum oblongum, apice uncinatum, canaliculatum, basi saccatum
et utrinque lobis duobus parvis ascendentibus instructum. Caudicula cuneata. Glandula maxima, hamata.

Stauropsis lissochiloides Peitz., Vergl. Morph. Orch., 14. — CoGNn. Fourn. des Orch., I, p. 271. — L. Lin.
Les Orch. exot., p. 962, cum ic.

Vanda lissochiloides LINDL., Gen. ef Sp. Orch., p. 216. — BLuMg&, Rumphia, IV, p. 41, pl. 194.

Vanda Batemani LinDL., Bot. Reg., 1846, pl. 59. — Ip., Fol. Orch., Vanda, no 1. — VAN Hourte, FI. des
Serres, XVIII, t. 1921-2.

Fieldia lissochiloides GaupIcH., Voyage, p. 424, pl. 36. — Rens. F., Xen. Orch., II, p. 38. — Ip., WALP.
Ann., VI, p. 870.

tauropsis lissochiloides, better known as Vanda Batemani, was first
detected by the french botanist GaupicHaup, when travelling on the
) Urame (1817-1820), and described by this author in 1826 as Fieldia
lissochiloides. BentuaM referred the genus Fieldia to RetcHenBacu’s Stauropsis,
in 1881, but preserved the latter name, although more recent, the name Fieldia
already belonging to a genus of Gesneriaceae.

Firstly discovered by Gaupicuaup in an island of the Moluccas archipelago,
Stauropsis lissochiloides was also found by Buume in the small Bali island, near
Java; it was introduced in 1841 by Cuminc, who collected it in the Philippine
islands, and flowered for the first time in 1846, in the collection of Mr. Bateman,
after whom it was named by Linp.ey in the Botanical Register, as Vanda Batemant.

In its native countries, S. lissochiloides grows on bare rocks and on the
tall trees. It is a giant species, with a stout stem, 6-7 feet high, and spreading,
or slightly deflexed leaves, 18 to 24 inches long, very rigid and leathery. The
scapes are erect, longer than the leaves, and bear a number of flowers, which

keep fresh a very long time.
It is one of the most ornamental plants of the indian house, and when
placed at the centre of a stage, at the back of a group of Vanda or Angraecum,

it produces a very handsome and stately effect.
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Le Stauropsis lissochiloides ou Vanda Batemani fut découvert par le botaniste
francais GauDICHAUD, au cours du voyage d’exploration de l’Uvanie (1817-1820),
et publié par lui en 1826.

GavupicHaup avait fait entrer cette plante dans son genre Fieldia, et l’avait
nommée F. lissochiloides; plus tard, en 1881, Bentuam réunit le genre Fieldia au
genre Stauropsis de REICHENBACH, mais conserva la seconde désignation, quoique
moins ancienne, parce que le nom Fieldia appartient déja 4 un genre de Gesné-
riacées. Le nom définitif de cette espéce est donc celui que nous avons inscrit en
haut de cette page.

GavupicHaup avait découvert le S. lissochiloides dans une ile de l’archipel des
Moluques; plus tard, Brumz le rencontra dans une petite ile située prés de Java,
Vile de Bali; enfin ce n’est qu’en 1841 que la plante fut introduite par Cumine,
qui l’avait collectée aux iles Philippines, et elle Heurit pour la premiére fois
en 1846 chez M. Bateman. Linpiey, qui l’avait classée précédemment, dans son
Genera et Species, sous le nom de Vanda lissochiloides, la décrivit alors dans le
Botanical Register sous 1a dénomination nouvelle de Vanda Batemant, en faisant
remarquer qu'il n’y avait qu’une ressemblance extrémement faible entre les fleurs
de cette plante et celles du genre africain Lissochilus. Si justifiée que soit cette
remarque, s'il était permis, sur un tel fondement, de changer les noms de toutes
les plantes improprement désignées, la nomenclature botanique serait soumise a
des variations incessantes et vraiment trop arbitraires.

A état naturel, le S. lissochiloides pousse sur des roches nues et sur de
grands arbres. C’est une espéce géante, a tige vigoureuse, atteignant une hauteur
de 2 métres et au-dela, a feuilles étalées ou faiblement retombantes, longues de
45 4 60 centimetres, trés raides et coriaces. C’est 4 propos de cette plante que
Yon a remarqué que les feuilles, présentant l’aspect du cuir, en avaient aussi
Vodeur.

Les tiges florales sont dressées, plus longues que les feuilles, et portent un
grand nombre de fleurs de trés longue durée. Ces fleurs sont remarquablement
charnues, assez espacées sur le racéme, jaunes avec de nombreuses macules
pourpres, et ont la face externe entiérement pourpre, ce qui leur donne un trés
bel aspect.

C’est une des plantes les plus décoratives de la serre des Vandées, et lors-
qu'elle est placée bien en vue, en arriére d’un groupe de Vanda ou d’Angraecum
de plus petite taille, elle a un cachet tout a fait imposant.

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talum grandiflorum.

7 Volume

Cattleya Aclandiae var. tigrina, Cattleya Eldorado var. Lindeni, Cattleya
Eldorado var. Oweni, Cattleya Trianae var. Caparti, Cymbidium eburneum,
Cypripedium > Dallemagnei, Cypripedium >} Gibezianum, Cypripedium
Godefroyae var. leucochilum, Cypripedium insigne var. montanum, Dendro-
bium Wardianum var. Lindeniae, Laelia >< juvenilis, Laelio-Cattleya
Cauwenberghei, Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. leucotata, Lycaste )< Im-

schootiana, Lycaste Luciani, Masdevallia Davisi, Maxillaria mirabilis, Odon-
toglossum cirrhosum, Odontoglossum cordatum var. aureum, Odontoglossum:
crispum var. Dallemagneae, Odontoglossum crispum var. ocellatum, Odon-
toglossum crispum var. Waltonense, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Cha-
beriae, Trichopilia suavis, Zygopetalum intermedium var. peruvianum,

8 Volume

Anguloa X Madouxiana, Bifrenaria tyrianthina, Catasetum Lindeni, Cata-
setum Luciani, Catasetum macrocarpum var. Lindeni, Catasetum splendens
var. album, Catasetum splendens var. atro-purpureum, Cattleya Cupidon,
Cattleya guttata var. tigrina, Cattleya Hardyana var. Luciani, Cattleya
Mossiae var. Treyeranae, Cattleya Mossiae var. Wageneri, Cattleya Mossiae

var. Wambekeana, Cycnoches Loddigesi, Cypripedium Charlesworthi, Cypri-
pedium X Denisianum, Eria cinnabarina, Laelia purpurata var. Comte
de Montebello, Laelio-Cattleya x Lindeni, Mormodes Cogniauxi, Odonto-
glossum nebulosum var. amabile, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Prince of
Orange, Oncidium cristatum, Thunia Winniana.

9 Volume

Catasetum Bungerothi var. aurantiacum, Catasetum imperiale, Catasetum
mitabile, Catasetum splendens var. Aliciae, Cattleya gigas var. amplissima,
Cattleya Leopold II, Cattleya Mossiae var. amoena, Cypripedium x Félix
Faure, Cypripedium Madame Octave Opoix, Dendrobium nobile var, can-
didulum, Laelia glauca, Laeliocattleya x Sayana, Laelio-Cattleya x Varje-

nevskyana, Masdevallia ludibunda,
Lindeniae, Odontoglossum Edwardi,
Odontoglossum >< harvengtense,
Phaius maculatus,
Wendlandi,

Masdevallia triangularis, Maxillaria

Odontoglossum X Halli-xanthum,
Odontoglossum pulchellum var. majus,
Schomburgkia rosea, Stauropsis gigantea, Zygopetalum

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AUTUMNAL LAELIA, WHITE VARIETY.

LAELIA. Vide Lindenia, 11, p. 49.

Laelia autumnalis. Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis carinatis arcuatis, scapo elongato multifloro, pseudobulbis turbi-
natis sulcatis. Pseudobulbi bipollicares. Folia bina aut terna. Scapus tripedalis, purpurascens, bracteis membranaceis
cinctus. Flores fragrantissimi.

Laelia autumnalis Linpu., Gen. et Sp. Orch., p. 115. — Bot. Reg., 1839, pl. 27. — Paxt., Mag. Bot., VI,
Pp. 121. — Bot. Mag., pl. 3817. — BaTEM., Orch. Mex. et Guat., pl. 9. — Hook., Cent. Orch., pl. 27. — Ill. Hort.
1854, pl. 17.

Bletia autumnalis LuavE, Nov. Veg. Descr., 2, 19. — Rcup. F., Xen. Orch., Il, p. 56.

Var, alba. Floribus candidis, labello medio luteo.

Var. alba Hort., infra.

4 he Laelia autumnalis is one of the most popular Orchids, and which
| holds an important place in every collection. Being widely dispersed
throughout Mexico, it is plentiful in the glass-houses of Europe ; its
flowers, of a very fine rose purple, are placed well at the top of a pleasingly
inclined stem, and render great service for the decoration of the houses at the
end of the Autumn.

It is, with the Laelia anceps, the type of a class and culture, as may very
well be called the culture of the Mexican Orchids. The Laelias of Mexico demand
an intermediate house between the cold and temperate houses, which answers
for the majority of the genus. They are of easy growth quickly form strong
masses, and are as a rule very accommodating. It is only necessary to take care,
to give them their rest at the time required.

Laelia autumnalis was introduced in 1836, when it flowered in England in
the houses of an amateur of the name of Mr Taytor.

The variety alba, that we figure, is extremely rare, and its appearance is of
a recent date, as far as we are able to judge, for we can find scarcely any traces
of it in the special publications. It is very fine, and will always be much sought
for, as indeed are all the albino forms. The colour white is very rare among the
Orchids of the temperate house and except Laelia albida, another very elegant
Mexican species, but of much smaller stature than either L. anceps or L. autumnalis.

The plant that served for the model of our coloured plate flowered last
November among an importation at the L’Horricutrure INTERNATIONALE.

It was exposed at the meeting of the OrcHIDEENNE on the 10" of November,
and had very great success; the jury on this occasion unanimously awarded it a
first class certificate of merit.

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We remark in passing, the native name for the Laelia autumnalis. It is
named in Spanish Flor de todos los santos, or All Saints’ flower, because its flowers
are largely used at the feast of All Saints, which proves that the flowering
season in its natural state is the same as that in our houses in Europe.

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Le Laelia autumnalis est une des Orchidées les plus populaires, de celles
qui ont leur place marquée dans toutes les collections. Trés répandu au Mexique,
il est abondant dans les serres d'Europe; ses fleurs, d’un trés beau coloris rose

pourpré, se présentent bien au sommet d’une hampe gracieusement inclinée, et |

rendent de grands services pour la décoration des serres A la fin de V’automne.

C'est, avec le Laelia anceps, le type d’une catégorie et d’une culture, que
l'on peut appeler la culture des Orchidées mexicaines. Les Laelia du Mexique
réclament une serre intermédiaire entre la serre froide et la serre tempérée qui
abrite la plupart de leurs congénéres. Ils sont de croissance facile, forment vite
de fortes touffes, et sont en général trés accommodants. II faut seulement avoir
bien soin de leur donner leur repos au moment voulu.

L'introduction du L. autumnalis remonte a 1836, époque ot il fleurit en
Angleterre chez un amateur nommé M. Tayievr.

La variété alba, que nous figurons, est extrémement rare, et son apparition
est trés récente, autant que nous pouvons en juger, car on n’en trouve: gueére de
traces dans les publications spéciales. Elle est fort belle, et sera toujours trés
recherchée, comme toutes les formes albinos. Les coloris blancs sont trés rares
‘parmi les Orchidées de ‘serre tempérée, en.dehors du Laelia albida, autre espéce
mexicaine, trés élégante, mais de taille beaucoup plus petite que le L. anceps et
le L. autumnal. i

La plante qui a servi de modéle pour notre planche a fleuri au mois de
novembre parmi des importations de L’Horticutture Inrernationae. Elle a
été exposée au meeting du 10 novembre de L’ ORCHIDEENNE, et a obtenu un trés
grand succés; le Jury lui a décerné A cette occasion un Certificat de mérite de
1 classe a l’unanimité.

Signalons en passant le nom indigéne du Laelia autumnalis. Il s ‘appelle e en
espagnol Flor de Si los santos, ou fleur de tous les saints, parce que ses fleurs sont

largement mises 4 contribution pour la féte de la Tonsdaint ce qui prouve que.

l’époque de sa floraison A l'état naturel est la méme que dans nos serres d’Europe.

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CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, Pp: 59.

Catasetum splendens, C. maculatum, C. macrocarpum, C. Bungerothi et variae plantae his speciebus plus minus
affines, an hybridae inter eas ap. nat. productae. Vide Lindenia, X, PP- 23, 45, 47; 49, 51, 53, 55, 57) 59. —
Journ, des Orchidées, V, PP- 203, 250, 251, 252, 267, 268, 302, 303, 315, 365. — Inip., VAGSppen la aa.

i Ppa be Lindenia has already published last year, in nine plates, a selection
Kees a of most remarkable forms of this wonderful group of Catasetum which
lucent suddenly revealed itself in the importations sent by the collectors of
L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE.

Since then, the new flowerings have revealed still a great number of very
distinct varieties or natural hybrids and for the most part extremely remarkable.

The limited space that we have at our disposal does not allow us to have
a separate plate for each of these plants, in spite of the lively interest that they
present, we have decided to figure a certain number in a group on a double plate.

This plate will have, we think, the advantage of facilitating comparisons and
of giving our readers an idea of the vast comprehension of this group, where
the transitions are so attenuated that it is extremely difficult to trace the limit
between the different forms.

We shall not here return to the views that Mr A. Coenraux has given in
detail, in the preceding volume, relative to the origin of these different forms and
to the connexion which exists between them.

We undertake to denote briefly some of the principal characters of those
that we figure to day.

To commence at the bottom of the plate on the left side we find first of all
a very curious and fine variety of C. splendens remarkably clouded with a red-
purple on a back ground of whitish cream slightly tinged with green; it is in
some ways intermediate between the plant described by Mr O’Brien as C. macro-
carpum var. Lindent and C. Bungerothi.

The inflorescence which comes next is of great elegance and of a rich golden
yellow. This plant and likewise the one which occupies the right hand corner on
the same line are evidently natural hybrids between C. macrocarpum and C. Bun-
gerotht or C. splendens. The first differs relatively very little from C. maculatum,
the second is more distinctly intermediate.

The plant between the two, that we have just mentioned, is C. splendens
rubrum described by M. A. Coanraux in the Yournal des Orchidées. It is a flower
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On the top line to the left, we find the C. macrocarpum luteo-purpureum, with

. a fine yellow lip, passing to orange in the centre pencilled with rose at the base

and terminated with a unique tooth and rim more or less irregular; the sepals
and petals, large, concave and convergent, are pencilled with rose on a pale
green background. eae

The spike of flowers next draws the attention by an altogether distinct and
strongly attractive sack. We have named this form C. albo-purpureum. Perhaps
it ought to be classed among the group of similar hybrids of C. splendens ; however
the form of the lip, and the absence of the callus on this organ, together with
the form and disposition of the petals and sepals are characters so quite distinct,
that we are inclined to consider this plant as a distinct species, related without
doubt to C. Bungerotht; but free from any connexion with C. macrocarpum.

The last group on the top right hand side recall very much C. splendens and
also C. Lindem, from which it differs at all times, more particularly in the
sepals and petals, and by the anterior margin of the lip. We have given this
plant the name of C. splendens acutipetalum in order to draw attention to a pecu-
liarity which appears to betray the influence, only more pronounced than usual,

of C. Bungerothi.
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La Lindenia a déja publié année derniére, dans neuf planches, un choix

des formes les plus remarquables de ce groupe extraordinaire de Catasetum qui

s'est révélé brusquement dans les importations effectuées par les collecteurs de
L’HorricuLturE INTERNATIONALE.

Depuis lors, les floraisons nouvelles ont révélé encore un grand nombre de
variétés ou d’hybrides naturels trés distincts, la plupart extrémement remar-
quables.

_L’espace limité dont nous disposons ne nous permettant pas de consacrer
une planche séparée 4 chacune de ces plantes, malgré le vif intérét qu’elles pré-
sentent, nous avons décidé d’en faire figurer uncertain nombre en groupe sur
une planche double. Cet arrangement aura, dans notre pensée, l’avantage de
faciliter les comparaisons et de donner a nos lecteurs une idée de la vaste com-
prehension de ce groupe, ow les transitions sont si atténuées qu'il est extréme-
ment difficile de tracer la limite entre les diverses formes.

Nous ne reviendrons pas ici sur les considérations que M. A. Coaniaux a
exposées en détail, dans le précédent volume, relativement A Vorigine de ces
diverses formes et aux rapports qui existent entre elles. Nous nous bornerons a
signaler briévement quelques-uns des caractéres principaux de celles que nous
figurons aujourd’hui.

En commengant par le bas de la planche et par i gauche, nous trouvons
d’abord une trés curieuse et trés belle variété de C. splendens, remarquablement

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nuancée de rouge pourpre sur fond blanc créme légérement verdatre; c’est en
quelque sorte l’'intermédiaire entre la plante décrite par M. O’Brien sous le nom
de C. macrocarpum var. Lindeni et le C. Bungerothi.

La partie d’inflorescence qui vient ensuite est d’une grande élégance et d’un
superbe coloris jaune d’or. Cette plante, de méme que celle qui occupe l’extré-
mité droite de la méme rangée, sont évidemment des hybrides naturels entre le
C. macrocarpum et le C. Bungerothi ou le C. splendens. La premiére différe rela-
tivement peu du C. maculatum, la seconde est plus distinctement intermédiaire.
La plante qui se trouve entre les deux dont nous venons de parler est le
C. splendens rubrum, décrit par M. A. Cocntaux dans le Fournal des Orchidées.
C'est une fleur d’une trés grande allure, et dont les pétales sont remarquable-

‘ment beaux.

Sur la rangée du haut, 4 gauche, nous trouvons le C. macrocarpum luteo-
roseum, a labelle d’un beau jaune, passant A lYorangé au centre, pointillé de rose
a la base, et terminé par une dent unique, avec les bords un peu irréguliers; les

-pétales et sépales, larges, concaves, convergents, sont pointillés de rose sur fond

vert pale.

La grappe de fleurs voisine attire l’attention par un cachet tout A fait distinct
et fort attrayant. Nous avons nommé cette forme C. albo-purpureum. Peut-étre
devrait-elle étre classée, elle aussi, dans le groupe des hybrides voisins du
C. splendens ; cependant la forme du labelle, l’absence de callus sur cet organe,
la forme et la disposition des pétales et des sépales, sont des caractéres nette-
ment distinctifs, et nous inclinons A considérer cette plante comme une espéce

‘tranchée, voisine sans doute du Catasetum Bungerothi, mais pure de tout alliage

du C. macrocarpum.
Enfin le dernier groupe de fleurs qui figure en haut et a droite de la planche

_rappelle beaucoup le C. splendens, et aussi le C. Lindeni, dont il différe toutefois

par la forme trés particuliére des pétales et des sépales, et par le bord antérieur
du labelle. Nous avons donné a:cette plante le nom de C. splendens acutipetalum,
pour rappeler une particularité qui semble déceler Yinfluence, plus prononcée
qu’a l’ordinaire, du C. Bungerothi. = 1 Ses Oo

EPIDENDRUM A LONGS BULBES ET A GRANDES GRAPPES

Parmi les espéces de ce genre dont les bulbes, en fuseaux allongés, atteignent
une grande hauteur, et dont les grappes ramifiées ou en panicule se composent de fleurs
nombreuses, l’une des plus attrayantes a coup sir est VEpidendrum Friderici Guilielmi. Sa
grappe terminale, dressée au sommet d’un pseudobulbe en baguette gros comme le pouce a

sa base, porte un bouquet de vingt 4 vingt-cing fleurs supportées par un long pédicelle.

Chaque fleur est de grande taille, et d’un coloris rouge nuancé de vermillon; les pétales

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et les sépales sont égaux, étalés; le labelle trilobé est de la méme nuance que le reste de la
fleur, mais il a la base blanche, ainsi que la créte charnue.

C’est incontestablement une des plus gracieuses espéces du genre. Elle est originaire
des foréts du Pérou septentrional, ot elle pousse 4 une hauteur souvent considérable. Elle y
est baignée de pluies et de brouillards pendant une grande partie de l’année; dans les
cultures elle réussit bien en serre tempérée-froide, avec la plupart des Orchidées de l’Amé-
rique centrale.

L’E. cnemidophorum, qui est moins connu que le prédédent, est également trés beau.
Ses pseudobulbes atteignent une hauteur de 1™50 et plus, et sont minces comme le petit
doigt. Ils portent A leur sommet un racéme pluriflore. Les fleurs sont d’un jaune pale,
maculé de brun clair, et ont la face extérieure blanche, ce qui produit une jolie opposition.
Le labelle trilobé est blanc créme, nuancé de rose.

Cette espéce provient des hautes régions du Guatemala. Le genre de traitement qui lui
convient est donc sensiblement le méme que celui indiqué pour VE. Friderict Guilielmi.

L’E. syringothyrsus est encore un géant dans son genre. Il a les pseudobulbes trés
gréles, hauts de 1™50 environ; la panicule terminale, d’un coloris mauve lilacé foncé, fait
un ravissant contraste avec les feuilles vert sombre.

Cette espéce est originaire de la Bolivie, ot elle fut découverte pour la premiére
fois en 1858; elle fut introduite par PEARCE en 1868. Elle fleurit au mois d’avril ou mai.
Elle est rare dans les cultures.

LE. paniculatum est un peu moins élevé que les précédents. Ses tiges ne dépassent
guére un metre de hauteur. Elles produisent une panicule de 30 a 4o centimétres de
longueur, trés ramifiée et chargée de fleurs. Les fleurs, supportées par un pédicelle rouge
clair, ont les segments d’un rose lilacé; elles mesurent environ 2 7/, centimétres de
diamétre, et leur grand nombre produit un superbe effet. En outre, elles sont trés
agréablement parfumées.

L’E. paniculatum habite le Pérou et la Nouvelle-Grenade. C’est une des plus anciennes
espéces connues.

L’E. myrianthum est Yun des plus beaux de cette section. Ses pousses atteignent une
hauteur de un métre et plus; elles sont gréles et revétues de longues feuilles étroites jusqu’a
la moitié environ de leur longueur. La grappe florale terminale est dressée, trés ramifiée;
les fleurs, densément groupées, sont d’un rose lilacé et ont le lobe antérieur profondément
denticulé; la base du labelle porte un callus jaune vif. Les pédicelles sont longs, et
d’un rouge pourpre.

L’E. myrianthum est originaire du Guatemala, d’ou il fut introduit par URE-SKINNER.
I] se cultive en serre froide. C’est encore une espéce trés rare.

Toutes ces espéces demandent, pour étre a l’aise, une serre qui ne soit pas trés basse.

. En fixant a des tuteurs leurs tiges gréles et plus ou moins flexibles, on obtient un bel effet,

et les grappes de fleurs se trouvent bien en vue. La serre doit étre bien claire et fré-
quemment inondée, car il faut a ces Epidendrum beaucoup de lumiére et d’humidité.

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CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, Doped.
Cypripedium X Lawrenceo-Regnieri BLeEv.: Hybridum novum infra descriptum.

“p> he name of this hybrid indicates its origin, and one can easily see that
Ae it is closely related to C.'x concolawre, of which the Lindenia has
tdieant® already published a portrait. Indeed, the correct name of C. Regnieri is
-C. concolor var. Regniert and it is under this name that the plant has been des-
cribed by ReicHEnsacu.

According to its parentage, the hybrid that we figure ought then to be

considered as a variety of C. concolawre but we believe that such an appreciation
does not reply to the reality. On the strength of it being so rigourous, it finishes
by not being any more the same thing. Up to now, a considerable number of
existing hybrides being given, and their variations infinite, the hybridist ought
not, to our mind, to consider it as one thing, knowing that if he produces it, that
he will obtain one which is distinguished from those that precede it. It certainly
happens that two seedlings of different origins are able to be almost identical
and it can also happen that seedlings of the same origin may be altogether
different. To pretend to give, in spite of all, two distinct names in the first case,
and only one in the second, would be to throw oneself into confusion.

As, the new hybrid produced by M. Breu is very different from that of
Sir Trevor Lawrence, we therefore think that the clever Parisian hybridist is
very justified in giving it the above name.

Cypripedium x Lawrenceo-Regnieri flowered, according to what its obtainer
writes to us, from.the 16% of September 1895. Mr Brev sent the plant in flower
to Brussels to’ show at the meeting of the Orcuipkenne, November the TOs ait
arrived in perfect condition, Monday morning, after the meeting unhappily too
late to be exposed. We do not doubt but that it would have obtained a high
recompense, for the flower is highly attractive, of a very elegant and steady
form, and agreeable colouring. It is certainly an excellent acquisition.

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Le nom de cet hybride indique son origine, et !’on voit qu'il est proche
parent du C. x concolawre, dont la Lindenia a déja publié le portrait. En effet,
le nom correct du C. Regnieri est C. concolor var. Regnieri, et c’est sous ce nom
que la plante a été décrite par ReicHENBACH.

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D’aprés sa parenté, ’hybride que nous figurons pourrait donc étre considéré
comme une variété du C. x concolawre, mais nous estimons qu'une telle appré-
ciation ne répond pas A la réalité. A force d’étre rigoureuse, elle finit par ne
plus l’étre. Dés maintenant, étant donné le nombre considérable d’hybrides
existants et leurs variations infinies, le semeur ne doit, a notre avis, considérer
qu’une chose, a savoir si le produit qu'il a obtenu se distingue de ceux qui l’ont
précédé. Il peut arriver certainement que deux semis d’origines différentes soient
A peu prés identiques; il peut arriver aussi que des semis ayant la méme origine
soient trés différents. Prétendre donner, malgré tout, deux noms distincts dans le
premier cas et un seul nom dans le second, serait se jeter dans Vincohérence.

En fait, le nouvel hybride produit par M. Bieu est trés différent de celui
de Sir Trevor Lawrence, et par cette raison nous estimons que l’habile semeur
parisien est trés justifié 4 lui donner le nom qu'on a lu plus haut.

Le Cypripedium x Lawrenceo-Regnieri a fleuri, d’aprés ce que nous écrivait
son obtenteur, A partir du 16 au 18 septembre 1895. M. Bievu avait envoyé la
plante en fleurs A Bruxelles, pour figurer au meeting de L’OrcHipgeNNE du
Io novembre; elle est arrivée en parfait état, mais malheureusement trop tard
pour étre exposée, le lundi matin, lendemain du meeting. Nous ne doutons pas
quelle n’etit obtenu une haute récompense, car la fleur est d’une trés belle allure,
d’une forme élégante et sobre, et d’un coloris trés agréable. C’est certainement
une excellente acquisition. Eek.

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PLATES ; PAGES
495 Bulbophy lien carinatum Cogn.. . . oe vest Ney eS moO
499 Catasetum. fimbriatum Lindl. var. Copnanst L. Lind. ee py ey ah) ae ti
496 Catasetum punctatum Rolfe. 35
502-503 Catasetum species and var. novae. Ay,
487 Catasetum stupendum Cogn. 17
494 Cattleya Aliciae L. Lind. ei Rie annem Cel Gs Karey pipicy ag! eke
482-483 Cattleya Mossiae Hook. varietates. . . 3 Peelehcs 2: 6)
481 Cattleya Mossiae Hook. var. Reineckeana Hor: auieak Beats Hoe
481 Cattleya Mossiae Hook. var. alba Hort. subvar. ccelestis Hort. nei ae
484 Cattleya Mossiae Hook. var. Lindens’ champion Hort. . 9
490 Cattleya Skinneri Lindl. var. oculata Hort. 23
497 Cypripedium x Aylingi Castle Stand Hall. var.
497 Cypripedium x Evenor Hort. var. grandiflorum PoE eee ee
504 Cypripedium x Lawrenceo- Regnieri Bleu 51
486 Eulophia Congoensis Cogn. 15
501 Laelia autumnalis Lindl. var. alba Hor. 45
489 Laelio-Cattleya x Schulziana L. Lind. 21
. ' 492 Odontoglossum crispum Lindl. var. luteo- aetar ane 27,
498. Oncidium onustum Lindl. 39
493. Rhynchostylis retusa Blume . 29
485 Saccolabium ampullaceum Lindl. ras
500 Stauropsis Lissochiloides Pfitz. . 43
488 Vanda Parishi Rchb. f. var. Matcttiana Rehb. f 19.
491 Vanda spathulata Spreng. 25
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Cochlioda Nétzliana, Cypripedium x Bragaianum, Cypripedium X Des-
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Phalaenopsis, Laelia purpurata, Laelia purpurata var. alba, Mormodes Law-
renceanum, Odontoglossum Bergmani, Odontoglossum x Claesianum, Onci-
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Aerides suavissimum, Anguloa uniflora var. Treyerani, Burlingtonia pu-
bescens, Catasetum barbatum var. spinosum, Cattleya bicolor, Cattleya x
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Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa, Laelia purpurata var. rosea, Laeliocattleya
& Arnoldiana, Masdevallia coriacea, Mormodes Rolfeanum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. xanthotes, Phalaenopsis violacea, Rhynchostylis coelestis, Sele-
nipedium X calurum, Trichocentrum triquetrum,

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Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, Cypripedium exul var. Imschootianum, Den-
drobium bigibbum var. albo-marginatum, Epidendrum Capartianum, Eulo-
phiella Elisabethae, Habenaria militaris, Houlletia odoratissima, Lycaste
lasioglossa, Miltonia Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum X excellens var. dellense,
Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Lindeniae, Odontoglossum praestans, Peris-

teria Lindeni, Phaius tuberculosus, Saccolabium bellinum, Saccolabium
Hendersonianum, Selenipedium caudatum var. Uropedium, Sobralia violacea,
Stanhopea eburnea, Stanhopea Moliana, Stanhopea Wardii var. venusta,
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vexillaria var. virginalis, Odontoglossum Insleayi var. Imschootianum,
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amoena var. delicata, Lycaste macrobulbon var. Youngi, Lycaste Skinneri
var. purpurea, Masdevallia Harryana varietates, Maxillaria callichroma,
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crispum var. Ferrierense, Phalaenopsis Liiddemanniana, Vanda tricolor var.
planilabris.

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Aerides Lawrenceae, Aganisia lepida, Catasetum Imschootianum, Cata-
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Cattleya Eldorado var. Treyeranae, Cattleya velutina, Chondrorhyncha
Chestertoni, Cymbidium grandiflorum var. punctatum, Cymbidium Lowia-
num, Cypripedium > Claudii, Cypripedium x conco-Lawre, Cypripedium
X Lathamianum, Cypripedium X Lawrebel, Cypripedium philippinense,

Cypripedium > Weathersianum, Galeandra Claesii, Laelia purpurata var.
fastuosa, Laeliocattleya X< eximia, Lycaste cinnabarina, Masdevallia <
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Eldorado var. Oweni, Cattleya Trianae var. Caparti, Cymbidium eburneum,
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Godefroyae var. leucochilum, Cypripedium insigne var. montanum, Dendro-
bium Wardianum var. Lindeniae, Laelia X juvenilis, Laelio-Cattleya ms

Cauwenberghei, Laelio-Cattleya >< elegans var. leucotata, Lycaste Im-

schootiana, Lycaste Luciani, Masdevallia Davisi, Maxillaria mirabilis, Odon-
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crispum var. Dallemagneae, Odontoglossum crispum var, ocellatum, Odon-
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Anguloa X Madouxiana, Bifrenaria tyrianthina, Catasetum Lindeni, Cata-
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var. Wambekeana, Cycnoches Loddigesi, Cypripedium Charlesworthi, Cypri-
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Orange, Oncidium cristatum, Thunia Winniana.

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REMARKABLE CYPRIPEDE, DEDICATED TO Mr. LUCIEN LINDEN

CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 17.

Cypripedium insigne. Foliis radicalibus, distichis, lineari-ligulatis, acutis, elongatis, patulis, viridibus, concolo-
ribus ; scapo elongato, brevissime denseque tomentoso, teretiusculo, unifloro rarius bifloro; bractea oblonga, glabrata,
ovario aequilonga ; ovario obtuse trigono, brevissime denseque villoso ; sepalis intus glabris, extus brevissime furfuraceo-
puberulis, superiore late obovato margine leviter undulato, inferiore paulo breviore anguste ovato obtuso ; petalis patulis,
oblongo-subspathulatis, obtusis, margine leviter undulatis, intus glabratis, extus tenuiter puberulis, sepalis paulo longio-
ribus ; labello late galeato, extus glabro ; staminodio subquadrato, apice emarginato, pubescente, ad centrum tuberculato.
— Pedunculus atropurpureus. Sepalum superius inferne et ad medium laete viride et fusco-maculatum, apice margi-
neque album ; sepalum inferius pallide viride et inferne purpureo-striatum. Petala flavo-viridia et fusco-venosa. Labellum
nitidum, flavo-viride et dilute purpureo-fuscum, margine pallidum. Staminodium flavescens.

Cypripedium insigne WaLLICH mss. in LDL. Collect. Bot., tab. 32 (1821-1824). — Hook. Exot. Fl., tab. 35
(1823) et in Bot. Mag., tab. 3412 (1835). — KERNER Hort. Semperv., LVIII, tab. 686. — Lopp. Bot. Cab., tab. 1321.
— Nees Samml. Bot. Gart. Boun., tab. 82 (1832). — LpL. Gen. and Spec. Orchid., 530 (1840). — Maunp Bot., II,
tab. 56 (1840). — HARTINGER Parad. Vindob., I, tab. 1 (1844). — BLUME Rumphia, IV, tab. 195 (1848). — Grirr.
Notul., p. 344, Ic. Pl. Asiat., tab. 322. — Moore in Fl. Mag., 1861, tab. 57 (var. Maulei). — Fl. des Serres, XV,
tab. 1564 (var. Maulei) (1864). — Florist and Pom., 1870, p. 280, cum ic. — Rev. Hortic., 1866, p. 249 et 1878,
Pp. 130 cum tab. col. (var. Chantini). — BURBIDGE Die Orch., p. 71, tab. 17 (1875). — Du Buyss. L’Orchid., Pp. 279
(1878). — The Garden, 1882, p. 444, tab. 342. — L’Orchidoph., 1885, p. 36 cum tab. col. (var. Chantini), —
Witiiams Orch, Alb., IV, tab. 155; V, tab. 232 (var. albo-marginatum); VI, tab. 278 (var. punctatum violaceum);
X, tab. 445 (var. Mooreanum); Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 266, cum ic. — Gard. Chron., ser. 3, Il, p. 560,
cum ic. (1888), VIII, p. 691, fig. 135 (1890). — Drespois Mon. Cyprip., p. 56 (1888). — VEITCH Man. Orch. Pl.,
part. IV, p. 32 (1889). — Hook. F. Fl. Brit. Ind., VI, p. 172 (1890). — Warts. and BEAN Orchids, p. 168, fig. 44
(1890). — Pucci Cyprip., p. 109 (1891). — Lindenia, IX, tab. 414 (var. montanum). — Bois Les Orch., p. 263,
fig. 112 (1893). — L. Linn. Orch. exot., p. 24, fig. 6 et p. 697 (1894). — CH. VAN Wamp. in Journ. des Orchid., V,
P- 191 (1894). — Orch. Rev., IV, p. 6 (1896).

Paphiopedilum insigne Pritz. in ENGL. und PRANTL Natiirl. Pflanzenfam., Il, 6, p. 84 (1888) et in ENGL.
Bot. Fahrb., XIX, p. 41 (1894). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 471 (1892).

Paphiopedium insigne KeRcu. Livr. des Orchid., pp. 33 et 455 (1894).

Var. Luciani. Folia paulo angustiora. Pedunculus pallide viridis. Flores nitidi, pallide lutei; sepalum superius
inferne flavo-viride, superne latissime albo-marginatum.

Cypripedium insigne var. Luciani Em. Rov. in Illustr. Hort., ser. 6, Il, p. 11, tab. 49 (1896). — Journ.
des Orchid., VI, p. 349.

ypripedium insigne has been introduced to cultivation for almost a
century. It was discovered in 1819 by D* Watticu, a celebrated explo-
Sec) rator of the East Indies, and director of the Calcutta Botanic Garden.
He sent it to the Liverpool Botanic Garden, where it flowered for the first
time in 1820. Some time after, GrirrirH, one of the successors of WaALLICH
found it on the Khasia Hills, at an altitude of about 4000 to 5000 feet.
Naturally, being so much cultivated and for such a length of time there

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are many varieties of this Orchid. Mr. Pucci enumerates 69 in his work published
in 1891, and this number has considerably increased of late years.

Amongst these numerous varieties, several of which are more or less
accidental, there are two more important and better known than the others: —
Var. Maulei and var. Chantini (called by some writers C. insigne punctatum
violaceum). The former was introduced by the firm of Maute & Son, Nurserymen
at Liverpool, where it flowered for the first time in 1860. The latter had been

- obtained in England by Monsieur Cuantin, a French nurseryman, who sold it

to an amateur, Mr. Berrranp who afterwards gave it to the “ Etablissement de
la Muette ” in Paris. The Director of this Establishment was the first to give
the description of it in the Revue Horticole, in ine In 1882, Mr. James O’Brien
described this variety under the name of C. 7. punctatum violaceum, name it
cannot bear, having already been christened.

From the year 1887 different importations mostly owing to the HorticuLTuRE
INTERNATIONALE, have brought to light a new series of shapes known under the
name of type montanum. One variety has already appeared in the Lindenia
(IX, pl. 414) and a group of others the characters of which have been briefly
explained in the Fournal des Orchidées of last February will be published shortly.

The var. Luciani figured here, which as we see has been dedicated to the

- Director of the Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, is characterised by the leaves

being a little narrower than in the type; the peduncle is light green instead
of purple; the flowers are shiny, entirely yellow, excepting the upper sepal
which is of a light green, yellowish towards the base, with a broad white rim.
We must notice that the flower does not bear the slightest trace of any spot
whatever, not even the large shadowed light yellow, brown specks, which our
colleague Mr. Ropicas, speaks of in the Illustration Horticole, and which really

belong to the var. Lindeniae.

C. insigne var. Luciani is considered by connoisseurs to be the most graceful
of shapes produced hitherto. This beautiful Orchid unanimously obtained a
First-class Diploma of Honour at a Meeting of the OrcuipEENneE held at the
HorTIcuLTURE INTERNATIONALE last November.

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LARGE CATTLEYA, FREE-FLOWERING VARIETY.

CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 15.

Cattleya maxima, Pseudobulbis plus minusve elongatis, clavatis, ancipitibus, alte sulcatis, monophyllis; folio
elongato, oblongo-ligulato, apice vix emarginato ; spatha abbreviata, acuta; pedunculo communi pauci-plurifloro ;
floribus amplis; sepalis lanceolato-ligulatis, acutis, lateralibus subfalcatis ; petalis ovato-oblongis, acutis, inferne cuneatis,
andulato-subcrispulis, quam sepalis subduplo latioribus; labello petalis subaequilongo, ovato-oblongo, obscure trilobato,
lobis lateralibus angulatis, convolutis, antice crispulis, lobo terminali producto, patulo, semi-ovato, crispulo, margine
crenulato; columna gracili, medio utrinque obscure angulato, clinandrio tridentato, dente mediano minuto angusto
ligulato,. dentibus lateralibus majoribus falcatis. — Flores pulchre lilacini. Labellum pallide roseum, venis numerosis
ramosis obliquis purpureis ornatum, per discum pulchre aureum. Columna alba.

Cattleya maxima LinpL. Gen. and Spec. Orchid., p. 116 (1831), in Benru. Pl. Hartw., p. 149 (1844), in
Bot. Regist., XXX, sur tab. 5 (1844) et XXXII, tab. -1 (1846), in Fourn. Hort. Soc., 1, p. 64 (1846). — Hook. in
Bot. Mag., tab. 4902 (1856). — Reus. F. Xenia Orchid., I, p. 225, tab. 95 (1858), in Gard. Chron., n. ser. XIX,
p- 624 (1883). — Batem. Sec. Cent Orchid., tab. 31 (1867). — ANDR& in Ill. Hort., XVI, p. 157, tab. 29 (1870). —
Fl. des Serres, XX, p. 139 tab. 2136 (1874). — Du Buyss. L’Orchidoph., p. 241 (1878). — Gard. Chron., n. ser.
XXII, p. 620, fig. 108. — Verrcn., Man. Orchid. Pl., part. Il, p. 43 (1887). — L’Orchidoph., 1888, p. 340. —
Wats. and Bean, Orchids, p. 107 (1890). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 133, fig. 45 (1892). — Bors, Les Orchid., p. 88
(1893). — L. Linn. Orchid. Exot., p. 628 (1894). — KERCH. Livr. des Orchid., p- 115, fig. 75 (1894). — WILLIAMS
Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 173 (1894). — Fourn. des Orch., V, p- 256 et 270 (1895).

Epidendrum maximum Rcwp. F. in Watp. Ann. Bot., VI, p. 316 (1862), Xenia Orchid., Il, p. 29 (1862).

Crescit ia Peruvia boreali, Ecuadore et Columbia. : =

A. PSEUDOBULBI BREVIUSCULI. PEDUNCULUS COMMUNIS BREVIUSCULUS, PAUCIFLORUS :
Var. B. alba. Flores albi, labellum venis purpureis ornatum, disco pulchre aureo ; caeteris ut in typo.
Cattleya maxima var. alba VertcH Man. Orchid. Pl., part. Il, p. 44 (1887). — Wars. and BEAN, Orchids,
p. 107. ;

Var. y. aphlebia. Flores ut in typo, sed labelli venis purpureis obsoletis, disco in centrum longitudinaliter
flavo-vittato et zona laete purpurea circumdato.

Cattleya maxima var. aphlebia RcwB. F. in Gard. Chron., n. ser. XXII, p. 394 (1884). — WiLuiaMs: Orch.
Grow. Man., edit. 6, p. 190 (1886), edit. 7, p. 174. — VEITCH Man. Orchid. Pl., part. II, p. 44.

Crescit in Columbia.

Var. 0. Backhousei. Pseudobulbi crassiores et breviores; folia suberecta, recta tigidaque ; flores roseo-lilacini,
labello ut in typo

Catileya maxima var. Backhousei RCuB. F. in Gard. Chron., n. ser. XIX, p: 624 (1883). — WILLIAMS Orch.
Grow. Man., edit..6, p. 190, edit. 7, p. 174, Orch. Alb., V, tab. 193. — VEITCH Man. Orch. PL., part. Il, p. 44.

Crescit in Peruvia.

Var. s. Marchettiana. Pedunculus communis brevis, 2-3-florus; flores 12-13 cm. lati, intense chermesini, venis
pallidioribus percursi; labellum satis fimbriatum, anguste albo- -marginatum,

Cattleya maxima var. Marchettiana WitLiams Orch. Alb., IX, tab. 404 (1890), Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7,
Pp. 174.

Crescit in Ecuadore et Peruvia boreali. ;

Var. ¢. Malouana. Pseudobulbi breves, crassi; pedunculus communis brevis, 2-3-florus; flores ampli,
18 cm. lati, purpurei.

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Cattleya maxima var. Malouana L. Linp. in Lindenia, V, p. 41, tab. 211 (1889).
B. PSEUDOBULBI ELONGATI.. PEDUNCULUS COMMUNIS ELONGATUS, MULTIFLORUS :
Var. . Hrubyana. Pseudobulbi 30-40 cm. longi, superne 2-3 cm. crassi; pedunculus 12- 15-florus ;

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Var. $. gigantea. Pseudobulbi robusti, 40-50 cm. longi; pedunculus communis 8-ro-florus, interdum usque
12-16-florus; flores ampli, pallide vel intense rosei; labellum intense purpureo reticulato-venosum, rarissime non
venosuro.

Cattleya maxima var. gigantea LIND. in Fourn. des Orchid., V, pp. 270 (1894), 340 et 390, VI, p. 308.

Crescit in Ecuadore.

Var. v. floribunda. Pseudobulbi robusti, 12-15 cm. longi; pedunculus communis 3-4 dm. longus, 12-21-florus,
flores ampli, intense rosei; labellum margine valde crispum fere fimbriatum, purpureo-chermesinum, distincte venosum,
albo-marginatum.

Cattleya maxima var. floribunda L. Linp. in Fourn. des Orchid., VI, p. 217 (1895), in Lindenia, XI, p. 22.

Cattleya floribunda Hort, Linp. in Fourn. des Orchid., V1, pp. 79, 100 et 115 (1895).

a he first scientific indications concerning the Cattleya maxima are due

ee BY i to Linptey, who gave a brief description of it in 1831 from a specimen
Le gathered in Peru by the Spanish Botanists Ruiz and Pavon and that
he had been able to examine in the Lambert Herbarium, one of the richest
collections of the time.

In the year 1842 the indications concerning the habitat of the Cattleya
maxima, are more exact and precise; Hartwec collected it in the Equator in the
immense forests that border Rio Grande, near Malacotes, between Loja and the
Peruvian frontier; he sent several plants to the London Horticultural Society,
and they flowered for the first time in 1844. The first figure was published
by Linptey in 1846. However, it was only in 1855 when this magnificent species
might be admired in several private collections, that it drew the full attention of
the horticultural world.

Until this time, we must say however that the rare specimens introduced
were low-growing of scanty inflorescence, and the flowers of no particular
beauty. In 1864, Mr. Linpen received from his collector, Gustave WALLIS, some
tall-growing plants, free-flowering and which produced a splendid show of
multi-color flowers. °

Unfortunately at that period, the cultivation of Orchids was not carried to
the same perfection as at the present time, and these plants of which there
were not many, all died within ten years. At length, in 1894 one of the collectors
of the Horticurture INTERNATIONALE, Mr. Epwarp Kiasocn, sent a sufficient
quantity of this tall-growing species, of which several varieties may be dis-
tinguished, the characters of which are given on the preceding page.

This superb variety to which the double annexed plate hardly does justice,
on account of the beauty and force of its splendid inflorescence, was presented
by the Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, at a Meeting of the OrcuipEENNE where
it unanimously obtained a first-class Award of Merit.

It is not unworthy of notice, that as Cattleya maxima flowers in autumn,
this fact considerably increases the horticultural value of this species, and places

it on a level with C. /abiata, another magnificent introduction also owing to

the Horticutture INTERNATIONALE. A. CoaGnraux

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THE SIXTY FIFTH MEETING of L’OxcuipéEenne took place on the g of February
in the Central Pavillon of L’HorticutturE INTERNATIONALE, although the Exhibits
where not so numerous, they certainly excelled in quality. Among the most remarkable
we mention the marvellous Cypripedium hybrids obtained by J. Hye Esq., of Ghent,
rivalling closely with the best seedlings produced in England, they were exhibited by
Mr. Moens together with some of the best of his own production. The varieties of
Cypripedium Madame Hye, Albertianum and M" Feanne Voortman, are the best of these,
especially the latter was mostly appreciated by the Jury. We pronounce it one of the
best obtained till now. The Te-appearance of the plants of M. Jutes Hye, exhibited
indirectly, was greeted with much sympathy by all the members of L’ORCHIDEENNE,
and awarded the same deservedly the highest awards unanimously. The numerous visitors
during the day also expressed the highest admiration for these plants. Other remarkable
forms were Cypripedium Lathamianum Rex, Vésuve and Ledeense.

A. Mapoux Esq. showed the rare Laelia Gravesiae; a number of Cypripedium hybrids,
most of them not named. Amongst them are noteworthy Cypripedium Madeleineae,
Charlesianum, Senator Montefiore, memoria-M. oenst, also a beautiful hybrid of a delicate color,
coming nearest to C. conco-Lawre, and a superior variety of Cypripedium insigne, having
the dorsal sepal from the base up to the middle half of a rich dark brown color.

FL. PAUWELS Esq., exhibited his beautiful variety of Odontoglossum Rossi var. Madame
Pauwels, Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, Cattleya Trianae and Oncidium splendidum all fine forms.

A very interesting hybrid of Cypripedium Morganiae x Ashburtoniae superbum come
from A. VAN ImscHoor Esq., with others as Cypripedium Argus Moensi, Catileva Trianae
delicata, a fine forme of the latter; Laelio-Cattleya Ghislaine, hybrid between Laelia harpo-
phylla x Cattleya amethystoglossa; a superb variety of Laelia anceps Sanderiana, and Epiden-
drum Endresio-Wallisi.

A number of very fine large forms of Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, well colored, come
from Messrs Lucien LINDEN et Co.

M. BarBieR showed a fine variety of Odontoglossum Ruckerianum.

M. H. Kniaur of the Royal Gardens Laeken exhibited Cattleya chocoensis alba, splendid
form, well flowered also a fine dark variety of Cattleya Trianae.

M. DE LoMBAERDE contributed Cattleya Trianae alba; and a few very attractive dark
rose forms of Cattleya Trianae.

M. Canuzac Esq. showed a grand large form of Cypripedium Charlesworthi, and a
distinct Hybrid Odontoglossum.

M. LinDEN also exhibited a group of Hybrid Odontoglossum, very remarkable and
prettily spotted forms being among them.

The jury present : M. Canuzac, Esq., president, and Messrs. pu T’r1Eu DE TERDONCK
(Hon. Sec.). Comte pg Bousizs, J. Kecerjan, E. Ropicas, A. VAN ImscHoot, MirTEau,
Fi. PAauwets, D* Capart, DE BosscHERE, DE LoMBAERDE, Chevalier DE WarRGNyY and
VASSEUR gave the following awards :

First Class Diploma of Honour

To Cypripedium x M"* Feanne Voortman, from M. MoENS, unanimously; Cypripedium
x Madame Hye, from M. MogEns, unanimously ; Cypripedium x Albertianum, from M. MoeEns,
unanimously; Cypripedium sp., from M. Mapoux, Esq., unanimously ; Cypripedium x Latha~

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anianum vex, from M. MoENs, unanimously ; Odontoglossum Rossi var. Madame Pauwels, from
M. Fv. Pauwets, Esq., unanimously ; Odontoglossum sp., from M. LINDEN, unanimously i.
Laelio-Cattleya x Ghislaine, from M. A. VAN ImscHooT, Esq.; Odontoglossum sp., from
M. Canuzac, Esq.; Odontoglossum sp., from M. LINDEN; Odontoglossum sp., from M. LINDEN;
Odontoglossum sp., from M. LINDEN; Cypripedium x ledeense, from M. Mogens ; Cypripedium
x Vésuve, from M. MoEns; Cypripedium x Madeleineae, from M. A. Mapovx, Esq.

Second Class Diploma of Honour

To Cypripedium insigne var., from M. A. Mapoux, Esq.; Epidendrum x Endresio-
Wallisi, from M. A. VAN Imscuoor, Esq. —

First Class Certificate of Merit

To Cattleya chocoensis alba, from M. H. KNIGHT, unanimously; Laelia anceps Sanderiana,
from M. A. Van ImscHoort, Esq., unanimously; Cypripedium x Sénateur Montefiore, from
M. A. Mavoux, Esq.; Cypripedium insigne var., from M. A. Mapoux, Esq.; Cypripedium x
Charlesianum, from M. A. Mapvoux, Esq.; Cypripedium memoria-Moensi, from M. A. MA-
poux, Esq.; Cypripedium Charlesworthi, from M. Canuzac, Esq.; Cattleya Trianae alba,
from M. A. DE LoMBAERDE; Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, from M. FL. PAUWELS, Esq.;
Odontoglossum Ruckerianum, from M. BaRBIER; group of Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, from
Messrs. Lucien LINDEN and C°.

Second Class Certificate of Merit

To Laelia Gravesiae, from M. A. Mapoux, Esq.; Cattleya Trianae, from M. H. KNIGHT;
Cattleya Trianae, from M. DE LOMBAERDE ; Cattleya Trianae, from M. FL. PAUWELS, Esq.

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THE PRODIGIOUS. GONGORA, PINK VARIETY.

GONGORA. Vide Lindenia, V, p. 35.

Gongora portentosa. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-conici, longitudinaliter profunde paucisulcati, apice primum bifoliati,
demum interdum unifoliati; folia majuscula, elliptico-lanceolata, breviter acuminata; racemi elongati, penduli, multi-
flori; flores majusculi, patuli, longe pedicellati; sepala patula, dorsale ligulatum acutum, lateralia satis majora late
oblonga apiculata; petala carnosa, lineari-falcata, longe acuminata, sepalo dorsali paulo breviora; labellum sepalis
lateralibus aequilongum, carnosissimum, lateraliter compressum, medio superne angulato aristis geminis retrorsis in
basi laminarum dolabriformium antice acutarum, antice aditum in antrum labelli aperientium ; epichilium tabulaeforme
anceps parvum ligula lineari bicurva anteposita.

Gongora portentosa LIND. et RcuB. F. in Gard. Chron., 1869. p. 892. — Ep. ANnpRi in Ill, Hort., XVIII,

2, tab. 61 (1871). — Hook. F. in Bot. Mag., tab. 6284 (1877). — Belg. Hort., 1878, p. 103. — Du Buyss.
L’Orchid., p. 344 (1878). — Srein Orchideenb., p. 261 (1892). — Bots Les Orchid., p. 127 (1893). — L. Linn.
Orchid. exot., p. 776 (1894). — Wiiiams Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 408 (1894). — Orch, Rev., Il, p. 272 (1894).

Crescit in Columbia. f re d :

Var. rosea. Pedunculus pedicellique laete virides. Flores paulo minores. Sepala rosea, intus maculis paucis
parvis purpurascentibus ornata.

Var. rosea CoGNn. infra.

ongora Portentosa has been introduced into cultivation for many years,
for as far back as 1868, Mr. LinpeEn received this plant from his
collector, Gustave Watuis, who had just discovered it at Vergara, in
the Province of Bogota (New Granada). The following year, the first description
of this Orchid appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, then the Illustration Horticole
in 1871 and the Botanical Magazine, in 1877, completed the description by
publishing fine- colored plates representing it.

This species, one of the most beautiful and curious of the genus, seemed
however almost to have dis-appeared, or at any rate had become excessively
rare. When in 1892, it was re-introduced, into England, where it flowered
in 1894 for the first time.

The Brussels Horricutture’ INTERNATIONALE has also just introduced an
Orchid coming from New Granada alike Gongora Portentosa, not ‘only in the
general aspect of the plant, but also in the shape of the flowers; the only difference
lies in the color of the latter. We think we may safely say that it is a variety of
this species; but are only able to judge from the painting made of it by

Goossgns, as unfortunately the flowers were faded before we were able to
examine them, and the annexed plate, although very beautiful, hardly allows
us to determine the exact shape of the lip, which is generally of complicated
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which we now call a variety may be considered as a distinct specific type.
a In Gongora Portentosa var. rosea, the peduncle and pedicels are bright green ;
the flowers rather smaller; the sepals, which appear a little broader and more
-undulated than in the type, are of a beautiful bright pink, and bear inside a
few small purple spots; the lip is a bright lemon-yellow, slightly shaded with
Bete: the front part is thickly specked with brownish-purple; the anther is
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CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, 1, Pols.

Cattleya X Mantinii. Hybrida inter C. Bowringianam 2 et C. Dowianam o artificiosa fecundatione producta.
Pseudobulbis erectis, elongatis, clavatis, diphyllis ; foliis majusculis, oblongis, obtusis; spatha brevi, apice rotundata ;
tacemo brevi, pauciflora; floribus amplis, patulis; sepalis patulis superne leviter reflexis, oblongis, leviter undulatis ;
petalis patulis, anguste obovatis, obtusis, margine subcrispulis, sepalis aequilongis; labello petalis aequilongo, indiviso,
inferne leviter convoluto, superne paulo concavo, apice ambitu rotundato margine valde undulato-crispulo. — Spatha
flavo-viridis. Sepala petalaque intense roseo-purpurea. Labellum antice intense purpureo-chermesinum, fauce luteum
dilute fuscescens et purpureo-striatum.

Cattleya X Mantinii G. MantIN in Sched. (Novemb. 1894). — Journ. des Orch., V, p. 278 (1894). — The
Garden, XLVI, p. 458 (1894). — Orch. Rev., Il, p. 365 (1894). —- Rev. Hortic., 1895, p. 129, fig. 35. — Journ.
of Hortic., 28 nov. 1895, p. 503, fig. 76. — Gard. Magaz., 1896, p- 83, cum ic.

his superb hybrid has been obtained by M. Grorce Mantin, the well
known French Orchidist and President of the Orchid Committee, which
has been named recently in France and forms part of the “ Société
nationale d’Horticulture de France. ”

M. Georce Mantin, raised this Cattleya in his collection at Olivet Castle
near Orleans, by fertilizing the Cattleya Bowringiana var. floribunda colorata, with
the pollen of C. Dowiana var. aurea. This took place in October 1889 ; the seeds
gathered in October 1890, were sown the following month, and they began to
germinate in March 1891. Four years after, in October 1894, three plants flowered
for the first time, bearing respectively one, two and three flowers ; but the plants
far from robust at this period gave hope of richer inflorescence at a future time.
This proved true, the plant figured here, which flowered for the second time
Jast Autumn bore five flowers, and it has certainly not reached entire develop-
ment. A flower and a photo taken of this plant were sent to Brussels by
M. Mantin, to be exhibited at last November Meeting of the OrcHipgENNE,
where it unanimously obtained a First-Class Diploma of Honour. First-Class
Awards were also given to this hybrid by the Société nationale d’Horticulture
de France and the London Royal Horticultural Society.

Cattleya x Mantinii has oblong clavate, erect pseudobulbs, bearing two
leaves. The latter, about 8 inches long, are oblong and obtuse. The sheath
about 1 inch long, is obtuse and of a yellowish green. The scape is short,
of scanty inflorescence. The flowers when expanded are about 4 inches in
diameter. The sepals are spreading somewhat reflexed at the apex, oblong,

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a cornet towards the base, but the anterior part is slightly concave, the outline
5 of which is rounded and the edges undulated; the whole of the anterior part
a Ue “is of a dark crimson purple; preceded at the throat, by a large zone of
brownish yellow streaked with purple.

Although C. x Mantinii may perhaps bear a stronger resemblance to C. Bow-
vingiana, it is however a distinct intermediate between its parents. Like C. Bowrin-
giana, it has retained the characters of its vegetative organs, and amongst
others the double leaf of the pseudobulbs, free inflorescence, as well as the
bright color of its sepals and petals. It inherits from C. Dowiana the size of

its flowers with the rich colouring and conformation of the lip. Thus we find
united on the same plant the qualities inherent to each of these species.

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1. EXCELLENS. 5. LINDENIAE.
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CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 7s
Cypripedium insigne. Vide supra, p. 53.

C. insigne var. montanum. Vide Lindenia, IX, p. 63.

e may state without any exaggeration that Cypripedium insigne is at
the present time the most popular of Orchids. This favour is well
deserved and fully justified by its transcendant merits : its form is
graceful, the flowers are pretty and remain fresh for a long period, even when
cut; blooming freely in the depth of winter, easy to cultivate and within the
reach of everyone, as it may be reared even in the drawing-room, where it is
now frequently to be seen.

: The importance of C. insigne has been considerably enhanced by the recent
introduction of numerous forms of high merit akin to the montanum variety,
figured in one of the preceding volumes of this collection (pl. 414).

We show, on the double annexed plate, a series of eight of these forms, - —

chosen amongst the most remarkable, and which have all made their appearance
amongst the thousands of plants of this kind cultivated in the magnificent
green-houses of the HorticuLrure INTERNATIONALE and in the vast Establishment
founded recently at Moortebeek near Brussels, by Messrs. Lucien Linven et C°.
To complete the list of what has already been obtained from C. insigne
only in the new Establishment of Messrs. Lucten Linpen et C, and at the
HorticuLTurE INTERNATIONALE, we must add to the eight varieties mentioned
above C. insigne Luciani, described and figured in the preceding number of the
Lindenia, and several of the varieties described in the February number of the
Fournal des Orchidées, page 150.

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UNE NOUVELLE SERIE D’ODONTOGLOSSUM

Le genre Odontoglossum est peut-étre, jusqu’a présent, le plus rebelle 4 I"hybridation
artificielle; mais on pourrait presque dire que l’horticulture peut y reed ee en prendre
aisément son parti, tant la fécondation croisée a l'état de nature a déja produit de formes
intermédiaires. C’est A ce point que le petit nombre de croisements effectués jusqu’ici ser
les cultures n’ont guére servi qu’a vérifier l’origine supposée des hybrides naturel déja
connus. C’est méme un fait digne de remarque, que ces plantes, si fécondes a l'état naturel
et si promptes a se croiser entre elles, se reproduisent dans les cultures avec beaucoup
plus de difficulté que la plupart des autres Orchidées.

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On pouvait croire du moins que les importations opérées shi facon Scehnue
depuis cinquante ans avaient fait suffisamment connaitre tous les trésors de ce genre si
populaire. Depuis la découverte de l’Odontoglossum crispum en 1842, par M. J. LINDEN,
la Colombie a été fouillée par un grand nombre d’explorateurs, et des millions de plantes
y ont été collectées pour le compte des horticulteurs européens; ces importations ont
révélé, a cdté de diverses variétés remarquables par leur beauté, des formes intermédiaires
entre l’O. crispum et plusieurs espéces voisines. C’est ainsi que l’on a pu déterminer, avec
une certitude suffisante, l’origine de l’O. Andersonianum, de VO. Ruckerianum, de
VO. excellens, de 0. Wilckeanum, Vun des plus brillants et des plus riches en variétés
splendides, de l’O. elegans, etc.

Des importations heureuses, effectuées récemment par L’HorTICULTURE INTERNA-
TIONALE, de Bruxelles, qui entretient, en ce moment, dans les pays d'origine, trois expé-
ditions distinctes, viennent de faire découvrir toute une magnifique série nouvelle de
formes qui peuvent étre classées également dans la catégorie des hybrides naturels, et
qui constituent au point de vue horticole des acquisitions des plus précieuses. Et ce n’est
pas fini : le dernier courrier annonce la découverte de variétés de plus en plus belles et qui
doivent laisser loin derriére elles toutes celles qui ont fleuri jusqu’ici en Europe!

Il est intéressant de noter, en passant, que tout se suit, méme en horticulture. Si les
anciens types d’Odontoglossum crispum, a fleurs rondes, dits de « Pacho, » deviennent plus
rares et plus difficiles a récolter, les-collecteurs du grand établissement d’introduction
bruxellois ont pu, sur les indications du vétéran des introducteurs, M. J. LINDEN, trouver
des districts nouveaux aussi riches en formes maculées, en hybrides naturels. Ceci
remplacera-t-il cela ? Nous ne le pensons pas. Les beaux blancs seront toujours recherchés
pour la flewr coupée et les variétés maculées iront, de plus en plus, garnir les serres des
amateurs de marque.

On a déja lu dans la Revue des Orchidées nouvelles du numéro du 16 avril du Fournal
des Orchidées la description de quelques-unes des plantes qui ont fleuri les premiéres dans
ces importations, et qui, exposées au meeting de L’OrcHIDEENNE du 8 mars, y avaient
été beaucoup admirées; c’étaient notamment le magnifique O. rubiginosum, auquel le jury
décerna un Dipléme d’Honneur de 1° classe a l’unanimité et par acclamation, et une
douzaine d’autres formes se rapprochant davantage de l’0. Wilckeanum,
classées comme des variétés de cette plante célébre ; puis d’
sont épanouies les unes aprés les autres.

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Une premiére série vient d’étre exposée avec un vif succés devant la Royal Horticul-

tural Society, de Londres, au meeting du 7 avril, et a obtenu une récompense de premier

ordre, la « Silver Banksian medal. »

Voici dans quels termes le Gardeners’ Chronicle, apprécie cette présentation :

« Messieurs Linpen, de L’Horvticutrure INTERNATIONALE, Bruxelles, exposaient un
groupe d’Odontoglossum hybrides qui semblent ouvrir un champ nouveau de complications
dans ce groupe difficile a déterminer. L’O. x spectabile, qui a obtenu un Certificat de
Mérite, ressemble par certains points a I’O. excellens, mais d’autre part il’ en différe 4
beaucoup de points de vue. Ses fleurs ravissantes sont jaunes, tachetées de brun marron
dune fagon superbe. L’O. x concinnum a les fleurs jaune pale, largement maculées de
brun sur les sépales, et tachetées de la méme nuance sur les pétales; 10. crispum Fume-
lianum a les fleurs blanches, avec la moitié interne des segments d’un pourpre vineux;
YO. c. calos est une forme trés richement maculée du vrai QO. crispum, lO. Ruckerianum
multimaculatum et les diverses formes du groupe de I’O. x Wilckeanum sont trés distincts. »

Plusieurs variétés superbes, les Odontoglosswm crispum meleagris et ’O. X miniatum ont
paru avec un immense succés, également, au dernier meeting de L’OrcHIDEENNE, le
1g avril, ot elles étaient exposées par L’HorTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE.

THE SIXTY-SIXTH MEETING of L’OrcHip£ENNE took place on the 8" of March
last in the spacious Pavilion of L’HorTicuLTURE INTERNATIONALE, 2 great number of fine
and remarkable Exhibits were shown, and attracted a selected crowd of visitors to
admire them, although the weather was far from favourable. This is a striking proof of the
popularity of these Meetings and also shows how many lovers of Orchids there are in
Brussels.

Among the most notable exhibits we may cite Cattleya Trianae var. Moortebeckensis
with a fine large well developed lip, of a very intense purple; Odontoglossum pulchellum,
well flowered; Cypripedium Calypso, and two fine forms of Cypripedium Lathanianum, from
the collection of CH. Van Wampexe, Esq.

From Messrs. Lucien LInDEN et C° came another remarkable form Cattleya Trianae
var. atrata, superior well shaped type, with pale rose segments, and a fine large round
shaped purple lip, with two big yellow-orange blotches as in Cattleya gigas.

A number of Odontoglossums, Natural Hybrids, from Messrs. LINDEN received marked
attention, in the first place Odontoglossum x rubiginosum, of a sulphur yellow, largely
spotted with rich reddish-brown; the fine varieties of Odontoglossum Wilckeanum var. elon-
gatum and fuscum; splendid forms of Odontoglossum Ruckeri, Cymbidium Lowi and Coelogyie
cristata var. leucorrhoda; the charming Rodriguezia Lindeni bearing numerous spikes and
the superb Cypripedium fascinator.

A magnificent form of Cattleya Trianae var. alba, very pure, a large specimen of
Cattleya Trianae, well flowered; two fine forms of Cattleya amethystoglossa, Odontoglossum
crispum, and the excellent variety Cattleya Trianae var. ampliata, came from the collection
of A. Mapoux, Esq.

M. Pauwets, Esq., showed Odontoglossum maculatum, a very rich form of Lycaste
Skinnert, well flowered plants of Cypripedium Lindleyanum and Phajus Wallichi.

A very superior variety of Odontoglossum crispum, richly blotched, and a good form

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7 Dt Van CAUWELAERT showed Cypripedium Lathamianum var. inversum, a fine yellow
e. form of Cypripedium insigne montanum ; Odontoglossum Ruckerianum dark variety; and a very
a fine form of Cattleya Trianae very richly coloured. :
From Mr. De LoMBAERDE, came Odontoglossum Rossi roseum a pretty form; Cattleya
Trianae and a charming form of Odontoglossum Andersont.
G. Warocgué, Esq., showed a finely spotted variety of Odontoglossum Ruckerianum;
; Cypripedium Leeanum giganteum and other Hybrids.
3 The Jury, composed of MM.: A. Maboux, Esq., President; Canuzac (Hon. Sec.),
a comte DE Boustgs, PAUWELS, VAN WAMBEKE, Capart, MirEAU, DU TRIEU DE TERDONCK,
chevalier DE WARGNy, De LomBAERDE, DE Bosscuere, gave the following awards.
First-Class Diploma of Honour
5 To Odontoglossum x rubiginosum, from Messrs. LINDEN, unanimously.
q Second-Class Diploma of Honour
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oe To Cypripedium hybrid, from M. MITEAU.
3 First-Class Certificate of Merit
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To Cattleya Trianae, from M. CH. VAN WAMBEKE, Esq.; Cypripedium x Lathamianum
% var. inversum, from M. Dt VAN CAUWELAERT; Cypripedium x fascinator, from M. LINDEN;
4 Cattleya Trianae var. atrata, from Messrs. Lucien LinDEN et C°; Odontoglossum Ruckerianum
hi var., from M. D? VAN CAUWELAERT; Dendrobium formosum giganteum, from M. KNIGHT;
a Odontoglossum crispum var., from M. Knicut ; Cattleya Trianae var. alba, from
a s M. Mapoux, Esq.
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To Cypripedium x Calypso, from M. Cu. VAN WAMBEKE, Esq.; Odontoglossum crispum
i var., from M. BarBiER; Cattleya Trianae, from M. Dt VAN CAUWELAERT.
4 First-Class Cultural Certificate
a To Cattleya Trianae, from M. A. Mapoux, Esq.; Odontoglossum pulchellum, from
a M. Cu. VAN WAMBEKE, Esq.; Rodriguezia Lindent, from M. LINDEN.
a Second-Class Cultural Certificate
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ONCIDIUM VARICOSUM woz. var. ROGERSII xcus. v.
VARICOSE ONCIDIUM, D: ROGERS’ WAU TING,

ONCIDIUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 37.

Oncidium varicosum. Pseudobulbis oblongis, subtetragonis, diphyllis; foliis rigidis, spathulato-lanceolatis, scapo
gracili pyramidali subsimpliciter racemoso ter brevioribus; floribus numerosis, distantibus; petalis sepalisque quorum
Jateralia semiconnata acutis, reflexis; labello maximo, subrotundo, obsolete quadrilobo, lobis lateralibus rotundatis,
crista postice tridentata fornicata antice cuneata varicibus venarum in posticis confluentibus circumdata, alis superio-
ribus columnae rotundatis denticulatis inferioribus integerrimis. — Sepala petalaque pallide viridia et transverse fusco

zonata. Labellum pulchre flavum, lobo terminali lato antice obscure lobulato.
Oncidium varicosum Lpu. in Bot. Regist., sub. tab. 1920 (1837); Ser¢. Orchid., sub. tab. 48 (1841); in Fourn,
Hort. Soc. Lond., V, 143 (1850); in Paxr. Fl. Gard., I, p. 106 (1851), II. Glean. 148 (1852) ; Folia Orchid. Oncid.,
Pp. 24 (1855). — OTTo et Dietr. Allgem. Gartenz., XVIII, P- 349 (1850). — Lemarre, Yard. Fleur., I, tab. 206-207
(1852). — Reus. F. in WALP. Ann. Bot., VI, p- 738 (1863). — Gard. Chron., n. ser. XII, p. 305, fig. 49 (1879). —
» WILLIAMS, Orch. Alb., IV, tab. 192 (1885); Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, P- 634 (1894). — Warts. and Bean, Orchids,
p. 391 (1890). — VeIrcH, Man. Orchid. Pl., part VII, p. 88, cum. ic. — SreIn, Orchideenb., P- 430. fig. 135
(1892). — Bots, Les Orchid., p. 162 (1893). — L. Linp., Orchid. exot., P. 904 (1894). — NicHOLs. Dict. d’Hort.,
trad. Morret, III, p. 561 (1895). : :
O. Lunaeanum Hort. in Gard. Chron., 1850, p. 168.
Crescit in Brasilia australi.
Var. Rogersii, Paniculae majores, ramosae, valde multiflorae. Flores majores, pulchre aurei. Labelli lobus |
terminalis latissimus, distincte quadrilobulatus.
Oncidium varicosum var. Rogersii RcuB. F. in Gard, Chron., 1870, p. 277, fig. 48; n. ser. Il, p. 715 (1874),
X, p. 627 (1878). — Flor. Magaz., 1870, tab. 477. — Florist and Pomol., 1870, p. 25, tab. 304. — Fl. des Serres,
XVIII, p. 150, cum. ic. (1870). — WaRNER, Sel. Orch., II, tab. 31. — JenniNGs, Orch., tab. 29 (1875). —
Ep. Morren, Belg. Hort., XXVIII, p. 172, tab. 6-7 (1878). — Du Buyss., L’Orchid., P- 431 (1878). — Dr Puypr,
Les Orch., p. 216. fig. 219 (1880), — Wixutams, Orch. Alb., V, sub. tab. 207 (1886); Orch. Grow. Man.,
edit. 7, p. 634, cum. ic. (1894). — Pritz. in ENGL. und PRANTL, Natiirl. Phlanzenfam, I, 6, p. 201, fig.. 219.—
Wats. and BEAN, Orchids, p. 392, fig. 95 (1890). — L’Orchidoph., 1892, p. 240, cum. tab.’ col. et P- 557. —
VEITCH, Man. Orch. Pl., part. VIII, p. 88. cum. ic. (1892). — STEIN, Orchideenb., P- 431 (1892). — KERcH.,
Livr. des Orchid., p. 97 et 309, fig. 215 (1894). — Orch. Rev., III, P. 103 (1895). — NICHOLS. Dict, @Hort., trad,
Mottet, III, p. 561 (1895).
Oncidium Rogersii Hort.; Hooc. and Moore in Fourn, of Hortic., XLU, P- 522, cum. tab. (1869). —
L’Orchidoph., 1889, p. 203. ‘
Oncidium varicosum var. southorangense R. M. GREY in Americ, Gardening, 1895, p. 74.

he first description of Oncidium varicosum, published by Linp.ey in 1837,
was taken from some dried specimens gathered in Brazil by Prince

Maximitien DE Wiep-Neuwiep, who travelled over this country from
1815 to 1817. The German traveller, Frepsric SELLow, who died in Brazil
in 1831, when on a long and fruitful exploration that he had undertaken in
this region since the year 1814, also gathered some very fine specimens in the
province of Saint-Paul, in the spring of the year 1829, but which were only
examined a long time after.

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Some years elapsed however, before this plant was introduced into Europe.
This took place in July 1846, when the Belgian Botanist and Collector J. Lizon,
sent to Brazil by M. ve Joncue, of Brussels, having found the same species
growing on the trunks of the large trees in a forest in the environs of the
small town of Ytu, in the Province of St. Paul, collected a dozen vigorous
plants, all that he was able to find, and sent them to Europe.

Eight of these plants arrived in good health at Brussels, where they flowered
freely in November 1847, and excited the admiration of al the connoisseurs
of the time, even Linpxey, declared that O. varicosum was one of the finest
yellow-flowered species. ;

The Rogersii variety which appeared in the collection of D* Rocgrs, of
East-Grinstead (England) in 1868, surpasses the type in beauty and vigour. The
scape bears as many as 170 large, golden-yellow flowers; on the anterior part
of the front lobe there are three deep crenatures, and sometimes it expands
2 inches broad.

The annexed plate was painted from the beautiful variety exhibited by
M. pe Lomparrpe, at one of the last Meetings of the OrcnipEENne. It is a
very remarkable variety, bearing flowers of unusual size.

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PONtreENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUMES:

it Volume

Aganisia ionoptera, Catasetum saccatum, Cattleya Buyssoniana, Cattleya
> parthenia, Cattleya Rex, Cattleya Warocqueana var. amethystina ,
Cochlioda Nétzliana, Cypripedium X Bragaianum, Cypripedium x Des-

boisianum, Cypripedium Engelhardtae, Cypripedium Stonei, Dendrobium

Phalaenopsis, Laelia purpurata, Laelia purpurata var. alba, Mormodes Law-
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dium lamelligerum, Oncidium Leopoldianum, Peristeria aspersa, Phalaenopsis
Lowi, Phalaenopsis speciosa, Zygopetalum Gautieri, Zygopetalum Lindeniae.

2Ȣ Volume

Aerides suavissimum, Anguloa uniflora var. Treyerani, Burlingtonia pu-
bescens, Catasetum barbatum var. spinosum, Cattleya bicolor, Cattleya pe
Hardyana var. Laversinensis, Coryanthesleucocorys, Cycnoches peruvianum,
Cypripedium X vexillarium, Dendrobium x Ainsworthi, Dendrobium leuco-
lophotum, Dendrobium superbiens, Diacrium bicornutum, Disa grandiflora,

Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa, Laelia purpurata var. rosea, Laeliocattleya
» Arnoldiana, Masdevallia coriacea, Mormodes Rolfeanum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. xanthotes, Phalaenopsis violacea, Rhynchostylis coelestis, Sele-
nipedium X calurum, Trichocentrum triquetrum,

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Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, Cypripedium exul var. Imschootianum, Den-
drobium bigibbum var. albo-marginatum, Epidendrum Capartianum, Eulo-
phiella Elisabethae, Habenaria militaris, Houlletia odoratissima, Lycaste
lasioglossa, Miltonia Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum excellens var. dellense,
Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Lindeniae, Odontoglossum praestans, Peris-

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Stanhopea eburnea, Stanhopea Moliana, Stanhopea Wardii var. venusta,
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Alexandrae var. tenebrosa; Cattleya X Brymeriana, Cattleya Dowiana var.
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crispum var. Ferrierense, Phalaenopsis Liiddemanniana, Vanda tricolor var.
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DENDROBIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 13.

Dendrobium atroviolaceum. Glaberrimum ; pseudobulbis fusiformi-clavatis, superne sulcatis, inferne longe atte-
nuatis et teretiusculis, apice diphyllis rarius triphyllis ; foliis robustis, patulis, crasse coriaceis, ovato-oblongis, acutius-
culis, persistentibus ; racemo solitario, terminali, erecto, plurifloro, foliis circiter aequilongo ; bracteis ovatis, acutis,
adpressis, ovario multo brevioribus; floribus majusculis, patulis ; sepalis submembranaceis, patulis, dorsali anguste
ovato acuto, lateralibus anguste triangularibus breviter acuminatis, mento satis prominente obtuso; petalis erecto-
patulis, obovatis, acutis, sepalo dorsali aequilongis et paulo latioribus ; labello petalis aequilongo, carnoso, trilobato,
lobis margine integerrimis, lateralibus majusculis erectis incurvis apice rotundatis, terminali convoluto subreniformi
apice abrupte apiculato, disco inferne usque ad medium late calloso; columna brevi, apice antice utrinque unidentato,

Dendrobium atroviolaceum ROL¥FE in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, VII, p. 463 et 512 (1890); XV, p. 113, fig. 12
(1894). — Journ. des Orch., 1, p. 71 (1890); IV, p. 361 (1894). — L’Orchidoph., 1890, p. 130; 1892, p. 323 et
324. — WILLIAMs, Orch. Alb., X, tab. 444 (1892) ; Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, P- 325 (1894). — Hook. r.
in Bot. Mag., tab. 7371 (1894). — L. Linp., Les Orch. exot., Pp. 725 (1894).— Fourn. of Hortic., XXVIII, p. 65,
fig. 10 (1894). — Orchid Rev., Il, p. 72 (1894); III, p. 305, fig. 12 (1895).

Dendrobium Forbesii RiDLEY (ex WILLIAMS, Orch. Grow. Man., loc. cit.).

Crescit in Novo-Guinea orientali.

endrobium atroviolaceum has stout, oblong, inflated pseudo-bulbs, fur-
rowed at the upper part, rather thinner at the apex, greatly diminished
and rounded at the lower part, bearing two or sometimes three leaves.
The latter are rather large, expanded, thick and leathery, persistent, oval-oblong,
rather acute, of a dark green. Flower-spike solitary, terminal, erect, composed
of 5 to 8 good-sized flowers perfectly smooth and greatly dilated. Each pedicel
bears a membraneous, oval acute, appressed, whitish bract, about 8 mm. long.
The sepals almost membraneous, dilated of a whitish-yellow ornamented with
thick spots of violet-purple especially in the lower part, the dorsal sepal narrow-
oval, acute, about 2 1/2 cm. long; the lateral sepals somewhat smaller, trian-
gular, shortly acuminate forming in front an obtuse prominent chin. The petals
are erect and expanded, of the same length and colour as the dorsal sepal, but
rather less blotched and obovate. The lip fleshy, of the same length as the
petals, distinctly three-lobed ; the lateral lobes large, rounded at the apex, slightly
encircling the column, rich violet-purple within, deep green without; the terminal
lobe much broader than long, rolled into a cornet, abruptly apiculated at the
apex, of a deep green, the interior part marked with violet-purple bands irregu-
larly rameous; extending from the base to the height of the lateral sinuses,
greenish-white variegated with purple, concave with acute edges in the lower
part, with three ribs in the upper part. Column 4 to 5 mm. in length, -ofa

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greenish-white, with the anterior part of a violet-purple, bearing in front at
the apex two sharp teeth bent backwards.

Although the colours of this species are not so bright as some of its
cognates, it may however be classed amongst the most remarkable of the genus
‘not only for the grace of its aspect, but for the beauty of its flowers and
peculiar coloration. The habitat of D. atroviolaceum is Eastern New Guinea,
where it grows in the warmest and dampest parts. It was introduced by
Messrs. Verrcu & Sons in 1890.

D. atroviolaceum is allied to D. macrophyllum A. Ricu. (which must not be
confounded with D. macrophyllum Lox., which is a synonym of D. superbum
Reus. F.), also found in New Guinea. It is easy to distinguish one species
from the other for D. macrophyllum has shorter, stouter pseudo-bulbs; the bracts
are longer, linear-oblong, not oval; the flowers are yellowish-green, the lip only
is blotched and veined with deep purple; the ovary and the sepals are hairy,
not smooth; the petals are shorter than the sepals, not so long as they; the
lip much longer than the petals, not of the same length.

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TRACY'S CYMBIDIUM.

CYMBIDIUM. Vide Lindenia, IX, p. 13.

Cymbidium Tracyanum. Foliis elongatis, lineari-ligulatis, acutis, subtus distincte carinatis ; pedunculo robus-
tissimo, deflexo, 16-20-floro, foliis longiore; floribus amplis; bracteis minutis ; sepalis late oblongis, acutis, dorsali
superne incurvo, lateralibus patulis; petalis patulis, anguste oblongo-ligulatis, acutis; labello petalis satis breviore,
distincte trilobato, lobis lateralibus erectis ovato- -triangularibus acutis margine denticulatis, lobo terminali late oblongo
reflexo margine laciniato-crispo, disco a basi usque ultra medium carinis geminis carnosis dense villosis instructo;
columna elongata, incurva, exalata.

Cymbidium Tracyanum (Traceyanum) Hort.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, VII, p. 702 et 718 (1890); IX, p. 137,
fig. 34 (1891). — Fourn. of Hortic., XXI, p. 535, fig. 71 (1890). — Journ. des Orchid., 1, p. 326 (1891). — Veriton,
Man. Orch. Pl., part. IX, p. 22, cum icon. (1893). — L. Linp., Les Orchid. exot., p. 684 (1894). — WILLIams,
Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 224, cum icon. (1894). — Orchid Rev., III, p- 360 (1895).

his splendid species, the flowers of which exceed in size those of all
its cognates, is still extremely rare in cultivation. The first plant
was introduced some years ago by MH. A. Tracy, of Twickenham
(England); it had been placed with a series of Cymbidium Lowianum, and
had been mistaken for one of these plants, the leaves being the same. It was
only at the end of 1890, when it flowered for the first time, that the confusion
was found out; the plant was exhibited at the Meeting of the Royal Horticural
Society held on the 9" December 1890 and obtained a First-Class Certificate.
A few days after, it was sent for sale to Messrs Prorueroz & Morris in
London, where it was bought by M. le baron Scurogper, of Bis Dell, for
75 guineas.

(Cr Tracyanum i is allied to C. radi Grirr. (C. Hookerianum Reus. F F.),
a remarkable variety of the latter is figured in this collection (vol. IX, pl. 389),
and certain authors seem inclined to connect them as a geographical form.
There is indeed, a certain resemblance in the shape and size of the flowers;
but they differ extremely in colour, for C. grandiflorum ‘in its typical form,
has yellowish — green sepals and petals, and the lip is thickly blotched with
purple. The habitat of the latter is Nepaul and Sikkim; whereas C. Tracyanum
most probably comes from Burmah, the habitat of C. Lowianum, as it was
introduced with the latter.

Other authors are rather inclined to consider it as a hybrid, perhaps the
intercrossing of C. grandiflorum and C. giganteum, for it has almost the peculiar
coloration of the latter, but the flowers are much larger. This hypothesis is

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as the two other species, which does not appear probable.
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CYPRIPEDIUM X LEEANUM verca VARIETATES .
Mr. LEE’S CYPRIPEDIUM, DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 7

Cypripedium X Leeanum. Descript., vide Lindenia, III, peOr.

Cypripedium < Leeanum VeEIrcu in Gard. Chron., n. ser. XXI, p. 50 (1884), XXIII, p. 277 (1885, — var,
superbum) ; Man. Orchid. Pl., part. IV, p. 88 (1889). — L’Orchidoph., 1884, P- 553 1885, pp. 2 et 238, cum tab,
col.; 1886, p. 137; 1889, p. 85; 1891, p. 3. — PyNAERT in Rev. de PHort. Belg., XI, p. 231, fig. 34 (1885). —
Gard. Chron., n. ser., XXV, p. 168 (1886); ser. 3, IV, p. 663 (1888, — var. maculatum), V, p. 11 (1889 — var.
Maesereelianum). — Witutams, Orch, Alb., V, tab. 223 (1886); Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7» P- 275 (1894). —
Lindenia, ll, tab. 125 (1887). — Watson and Bran, Orchids, p. 186, fig. 48 (1890). — Pucci Cyprip., p. 134
(1891). — Reichenbachia, ser. 2, II, Pp. 19, tab. 57 (var. giganteum). — Gard. Mag., 1892, p. 48, cum ic. —
Gard. and For., V1, p. 117 (1893, — var. ampliatum). — L. Linp., Les Orchid. exot., p. 712 (1894). — Fourn.
des Orch., VI, p. 381 (1896).

Cypripedium X Maesereelianum Horv.; Illustr. Hortic., 1889, p. 23, tab. 77.

Cypripedium X Vallerandi Hort.; Lindenia, V, p. 100 (1889, — nomen tantum),

Cypripedium X Engelhardtae L. Linp. in Lindenia, VI, P- 93, tab. 285 (1890).

Paphiopedilum X Leeanum Stet, Orchideenb., p. 474 (1892). ;

Cypripedium X Albertianum Hort. J. Hye; Rev. de ? Hort. Belg., XIX, p. 3, tab. 1 (1893). — Fourn. des
Orchid., III, p. 346 (1893).

Paphiopedium X Albertianum, P. X Engelhardtae, P. x Leeanum, P. X Maesereelianum et P. X Vallerandi
(Valerandi) Kercu., Livre des Orchid., pp. 475, 478, 480, 481 et 484 (1894).

Cypripedium < Yvonnae Hort.; Illustr. Hort., XLII, Pp. 23, tab. 26 (1895). — Fourn. des Orchid., VI, p. 382
(C. X Ivonnae, — 1896).

hat will the study of Orchids become in a certain number of years, :
and specially the study of certain kinds, as for instance the Cypripe-
dium Group, if not only other species and new varieties are introduced
constantly, but particularly if the varied intercrossing between the forms already
known be put into daily application ? Most of the primitive types which every
body agrees on considering as being specifically distinct, will be allied by so
many intermediairies, that it will become quite impossible to draw an exact
line of demarcation between them, at least as far as concerns cultivated plants.

A remarkable example of these almost indefinable varieties, is to be found
in Cypripedium x Leeanum, of which the splendid double annexed plate repro-
duces some of the most remarkable forms that have flowered lately in the
hot-houses of the Horticutture INTERNATIONALE.

C. Leeanum has been described and figured in 1887, in the Lindenia
(vol. III, pl. 125), it was raised by crossing C. insigne and C. Spicerianum, |
two species bearing a certain affinity, but which all botanists consider as being
perfectly distinct. To show more clearly what each form of the hybrid has

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inherited from its parents our plate shows the latter, in the small frame at
the right : the superior flower is C. Spicerianum; the inferior is the common
form of C. insigne. ;

We may recapitulate the distinctive features of these two species in the
following manner : — C. insigne has light-green leaves, the bract of the same
length as the ovary, the upper sepal broadly ovate rounded, has a green ground
excepting the edge and is thichly spotted with purple, the lower sepal larger
than the lip, the petals are large with wavy edges, slightly tinged with numerous
brown-purple longitudinal lines, the staminode is almost quadrangular, yellowish,
with a strong callus towards the centre.

C. Spicerianum is notably smaller in every part, especially the flower; the
leaves are dark green; the bract is much shorter than the ovary; the upper sepal
is very broad, obovate-romboid, white with a bright-purple median vein, the
lower sepal is notably smaller; the petals are relatively smaller, rather crisped,
with one median purple line; the staminode is rounded, undulated, violet-purple

‘margined with white.

If we compare the seven forms of C. Leeanum which our plate figures
with their parents, we remark in all, more or less, the trace of the median
purple stripe on the upper sepal and petals of C. Spicerianum; most of them
have also on the upper sepal the small purple blotches of C. insigne ; two of them
have the upper sepal more rounded than the latter; the others more obovate,
like the former. The first form to the left in the upper row is the one which
most resembles C. Spicerianum; but the shape of the upper sepal and the
staminode remind us strongly of C. imsigne. The colouring of the four others
is also most like C. imsigne. As to the two upper ones, the one to the right
on account of its golden shade, resembles C. Engelhardtae variety, but the
upper sepal is much less blotched; the one to the left, remarkable for its
size is strongly allied to C. Yvonnae. They are all superb plants.

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THE. FETE OF- THE ORCHIDS:

The 19 of April was really a day of rejoicing for the members of the ORCHIDEENNE,
in Brussels. At half past ten a. m., the Jury found a splendid collection of Orchids waiting
for their appreciation and sidetentisa At half past twelve the orchidists assembled to
celebrate their annual Banquet which was most successful; they then visited the magni-

ficent Floral nurseries of Messrs Lucien LiInpEN & C°, at Moortebeek, as well as the’

remarkable collection of the well-known amateur M. CHarLes VAN WamBEKE. We will
briefly sketch the different parts of the programme of the day.

THE MEETING.

We can only mention the most remarkable species and varieties exhibited, our
space being limited.

Amongst the magnificent Odontoglossum, O. crispum calos, with large blood-red
blotches, a splendid variety; O. x spectabile, large bright-yellow flower, richly spotted;
O. crisbum meleagris, a wonderful variety with all its divisions blotched and dotted with
red on a light lilac groud, a very fine round flower; O. crispuim rosewm, a pretty flower,
admirably coloured; O. Pescatoret guttatum, the three sepals thickly blotched, splendidly
coloured the petals and the lip slightly blotched; O. miniatwm, enormous blotches, excep-
tionally dark; O. x concinnum, Wilckeanum genus, magnificent, particularly the blotches.
All these fine Odontoglossum came from the HorricuLruRE INTERNATIONALE. From
the same source, Cypripedium Wallisi with its long, light-green, veined, oval pavilion;
Cattleya Mossiae x Mendeli with its pure white divisions and lip so. distinguished in
shape and colour; Oncidium sp. nova, the reddish-purple and: yellow colouring of which
is most effective; Cattleya Mendeli very fine; Cattleya Mendeli eximia; Eulophia congoensis
bearing some resemblance to the. pink-flowered Calanthe, etc.

M. Jos. Mogens exhibited some fine Cypripedium, especially C. Stella, C. excelsior,
C. Charleanum dedicated to M. CHARLES Mapoux. M. PauweELs continues to send us
beautiful Odontoglossum Rossi majus, of which he possesses a remarkable collection; he
also exhibited a very fine Odontoglossum Reichenheimi well-flowred and a Cattleya specio-
sissima of extreme beauty.

Messrs Lucren Linpen & C? exhibited an interesting series of Odontoglossum
civrhosum maximum very richly flowered, some Cochlioda vulcanica grandiflora, well
deserving their last name, and a group of very beautiful Cattleya Trianae, etc.

M* TuHompson sent a fine Cattleya Lawrenceana, an Odontoglossum sceptrum var.
argus and a Cattleya Skinnert Thompson’s var.; M. Warocoué an Oncidium ampliatum
majus, a gigantic specimen with thirty flower-spikes.

We may further mention Catileya Trianae var. Schulziana belonging to M. _Joun
ScHuLz, Cattleya Skinnert var. oculata from M, Canuzac, Catileva Mendeli from Messts
DALLEMAGNE & C°, Cypripedium Rothschildianum and Odontoglossum Wambekeanum from
M. VAN WAMBEKE; Odontoglosswm polvxantum from M. Capartr; Polycycnis muscifera and
Nanodes Mantini from M. E. Liprecut, Paris.

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M' THompson, amateur, from Stone (England), presided the Jury; M. CAHUZAC
from Bordeaux, performed the office of secretary.

THE BANQUET.

The Banquet at which nearly all the principal Orchidists in Belgium attended,
included among its guests the president and secretary of the Jury, as well as the
« Father of Orchids » M. JEAN LinpEex, who, when the time for the toasts came, was
honoured with great enthusiasm. M. Lucien Linpen partook of the honours of the
day with his respected Father. It would be ungrateful to omit the name of D* Caparr,
the soul of these friendly gatherings, who superintended the gastronomic part with an
art quite unlooked for in an illustrious physician.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MESSRS LINDEN & C°.

This Establishment, of which we will give a further description later on, has
literally astonished the visitors. All declared, that no other establishment could be
compared with it. Everything is admirably conceived, the system for the ventilation,
light, heating, the interior distribution, the communication between the differents parts,
nothing has been neglected, everything has been executed in the most intelligent way.
The forty thousand Odontoglossum, the thousands of Cattleya, Cypripedium and other
plants, grow there with surprising vigour. When all the plants are in full vegetation,
a visit to this Establishment will be quite a treat for the Orchidist as for the simple
amateur of beautiful flowers.

AT M. VAN WAMBEKE’S.

The garden and hot-houses, everything here shows the lover of nature. If M. VAn
WamBEKE has a fine collection of Orchids, if he understands them throughly, he is
none the less fond of other kinds of plants, as we may judge by his splendid collections
of Cineraires and Auriculas. To this affection for pretty flowers, be they what they may,
M. VAN WAMBEKE joins a precious quality, the communicative sincerity of his enthusiasm;
he is a friend who receives with cordiality and possesses the art of proposing a toast
to the Orchidists who assembled at his house on the 19" of April, a day that will be
long-remembered by all.

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SenteNntls OF THE FIRST VOLUMES:

it Volume

Aganisia ionoptera, Catasetum saccatum, Cattleya Buyssoniana, Cattleya
> parthenia, Cattleya Rex, Cattleya Warocqueana var. amethystina,
Cochlioda Nétzliana, Cypripedium X Bragaianum, Cypripedium X Des-
boisianum, Cypripedium X Engelhardtae, Cypripedium Stonei, Dendrobium

Phalaenopsis, Laelia purpurata, Laelia purpurata var. alba, Mormodes Law-
renceanum, Odontoglossum Bergmani, Odontoglossum X Claesianum, Onci-
dium lamelligerum, Oncidium Leopoldianum, Peristeria aspersa, Phalaenopsis
Lowi, Phalaenopsis speciosa, Zygopetalum Gautieri, Zygopetalum Lindeniae.

2°¢ Volume

Aerides suavissimum, Anguloa uniflora var. Treyerani, Burlingtonia pu-
bescens, Catasetum barbatum var. spinosum, Cattleya bicolor, Cattleya X
Hardyana var. Laversinensis, Coryanthesleucocorys, Cycnoches peruvianum,
Cypripedium X vexillarium, Dendrobium X Ainsworthi, Dendrobium leuco-
lophotum, Dendrobium superbiens, Diacrium bicornutum, Disa grandiflora,

Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa, Laelia purpurata var. rosea, Laeliocattleya
Arnoldiana, Masdevallia coriacea, Mormodes Rolfeanum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. xanthotes, Phalaenopsis violacea, Rhynchosty lis coelestis, Sele-
nipedium X calurum, Trichocentrum triquetrum,

3 Volume

Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, Cypripedium exul var. Imschootianum, Den- |
drobium bigibbum var. albo-marginatum, Epidendrum Capartianum, Ewo-
phiella Elisabethae, Habenaria militaris, Houlletia odoratissima, Lycaste
lasioglossa, Miltonia Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum X excellens var, dellense,
Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Lindeniae, Odontoglossum praestans, Peris-

teria Lindeni, Phaius tuberculosus, Saccolabium bellinum, Saccolabium
Hendersonianum, Selenipedium caudatum var. Uropedium, Sobralia violacea,
Stanhopea eburnea, Stanhopea Moliana, Stanhopea Wardii var. venusta,
Stauropsis Warocqueana, Trichopilia brevis, Zygopetalum cerinum,

4" Volume

Anguloa uniflora var. eburnea, Bulbophyllum anceps, Bulbophyllum
Dearei, Cattleya Aclandiae, Cattleya Alexandrae var. elegans, Cattleya
Alexandrae vr. tenebrosa, Cattleya X Brymeriana, Cattleya Dowiana var.
Statteriana, Cattleya > Hardyana var. Gardeniana, Coryanthes macro-
corys, Cypripedium Leonae, Cyrtopodium punctatum, Dendrobium Mac- |

Carthiae, Dendrobium nobile var. Cooksonianum, Epidendrum Wallisi,
Grammangis Ellisii, Laeliocattleya X elegans var. Broomeana, Miltonia
vexillaria var. virginalis, Odontoglossum Insleayi var. Imschootianum,
Odontoglossum nebulosum, Stanhopea ins.gnis, Vanda insignis, Zygopetalum
gtaminifolium, Zygopetalum (Warscewiczella, Lindeni.

5" Volume

Angraecum articulatum, Batemannia Colleyi, Brassia bicolor, Cattleya |
amethystoglossa var. rosea, Cattleya Hardyana var. Statteriana, Cattleya
labiata, Cattleya Mossiae var. Mendeli, Chysis bractescens, Coelogyne
Hookeriana, Colax jugosus, Cypripedium Lucienianum, Cypripedium >< me-
moria Moensi, Cyrtopodium Aliciae, Laelia X Oweniae, Laeliocattleya <

amoena var. delicata, Lycaste macrobulbon var. Youngi, Lycaste Skinneri
var. purpurea, Masdevallia Harryana varietates, Maxillaria callichroma,
Mitonia Warscewiczi, Mormodes igneum var. maculatum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. Ferrierense, Phalaenopsis Liiddemanniana, Vanda tricolor var.
planilabris.

6 Volume

Aerides Lawrenceae, Aganisia lepida, Catasetum Imschootianum, Cata-
setum Rodigasianum var. tenebrosum, Cattleya Aclandiae var. salmonea,
Cattleya Eldorado var. Treyeranae, Cattleya velutina, Chondrorhyncha
Chestertoni, Cymbidium grandiflorum var. punctatum, Cymbidium Lowia-
num, Cypripedium X Claudii, Cypripedium >< conco-Lawre, Cypripedium
X Lathamianum, Cypripedium > Lawrebel, Cypripedium philippinense,

Cypripedium X Weathersianum, Galeandra Claesii, Laelia purpurata var.
fastuosa, Laeliocattleya >< eximia, Lycaste cinnabarina, Masdevallia X
Pourbaixi, Maxillaria striata, Odontoglossam Thompsonianum, Odonto-
glossum Triomphe de Rambouillet, Vanda tricolor var. Hoveae, Zygope-
talum grandiflorum.

7 Volume

Cattleya Aclandiae var. tigrina, Cattleya Eldorado var. Lindeni, Cattleya
Eldorado var. Oweni, Cattleya Trianae var. Caparti, Cymbidium eburneum,
Cypripedium > Dallemagnei, Cypripedium Gibezianum, Cypripedium
Godefroyae var. leucochilum, Cypripedium insigne var. montanum, Vendro-
bium Wardianum var. Lindeniae, Laelia X juvenilis, Laelio-Cattleya
Cauwenberghei, Laelio-Cattleya >< elegans var. leucotata, Lycaste X Im-

schootiana, Lycaste Luciani, Masdevallia Davisi, Maxillaria mirabilis, Odon-
toglossum cirrhosum, Odontoglossum cordatum var. aureum, Odontoglossum
crispum var, Dallemagneae, Odontoglossum crispum var. ocellatum, Odon-
toglossum crispum var, Waltonense, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Cha-
beriae, Trichopilia suavis, Zygopetalum intermedium var. peruvianum.

8 Volume

Anguloa X Madouxiana, Bifrenaria tyrianthina, Catasetum Lindeni, Cata-
setum Luciani, Catasetum macrocarpum var. Lindeni, Catasetum splendens
var. album, Catasetum splendens var. atro-purpureum, Cattleya Cupidon,
Cattleya guttata var. tigrina, Cattleya x Hardyana var. Luciani, Cattleya
Mossiae var. Treyeranae, Cattleya Mossiae var. Wageneri, Cattleya Mossiae

var. Wambekeana, Cycnoches Loddigesi, Cypripedium Charlesworthi, Cypri-
pedium > Denisianum, Eria cinnabarina, Laelia purpurata var. Comte
de Montebello, Laelio-Cattleya & Lindeni, Mormodes Cogniauxi, Odonto-
glossum nebulosum var. amabile, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Prince of
Orange, Oncidium cristatum, Thunia Winniana.

9 Volume

(Catasetum Bungerothi var. aurantiacum, Catasetum imperiale, Catasetum
mirabile, Catasetum splendens var. Aliciae, Cattleya gigas var. amplissi

nepek yaa Masdevallia ludibunda, Masdevallia triangularis, Maxillaria

Cattleya Leopold II, Cattleya Mossiae var. amoena, Cypripedium x Félix
Faure, Cypripedium Madame Octave Opoix, Dendrobium nobile var. can-

didulum, Laelia glauca, Laeliocattleya Sayana, Laelio-Cattleya x Varje-

He » Odontoglossum Edwardi, Odontoglossum X_ Halli-xanthum,
ontoglossum X harvengtense, Odontoglossum pulchellum var. majus,

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Welds ne Schomburgkia rosea, Stauropsis gigantea, Zygopetalum

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Part LXIV-LXV. [9 May-JuNE 1896.

LINDENIA

ICONOGRAPHY
OR OR CATs

CONDUCTED BY

J. Linpen, Lucien Linpen and A. CoGniaux.

THE COLOURED PORTRAITS BY
P. DE PANNEMAEKER, A. GOOSSENS and J. GOFFART.

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Odontoglossum crispum Ldl. var. Calos L. Lind. 3 LBD aVE ay is os a 37
Odontoglossum >< Wilckeanum Rchb. f. var. Odontoglossum crispum rant var. epee wiss
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ODONTOGLOSSUM x RUBIGINOSUM L. LIND.

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ODONTOGLOSSUM x RUBIGINOSUM t. tino.

THE RUBIGINOUS ODONTOGLOSSUM.

ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11.
Odontoglossum X rubiginosum. Hybridum verisimiliter inter O. crispum et O. sceptrum apud naturam productum.
Odontoglossum > rubiginosum L. LIND. in Fourn. des Orchid., VII, pp. 40, 50 et 60 (1896).

| of amateurs to the wonderful series of new forms of Odontoglossum
# which have been recently introduced by the Brussels Horricutture

INTERNATIONALE, and by Messrs. Lucren LinpEN et C2, Moortebeek, several of.

which have obtained the highest awards at the different Exhibitions. held last
Spring. It has been decided by the Editor of the Lindenia to devote an extra
number to some of the most remarkable amongst them.

O. x rubiginosum, which must be placed foremost on the list, is well worthy
of its place, as may be seen by our plate. In form the flowers are almost like
those of a very broad form of O. x Wilckeanuwm, but much deeper in colour. The
sepals are broadly-lanceolate, acuminate, the edges are rather wavy, of a light
yellow, which changes to white towards the base, ornamented with very large
irregular chocolate-brown blotches. The petals are of the same colour as the
sepals, but notably broader, acute or shortly acuminate, margins irregularly
denticulate-lobate, with a very large irregular blotch above the centre and four
or five smaller ones towards the base. The lip is narrowly obovate, shortly
acuminate, edges wavy and rather ragged, with a large irregular blotch and others
smaller of a lighter brown than those on the sepals; towards the base there are
numberless short, diverging lines of the same colour. The column is yellowish-
white, somewhat blotched with reddish-brown.

According to M. Lucien Linpen, this fine plant is most probably a natural
hybrid between O. crispum and O. sceptrum and we believe this opinion to be
well founded. We may here remark that O. sceptrum, which is considered by
M. Linven as being a distinct specific type (Les Orchid. exot., p. 866), is classed
by other authors as being simply a variety of O. luteo-burpureum. Whereas the
latter, crossed with O. crispum, has produced O. Wilckeanum, which bears great
analogy to our plant, but is however clearly distinct.

On the other hand, the cross of the two species O. crispum and O. sceptrum,

_ has already produced O. Harvengtense L. Linp., figured in the preceding volume

of the Lindenia (X, pl. 478). It suffices to compare the plates 478 and 517 to see

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how greatly the two products, which appear to result from the crossing of the
same species differ one from the other; this will not appear so strange, when
we remember how one of the parents of this hybrid, O. crispum, is apt to vary.

O. rubiginosum, presented at the Meeting of the OrcnipEENNE on the 8" of
last March, obtained the highest award, a First-class Diploma of Honour, unani-
mously and by acclamation.

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ACANTHEPHIPPIUM MANTINIANUM L. Linp et Coan. — Cette jolie et bien curieuse
Orchidée, a été introduite des iles Philippines par L’ HorTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE et elle
a fleuri tout récemment dans les serres de cet établissement. Elle se rapproche assez de
VA. bicolor Lvu., espéce propre a I’ile de Ceylan, dont elle se distingue surtout par son
port plus robuste, ses pseudobulbes entre autres ayant a peu prés une longueur double de
ceux de ce dernier; par ses fleurs de couleur assez différente; par ses sépales latéraux
formant vers leur partie centrale une gibbosité beaucoup plus forte que dans les autres
espéces du genre; par les pétales un peu plus courts que les sépales, a onglet trés large,
puis obtusément ovales-rhomboides et 4 sommet arrondi, au lieu d’étre €gaux aux sépales,
linéaires-oblongs et aigus; par le labelle dont le disque épaissi porte cing cétes presque
également saillantes, les trois internes se prolongeant un peu sur le lobe terminal, qui pour le
reste est lisse, au lieu que le disque de l’A. bicolor ne porte que deux lamelles séparées par
une ligne élevée, n’atteignant par le lobe terminal, qui est garni d’aspérités. Les fleurs sont
fort étalées. Les bractées, longues d’au moins 3 centimetres, sont fort ventrues, d’un vert
fortement teinté de brun pourpré. Les sépales sont luisants sur leurs deux faces, d’un jaune
un peu nuancé de vert; leur face interne est ornée inférieurement de nombreux gros points
pourpres, tandis que la partie supérieure — la moitié pour le sépale dorsal, le tiers pour
les sépales latéraux, — est d’un pourpre foncé, avec sept bandes longitudinales d’un blanc
jaunatre. Les pétales ont la méme couleur que les sépales, sauf que leur partie inférieure
est plus blanche. Le labelle est luisant et d’un blanc de cire, avec quelques points pourpres
a l’extérieur, tandis qu’a la face interne, la partie épaissie du disque est d’un jaune orangé,
avec des sillons ponctués ou lignés de pourpre vif. La colonne est blanche, avec la partie
relevée du pied marquée intérieurement de cing lignes de points d’un pourpre vif.

Exposé au Meeting de L’OrcHIDEENNE du 16 juin dernier, l’A. Mantinianum a obtenu,
a ’unanimité, un diplome d’honneur de premiére classe. Nous avons le plaisir de le dédier a
M. Georces MANTIN, le savant orchidophile frangais dont les collections sont si renommées.

*

POLYSTACHYA VILLOSA Coan. — Pseudobulbe « bizarre, de forme plate et ronde
comme un disque; » d’apreés le croquis qui nous est communiqué, il est globuleux-déprimé
et parait avoir au moins 6 a 7 centimétres de diamétre. Il est surmonté de deux feuilles
membraneuses un peu coriaces, dressées, lancéolées-spathulées, aigués, assez longuement
atténuées inférieurement, d’un pourpre violet, longues de 8-9 centimétres, large de 2 centi-
métres. Pédoncule commun arqué ou flexueux, gréle, arrondi, d’un pourpre violacé foncé
briévement et densément velu, un peu rameux, long d’environ 3 décimétres. Bractées ae
eee réfléchies, ea chy covales, finement acuminées, trés briévement velues sur
es deux faces, longues de 7-8 millimétres. Ovaire densément velu, vert un peu teinté de

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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM tox. var. CALOS x. uno.

ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, FINE VARIETY.

ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 11.

Odontoglossum crispum, Vide Lindenia, I, p. 101.

Var. Calos. Floribus magnis; sepalis petalisque latiusculis, margine satis undulatis, albis et ad medium macula
ampla saepius unica irregulariter rotundata intense purpureo-sanguinea ornatis; labello ad medium flavo-aurantiaco,
caeteris albo, purpureo-sanguineo plurimaculato; columna purpureo et flavo variegata.

Var. Calos L. Linp.; Journ. des Orchid., VIL, pp. 60 et 68 (1896). — Ill. Hort., ser. 6, III, p. 127 (1896). —
Lindenia, XI, p. 75 (1896).

ince the Odontoglossum crispbum has been discovered on the mountains
of New Grenada, more than half a century ago, it has given birth to
numberless varieties, and the list of the most typical, of those which.
ioe received a particular name, would at the present time be long indeed.

Several of these varieties, such as O. Alexandrae, O. Bluntiit, O. Chestertonii, etc.,
were even at first considered as distinct species. O. Andersonianum, O. Fen-

ningsianum, O. linbatum, O. Ruckerianum, have been described by some authors,
and specially by Messrs. Veircu, as varieties, of O. crispbum; but they are more
commonly considered as natural hybrids between this species and one or the
other of its neighbours.

One might suppose that, the region where this species, so commonly cul-
tivated grows and of which hundred of thousands of plants have been introduced,
had been throughly explored and that nothing further could be discovered there,
especially when we consider the length of time this region has been open to
explorers. However, such is not the case, and great was the excitement amongst
the Orchidists when, quite recently, the Messrs Linpen exhibited a series of new
varieties one after the other, several of them surpassing in beauty those hitherto
seen in Europe.

Some of these new varieties were exhibited at the Meeting of the Brussels
ORcHIDEENNE, On the 19" of last April, and were greatly admired. O. crispum
Calos coming foremost on the list. The flowers of this variety are 4 inches in
diameter. The sepals and petals are rather broad, the edges slightly wavy,
with a pure white ground; each bearing one blotch in the centre, but very
large, rounded irregularly, of a deep blood-red colour, which on the sepals
gradually becomes paler towards the apex. The lip is pure white, with the
exception of the central part, which is orange-yellow and is surrounded by
several red-purple blotches. The column is variegated with yellow and red.

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pourpre. Sépales et pétales dressés, un peu charnus, obtus, « vieil or » ou d’un jaune rou-
geatre; les sépales un peu plus foncés, avec des veines un peu plus rouges, légérement velus
en dehors, longs de 6 millimétres, le dorsal ovale-oblong, les latéraux largement ovales-
triangulaires; pétales un peu plus courts, oblongs-spathulés, avec trois fines nervures.

Labelle supére, un peu charnu, étroitement onguiculé, largement ovale, distinctement

trilobé, d’un jaune faiblement teinté de rouge, a lobes latéraux largement arrondis, marqués
de fines veines rouges dirigées vers la base; lobe terminal un peu émarginé et a peine
apiculé au sommet; disque muni dans la partie centrale de deux trés légéres cOtes finiment
velues. Colonne trés courte.

Cette curieuse petite espéce a fleuri sur la fin du mois de mai dernier dans les serres de
M™ Appg, au chateau de Colombier Monpelou, a Paillac (Médoc), qui l’avait recu de
Madagascar. :

COELOGYNE LURIDA L. Linp. et Coan. — Plante toute trés glabre. Pseudobulbes
gréles, longuement atténués supérieurement, arqués, longs de 6 centimétres, surmontés
d’une seule feuille. Celle-ci est pétiolée, dressée, membraneuse un peu coriace, oblongue-
lancéolée, bri¢vement acuminée, aigué inférieurement, a neuf nervures, longue de 14-15 cen-
timétres, large de 3 */,-4 centimétres, d’un vert assez foncé; pétiole assez gréle, canaliculé
antérieurement, un peu rugueux, long de 4 centimétres. Grappes dressées, 6-7-flores ;
pédoncule commun assez gréle, comprimé, d’un vert blanchatre et un peu nuancé de
brun; pédicelles presque filiformes, étalés, rougeatres. Bractées caduques, trés minces,
séches, blanchatres, oblongues aigués, concaves, multinerves, égalant l’ovaire. Ovaire
linéaire-claviforme, droit, obtusément trigone, a six cdtes fines, pourpré, long avec le
pédicelle de 16-18 millimétres. Sépales membraneux, étalés-ventrus a la base puis dressés,
libres, égaux, largement oblongs, aigus, 4 cing nervures dont la médiane est fort saillante
et presque carénée sur le dos, longs de 2 centimétres, d’un jaune un peu verdatre, forte-
ment teintés de pourpre inférieurement. Pétales finement membraneux, dressés, linéaires-
ligulés, longuement atténués supérieurement, aussi longs et presque de méme teinte que
les sépales. Labelle de la longueur des sépales, fortement trilobé, a onglet large dressé
et pourpré; lobes trés minces, blancs; les latéraux obovales-oblongs, arrondis au sommet,
infléchis vers la colonne; le terminal étalé, muni d’un onglet jaunatre long et assez large,
émarginé au sommet, dilaté de chaque cété en deux lobules redressés arrondis et a bords
un peu fimbriés; disque présentant deux crétes longitudinales jusqu’au sommet de l’onglet
du lobe terminal. Colonne presque aussi longue que les sépales, blanchatre, gréle inférieu-
rement, munie supérieurement de deux larges ailes membraneuses et vertes, qui se
réunissent au sommet en contournant le clinandre. Anthére imparfaitement biloculaire.

Cette espéce est remarquable par la jolie teinte de ses fleurs; elle a fleuri vers le
milieu du mois de mai dernier dans les serres de L’HortTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE.

A. COGNIAUX.

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Mr. WILCKE’S ODONTOGLOSSUM, REDDISH-BROWN VARIETY.
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11.
Odontoglossum > Wilckeanum. Hybridum inter O, crispum et O. luteo-purpureum apud naturam et artificiosa
fecundatione productum.
Odontoglossum X Wilckeanum Rous. F. in Gard. Chron., new ser., XIII, p. 298 (1880); XXI, p. 640, fig. 122
(1884); XXIV, p. 205, fig. 43 (1885); XXV, p. 76, fig. 14 (1886). — Warner, Sel. Orchid., ser. 3, tab. 23. —
VEITCH, Man. Orchid. Pl., part. I, p. 78, cum. ic. (1887). — L’Orchidoph., 1890, p- 382. — Fourn. des Orchid.,
I, p. 228 (1890); IV, p. 216, fig. 66 (1893); VI, p. 72 (1895). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 400 (1892). — L. Linp.,
Les Orchid. exot., p. 887, fig. 128 (1894). — Wivtiams, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 596 (1894).
O. X Denisoniae DENNING in Fl. Magaz., new ser. 1872, tab. 26, — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 383 (1892). —
WILLIAMS, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 559 (1894) (secund. RoLFE in Orch. Rev., I, p. 202).
O. X Scottii Hort.; Gard. Chron., new ser., XIX, p. 222 (1883); XXIV, p- 620 (1885).
Odontoglossum X Shutileworthii Hort.; Gard. Chron., new ser., XXI, p. 490 (1884); XXIV, p. 620 (1885).
O. X macrospilum Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., new ser., XXIV, p. 70 (1885); O’BRIEN, loc. cit., p- 620, —
L’Orchidoph., 1885, p. 132, fig. 9. — Witxiams, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 575 (1894).
O. X prionopetalum O'BRIEN in Gard. Chron., new ser., XXIV, p. 620 (1895).
O. X Claesianum L. Linn. in Lindenia, VI, p. 65, tab. 271 (1890). ;
O. X Bergmani L. Linp. in Lindenia, VI, p. 95, tab. 286 (1890); Les Orch. exot., p. 882 (1894). — WiLLIaMs,
Orch, Grow, Man., edit. 7, p. 541 (1894).
Odontoglossum X Leroyanum CastLE in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, VII, p. 704 (1890). — Fourn. des Orchid.,
I, p. 133 (1890); Il, p. 373 (1892). — L’Orchidoph., 1891, p. 112, cum tab. col. ‘
Var. albens RcuB. F., in Lindenia, I, p. 75, tab. 35 (1885). — L’Orchidoph., 1885, p. 132, cum tab. col. (fig. 2).—
O'BRIEN in Gard. Chron., new ser., XXV, p. 76 (1886). — L. Linp., Les Orchid. exot., p. 888 (1894). — WiL.tams,
Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 596 (1894).
Var. atropurpureum Hort.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, IX, p. 563 (1891). — Rote in Orch. Rev., Tepe 75
(1893). — O. crispum var. Président Zhaldua Ropiaas in Ill. Hort., XXXVI, p. 31, tab. 79 (1889).
' Var. aureum Hort.; Journ. des Orchid., V1, p. 72 (1895). i
Var. Dobbelaerae Hort.; Orch. Rev., III, p. 16 (1895).
Var. elegans Hort.; Orch. Rev., I. p. 135 (1893).
Var. elongatum Linp. in Journ. des Orchid., VII, p. 40 (1896).
Var. excelsior Hort.; Orch. Rev., I, p. 241 et 242, fig. 27 (1894).
Var. Godefroyae O'BRIEN in Gard. Chron., new ser., XXV, p. 76 (1886).
Var. grande Hort.; Orch. Rev., Il, p. 223 (1894, — nomen tantum).
Var. Leroyanum RoLFE in Reichenbachia, ser. 2, I, p. 47 et 77, tab. 37. — WiLLIams, Orch. Grow. Man.,
edit. 7, p. 596 (1894). : é
Var. lyroglossum O'BRIEN in Gard. Chron., new ser. XXV, pp. 76 et 77, fig. 15 (1886). — O. lyroglossum
Hort; Gard. Chron., new ser., XVII, p. 632, fig. 97 (1882). — L. Linp., Les Orch. exot., p. 868, fig. 122 (1894). —
: Wituiams, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 575, cum ic. (1894).
j Var. nobilior Hort.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, X1, pp. 698 et 700 (1892). — RoLFE in Orch. Rev., I, p. 275 (1893).
Var. olivare LinD. in Journ. des Orch., VII, p. 40 (1896). f
Var. pallens RcuB. F. ex WILLIAMS, Orch. Alb., V, tab. 201 (1885). — O’BriEN in Gard. Chron., new.
ser., XXV, p. 76 (1886). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 400 (1892). — WILLIAMS, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 597
(1894).
Var. Pittianum Hort., Fourn. des Orchid., VII, p. 10 et 20 (1896). — Gard. World, 29 fevr. 1896, p. 413
et 414, cum ic.
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Var. Rothschildianum SANDER in Reichenbachia, ser. 2, 1, p. 47, tab. 22. — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 401. —
WILLiAMS, Orchid. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 597 (1894). — O. erispum var. Rothschildianum Horvt.; Gard. Chron.,
ser. 3, VII, p. 684 in nota (1890).

Var. Smeeanum Roure in Orch. Rev., I, p. 205 (1893). — O. Smeeanum Hort.; Gardening World, 1890,
p. 652. — O. Marriottianum (?) SMzx, 1. c. 1889, p. 677, cum ic.

Var. sulphureum Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., new ser., XXI, p. 306 (1884). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 401. —
WILLIAMS, Orchid. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 597 (1894). :

Var. varians Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., new ser., XV, p. 330 (1881).

Var, rufum L. Linp., infra.

he first appearance of Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum dates from the
year 1880; it flowered accidentally amongst a series of O. crishum
ittecs8 cultivated by M. Massance pe Lovvrex, at his Castle of Baillonville,
near Marche, and was dedicated to M. Witcxe, the gardener of this well known
amateur.

Professor REIcHENBACH, who gave the description of it the same year in the
Gardeners’ Chronicle, suggested the idea that it must be a natural cross between
O. crispum and O. luteo-purpureum. This hypothesis expressed by such an
eminent orchidologist, who without refute was the most competent judge in the
matter at that time, seemed very likely and was generally admitted; but not-
withstanding the competence of the author of this opinion, it had only the value
of a supposition, for if the hybrid nature of the plant were recognized, some
doubts might still be entertained as to what plants were its parents. Ten

years later, however, this hypothesis was fully confirmed: M. Isrpore Leroy,
head-gardener to the Baron Epmonp bE RoruscuiLD, at the Castle of Armain-
villiers (France) having succeeded in raising some seedlings in his hot-houses
produced by crossing O. crispum with O. luteo-purpureum, the two species above
mentioned, one of these seedlings flowered in 1890 and was called O. x Leroyanum
but it was soon recognized as being identical to O. Wilchkeanum, for it could only
be distinguished from the primitive form of the latter by a very slight diffe-
rence in the colour of the flower, a difference hardly sufficient to constitute
a variety.

The success obtained by M. Leroy was doubly important, for not only
did it confirm ReicHensacn’s hypothesis, but the plant obtained was the first
artificial hybrid of Odontoglossum raised in a hot-house in Europe.

In its primitive typical form, O. Wilckeanum bears a raceme of several very
elegant flowers, which are sometimes about 3 + inches in diameter. The sepals
oblong, the edges wavy, pale yellow ground with two or three large reddish-
brown blotches; the petals are broader with denticulate edges, with the same
blotches as on the sepals but smaller; the lip somewhat like that of O. crispum,
is of a pale yellow, having at the two-thirds of its length a rather large reddish-
brown blotch.

Since 1880, this hybrid has flowered in different collections but has often

(To be concluded on p. 36.)

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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, SPECKLED VARIETY.

ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11.

Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 101.

Var. Meleagris. Floribus magnis; sepalis petalisque latis, margine paulo undulatis, pallide roseo-lilacinis, basi
albis, maculis numerosis irregularibus intense rubris punctisque ornatis; labello lato, ad medium late flavo-aurantiaco
caeteris albo, irregulariter rubro plurimaculato; columna inferne rosea, superne atro-sanguinea.

Var. Meleagris L. Linp.; Fourn. des Orchid., VII, pp. 60 et 68 (1896). — Ill. Hort., ser. 6, III, p. 127 (1896). —
Lindenia, XI, p. 75 (1896).

his superb variety, which was exhibited with a series of Odonto-
glossum by the Horticuttrure INTERNATIONALE, at a Meeting of the
ORDHIDEENNE, on the 19" of last April, was considered by connoisseurs
to be the success of the Exhibition. One glance at the plate suffices we think,

to allow anyone to appreciate its extreme beauty, without any further praise
being necessary.

O. crispum Meleagris has large round flowers, 4 inches in diameter. The
sepals and petals are broad, the edges are slightly wavy, of a soft lilac-pink,
gradually changing to white in the lower median part and base, entirely spotted
with numerous irregular dark-red blotches and dots. The lip is broad,. white,
with a broad median zone of orange-yellow, surrounded by several very irregular
ted blotches. The column is rose in the lower part, dark purple in the

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presented a notable aierence, not only in the shape of the flowers, but also

in their size and colouring. We have enumerated above, in the paragraph devoted
to the bibliography, the variations which have been specially named and con-
sidered as varieties. Some are extremely beautiful and one of them, var. albens,

“has already been figured in the Lindenia many years ago (vol. I, pl. 35).
The new variety rufum, which flowered recently in the collections Or ‘the

Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, where it was greatly admired, has very large
deep yellow flowers, with reddish-blotches, not so large but more numerous
than in the type.

We think it may be interesting to observe chat. M. Ro.re (Orchid Review,

ae p. 202) gives O. Wilckeanum as a synonym of O. Denisoniae, which flowered

in 1872 in Lord LonprsBorovucn’s collection and which was figured the same
year in the Floral Magazine. As we have not the latter publication to hand,
we cannot give our opinion on this subject, but if the identity of the two
plants be well established, the law of priority would enforce the obligation
of giving up the name of O. Wilckeanum, which only dates from 1880, and
of calling this hybrid O. Denisoniae, as the Hoses plant was known for eight

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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, LEMON-COLOURED VARIETY.

ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11.

Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 101.

Var. citratum. Floribus majusculis; sepalis petalisque latis, pallide favo-citrinis praecipue ad marginem; sepalis
crispalis, immaculatis vel interdum ad medium maculis 1-2 satis parvis subrotundatis purpureo-fuscis ornatis; petalis
laciniato-crispis, immaculatis; labello ad medium flavo-citrino, margine albo, aban fusco-purpureo_ plurimaculato,
fauce purpureo-striato ; columna alba, dorso superne purpureo-striata.

Var. citratum L. LinD., supra.

n this charming variety, the sepals and petals are broad, of a pale
lemon-yellow, deeper towards the edges; the sepals are rather crisped,
sometimes immaculate, sometimes having towards the central part one
or two small round, purple-brown blotches; the petals have crisped-laciniate
edges and are perfectly spotless. The lip is of a bright lemon-yellow colour in
the centre, the margins are pure white; it is ornamented in the upper part with

several small purple blotches, and towards the throat there are numerous short
bright purple lines. The column is pure white, bearing on the back, towards
the upper part, numberless small longitudinal purple lines, more or less
confluent.

Several varieties of the yellow O. crisbum have already been described, such
as var. aureum, flaveolum, sulphureum, etc.; but in all these varieties the yellow
colour soon fades and after a few days completely disappears; in the Odon-
toglossum figured here, on the contrary, the beautiful yellow colour is absolutely
invariable. It is one of the prettiest forms amongst the superb Odontoglossum
which flowered in the Establishment of Messrs. Lucien LinpEn & C°, at Moorte-
beek, and which caused lately so much sensation.

The new and magnificent orchid nurseries at Moortebeek, near Brussels,
has some extraordinary grand varieties in reserve, that will cause some sensation
and which will appear at the right time.

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LA CLASSIFICATION DES ODONTOGLOSSUM

Selon la classification de LINDLEY, perfectionnée par BENTHAM, le genre Odontoglos-
sum doit étre rangé dans la tribu des Vandées et la sous-tribu des Oncidiées, Il est surtout
trés voisin des Oncidium, dont il se distingue principalement par son labelle a partie
inférieure redressée pe elesent 4 la colonne, a lobes latéraux dressés, et par la colonne
plus ou moins allongée, a partie supérieure ne portant WVhabitude des dents ou des ailes
qu’autour du clinandre; tandis que dans les Oncidium, le labelle s’écarte de la colonne sous
un angle trés ouvert, ses lobes sont étalés ou réfléchis, et la colonne courte est munie
antérieurement de deux larges ailes pétaloides.

Au point de vue ornemental, ce genre est incontestablement l’un des plus importants
de la grande famille orchidéenne. Sur environ une centaine d’espéces qui le composent,
il y en a plus de la moitié qui se rencontrent dans les cultures: M. Lucten LINDEN, dans

ses Orchidées exotiques, en décrit 54, sans compter les nombreuses variétés et hybrides, et
bon nombre d’entre elles ont une valeur ornementale de premier ordre.

Pour reconnaitre facilement les espéces dans un genre aussi étendu, il serait nécessaire
de le subdiviser en sections trés naturelles et faciles A distinguer. Malheureusement, il
parait se préter trés difficilement a ce classement, car jusqu’ici aucun auteur n’est encore
parvenu a grouper ses espéces d’une maniére complétement satisfaisante.

LINDLEY, en 1852, avait établi six sections, dont il résumait comme suit les caractéres :

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A. Colonne portant au sommet des ailes prolongées en longues pointes ou cirrhes. I. EvopoNTOGLOssUM.
B. Colonne sans ailes ou celles-ci réduites a des oreillettes.
1. Labelle distinctement rétréci en onglet a la base.

lbaellenjaunen sr css skeet o 4 te Pir le weve oie eam ere). , Iho? RANTOGLOSSUM,
feabellcnblane. ol pouspoe ay tet ous eel ens ss cy). LE.) EEUCOGLOSSUM.
ij 2. Labelle sessile. :

a. Sépales latéraux paralléles,- allongés, rétrécis en onglet a la base . IV. MyanTHium.
b. Sépales divergeant en étoile, presque égaux, les latéraux sessiles ou

peu onguiculés . . . abe etter ins rol oa Vien SAN THIUM.
Il. Clinandre creusé en capuchon, a eae Rea. ee aoe, weetay a #7 Vil ck T RYMENIUM

Comme exemples, on peut citer pour la 1° section, les O. naevium, O. cirrhosum,
O. Insleayi, O. luteo-purpureum, etc.; pour la 2™, les O. grande, O. maculatum, O. cordatum,
O. tripudians, O. triwmphans, etc.; pour la 3™°, les O. nebulosum, O. Cervantesit, O. Bicto-
niense, etc.; pour la 4™, ’O. retusum; pour la 5™°, les O. Lindeni, O. Pescatorei, O. crispum,
4 hastilabium, O. Phalaenopsis, etc.; et pour la 6™*, les O. citrosmum, O. coronarium,

O. pulchellum, etc.

BENTHAM, en 1883, s’abstint de relever ces sections, qu’il considére pour la plupart
comme de peu de valeur, les caractéres qui les distinguent variant souvent d’espéce a
espéce, et il n’essaya pas d’en établir de meilleures.

M. Prirzer, en 1888, a distingué les huit sections suivantes :

Sect. I. Crispa. Limbe des feuilles engainant sous les pseudobulbes; fleurs grandes
4 divisions largement étalées, 4 couleur fondamentale variant du blanc au rougedtre ou au
violet clair; disque du labelle portant de fortes et longues callosités. Pan ie O. crispum
O. Pescatorei, O. cirrhosum, etc. :

(To be concluded on p. 40.)

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ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p., t-

Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 101.

Var. Ashworthianum, Floribus majusculis, intense roseo-purpureis et laete roseo marmoratis, margine irregu-
lariter albo-argenteis; sepalis petalisque latis, margine crispulis, basi albis; labello intense purpureo et albo variegato

basi Iuteo, disco ad medium lineis paucis irregularibus intense luteis ornato ; columna dorso intense purpurea, antice
flava.

Var. Ashworthianum O’BRIEN in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, XIX, p. 196, fig. 26 (1896).

his beautiful variety was described last February by Mr. James O’Brign,
from some flowers sent by Mr. Exryan Asnwortu, Harefield, Hall,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, to whom he dedicated it.

The flowers are large; the sepals and petals are broad, with slightly crisped
margins, of a very deep rosy-purple, veined with a paler rose, irregularly
margined with silvery-white, with white base. The lip is deep purple, variegated
with white, especially on the edges, the base is yellow, and on both sides of
the callus, several irregular bright yellow lines. The column is deep purple on
the posterior side, the anterior part is yellow.

Mr. O’Brien deems that in the group to which this variety belongs, it would
be difficult to find more perfect and more richly coloured flowers. In form this
Odontoglot is somewhat like the splendid O. crispbum apiatum, with the brilliant
colouring of O. crisbum Franz Masereel.

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Sect. II. LuTEopuRPUREA. Différant seulement de la sect. I par la couleur fondamen-
tale des fleurs, qui est le jaune, avec de nombreuses macules sombres. Ex. : O. luteo-
purpureum, O. gloriosum, O. triumphans, O. Halli, etc.

Sect. III. LinpLeyana. Onglet et limbe du labelle trés étroits; le reste comme sect. II.
Ex. : O. Lindleyanum.

Sect. IV. LarviA. Végétation des sections précédentes; fleurs le plus souvent large-
ment ouvertes, dont la couleur fondamentale est le vert et le violet; callosités du labelle
faiblement développées. Ex. : O. laeve, O. bictoniense, O. hastilabium, etc.

Sect. V. Myanrurum Ldl. Végétation des sections précédentes; fleurs plus petites, en
panicule, avec les sépales pairs étendus parallélement en avant, a couleur variant depuis le
jaune et l’écarlate jusqu’au brun et au violet. Ex. : O. Edwardi et O. retusum.

Sect. VI. TRyMeniuM Ldl. La plupart du temps seulement des gaines, plus rarement

‘aussi le limbe des feuilles engainant sous les pseudobulbes; fleurs en grappe pendante;

clinandre fortement frangé. Ex. : O. citrosmum.

Sect. VII. Rosstana. Seulement des gaines membraneuses sous les pseudobulbes;
fleurs en grappe dressée, de couleur fondamentale blanche ou rougedatre; clinandre non
frangé. Ex. : O. Rossii, O. Cervantesii, etc.

Sect. VIII. Granpia. Comme la section VII, mais végétation plus vigoureuse, et
couleur fondamentale des fleurs jaunes. Ex. : O. grande.

Les sections V et VI sont empruntées a LINDLEY, mais elles sont caractérisées d’une
fagon différente. On trouvera sans doute que la couleur des fleurs est un caractére bien
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ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11.

Odontoglossum X spectabile. Hybridum O. X excellenti valde affine, apud naturam productum.

Odontoglossum X spectabile L. Linn. in Fourn. des Orchid., VII, pp. 60 et 68 (1896). — Ill. Hort., ser. 6,
III, p. 127 (1896). — Lindenia, XI, p. 75 (1896): — Orch. Rev., IV, p. 158 (1896).

his magnificent natural hybrid, another of the recent introductions -
4) of the Horticurture INTERNATIONALE, made its first appearance in the
Horticultural World at London, at the Meeting of the Royal Horti-
ites Society, held on the 7" of last April; it was exhibited with. a series
of new Odontoglossum by the large Brussels Etablishment and was awarded
the “ Silver Banksian Medal; , it was specially distinguished, for, besides the
collective prize above mentioned, it was separately honoured by a Certificate
of Merit. A few days after, on the 19” of the same month, it was shown at
Brussels at the Meeting of the OrcHipEENNE where, with several of its cognates
figured on the foregoing plates of this publication; it also obtained a most

brilliant success.

The lovely flowers of O. x sfectabile are of a good size; about 4 inches
in diameter. The sepals and petals are broadly oblong, acute or shortly acumi-
nate, the edges are rather wavy, especially of the petals, in colour they are
of a bright, pale orange-yellow, slightly tinted with white in the lower part;
they bear several chesnut-brown blotches more or less rounded, rather large,
not very numerous and very irregular on the sepals, numerous and much
smaller on the petals. The lip in shape bears some resemblance to that of ©
O. x excellens, it is pure white excepting a broad central zone of a beautiful
pale yellow; it has several very irregular, uneven reddish-brown blotches, and
it is ornamented towards the base with numerous short bright purple veins.
The column is of a yellowish-white, more or less variegated with purple-brown.

All the Orchidists are of the opinion that O. spfectabile is undoubtedly a
hybrid. Tay also agree on recognizing in it a great affinity with O. excellens
Reus. F.; but is this resemblance sufficient to affirm that it is only a form of
the latter and consequently to annex it to this species as a variety? We judge
that until artificial hybridization allows us to determine with certitude, it might
be bold to affirm the positive filiation of a great number of natural hybrids,
and that it is more prudent only to express hypotheses on the subject.

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Even artificial productions are not always free from suspicion; one cannot
always be certain, for instance, that a gardener through negligence or absence
of mind has not changed the labels of the plants under his care.

O. xX excellens, introduced from New-Grenada about 1879, was considered
at first as a yellow variety of O. Pescatorei; but soon after ReIcHENBACH expressed
the hypothesis that it might be the result of a natural crossing of this species
with O. tripudians. It appears that in June 1891, an identical plant flowered
at Messrs. Veircu’s, Chelsea, and that it was produced by artificial hybridization
between O. Pescatorei and O. triumphans. Mr. Witu1ams does not seem quite
convinced as to the identity of the two hybrids, for in the 7 edition of his
excellent Manual (1894), he only mentions, the crossing of O. Pescatorei with
O. tripudians as the probable origin of O. x excellens.

Mr. Roire (Orchid Review, Il, pp. 200-201) affirms that O. x excellens was

produced by the crossing O. Pescatorei with O. triumphans, and annexes to it as

varieties or even as mere synonyms, O. Brandtii Krarnzu., O. Dellense O’Brien,
O. eugenes Vertcu, O. Harvengtense L. Linn. and O. stellimicans Reus. ¥. However
Mr. James O’Brien, and more recently Mr. Wittiams, suppose that O. Dellense
is a natural hybrid between O. Pescatorei and O. praenitens; and on the other
hand Mr. L. Linven considers O. Harvengtense as the result of the crossing
of O. Pescatoret with O. tripudians.

We thus see to what divergence of interpretation these hybrids give rise
to; therefore we judge more prudent to abstain from any affirmation, and until
the contrary be clearly proved, we consider O. spectabile as a distinct hybrid.
O. spectabile is most like O. x Dellense (Lindenia, VII, pl. 335) and O. x Harveng-
tense (Lindenia, X, pl. 478); but by simply comparing the annexed plate with
the varieties we have just quoted, it is easy to see that the three plants are
far from being identical.

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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, AUGUST VARIETY.

ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11.

Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p, 10%.

Var. augustum. Floribus magnis; sepalis petalisque latis, margine satis undulatis, atropurpureo-chermesinis,
irregulariter lateque albo-marginatis; labello albo, late irregulariterque intense rubro-fusco maculato, disco ad medium
striis pluribus irregularibus radiantibus flavo-vitellinis ornato ; columna superne atropurpurea.

Var. augustum L. LInD.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, XIX, pp. 646 et 655, fig. 106 (1896). — Fourn. des Orchid.,
VII, pp. 99 et 106, fig. 102 (1896). — Ill. Hort., ser. 6, III, pp. 156 et 193, fig. 22 (1896). — Fourn. of Hortic.,
May 28, p. 485, fig. 80 (1896). — Orch. Rev., IV, p. 192 (1896).

Odontoglossum augustum LinD. in Fourn. des Orchid., VII, p. 100 (1896).

or the paraphrasing of the Latin diagnosis given above of this wonderful
novelty, we have borrowed the life-like description published in the
= Illustration Horticole, owing to the pen of our distinguished colleague,
Mr. Cu. De Bosscuere : “ The floral divisions are large, of a pearly white
and of solid texture; in this flower, as painters would say, there is a strength
which surprises and which is characteristic.

“ The five divisions are blotched, but blotched so profusely, so brilliantly,

that we are astonished and enraptured; the blotches are ofa red-claret colour
which is reflected in the ample white marges of all the divisions. The lip is
white, with a reddish-brown blotch and yolk-coloured veins, the lip is so beau-
tiful and characteristic, that the name of augustum, which is fully justified,
was given to this variety.

“ When we view the flower in a false light, it strikes as by the deepness
of its coloration; it is like some butterfly with purple-tinted wings settled on
a dark green ground. But when we bear it to the light, what a sudden transfor-
mation takes place! The white shines, the red is resplendent, the flesh becomes
transparent, the flower is animated, decidedly it is the master-piece of its kind. ,

Exhibited at the celebrated “ Temple Show, , the great annual Exhibition
of the London Royal Horticultural Society, open from the 19" to the 21* of last
May, O. crisbum augustum was the champion, ,,
it obtained the highest award given to Orchids, a First-Class Certificate.

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“ The great sucess of the “ Show , says Mr. Lucien Linpen, in his
Fournal des Orchidées, was the O. augustwm that we exhibited and which had
just flowered for the first time at Messrs. DALLEMAGNE & C°®, Rambouillet, from
one of our importations dating two years back. It is certainly the most won-
derful of wonderful Odontoglossum. Everyone declared it superior to O. apiatum,

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belonging to Baron Scuréper, which has held the sates hitherto. The enthusiasm
it excited is indescribable. Hardly was it unpacked and placed, when offers —

of purchase were made : 200 guineas were immediately offered to me for it;
then a dozen amateurs went up to 250 guineas, and four (amongst them the
horticulturist, Mr. BackHousr of York) went up to 300 guineas. I had promised
Mr. JuLes Hye, ‘of Ghent, who had made me the first offer, to let him have
it at the highest price offered; therefore our great Belgian amateur is the happy
owner of it. I must add that, before the end of this memorable day, I was asked
to offer 50 guineas profit to Mr. JuLes Hye, if he would give sail the plant, offer
that he declined without hesitation.

“ This price of 300 guineas is the. highest sum paid hitherto for an
Odontoglossum. It is almost double the price O. apiatum was sold for.

“ Every honour was shown to O. augustum in London : hardly had their

Royal Highnesses the Prince and. Princess of Watzs, accompanied by their

Royal: Highnesses the Princess Vicroria and the Princess Maup, and his Royal
Highness the Prince CHartes of Denmark, arrived at the “ Temple Show ,
than they asked to see our group, and they greatly admired our “ champion ,

‘and warmly congratulated us for bringing “ such a marvel , to London.

“ We may, three of us, heartly congratulate ourselves : Messrs. DALLE-
macne & C°, for having cultivated it and for having had the honour of its flowering
for the first time in Europe; the Horricurrure Inrernationate, for having
introduced it with the splendid varieties which have flowered recently, as well

as for the exhibiting and the selling of it; finally, Mr. Jutys Hye, for being able

to add the brightest of jewels to his incomparable collection of Odontoglossum. ,

These enthusiastic appreciations are corroborated by the Gardeners’ Chronicle,
the first horticultural publication in the whole world which, in the May number,
p- 655, thus begins the description of this variety : “ Messrs. LINDEN, of the
Horricurture Internationate, have brilliantly maintained the honour of their
Establishment by exhibiting the Sinest oe blotched with rich crimson-purple
that has ever been seen. ,

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Aerides suavissimum, Anguloa uniflora var. Treyerani, Burlingtonia pu-
bescens, Catasetum barbatum var. spinosum, Cattleya bicolor, Cattleya x
Hardyana var. Laversinensis, Coryanthesleucocorys, Cycnoches peruvianum,
Cypripedium X vexillarium, Dendrobium x Ainsworthi, Dendrobium leuco-
lophotum, Dendrobium superbiens, Diacrium bicornutum, Disa grandiflora,

Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa, Laelia purpurata var. rosea, Laeliocattleya
Arnoldiana, Masdevallia coriacea, Mormodes Rolfeanum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. xanthotes, Phalaenopsis violacea, Rhynchostylis coelestis, Sele-
nipedium X calurum, Trichocentrum triquetrum.

3™ Volume

Cirrhopetalum Amesianum, Cypripedium exul var. Imschootianum, Den-
drobium bigibbum var, albo-marginatum, Epidendrum Capartianum, Eulo-
phiella Elisabethae, Habenaria militaris, Houlletia~-odoratissima, Lycaste
lasioglossa, Miltonia Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum X excellens var. dellense,
Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Lindeniae, Odontoglossum praestans, Peris-

teria Lindeni, Phaius tuberculosus, Saccolabium bellinum, Saccolabium
Hendersonianum, Selenipedium caudatum var. Uropedium, Sobralia violacea,
Stanhopea eburnea, Stanhopea Moliana, Stanhopea Wardii var. venusta,
Stauropsis Warocqueana, Trichopilia brevis, Zygopetalum cerinum.

4" Volume

Anguloa uniflora var. eburnea, Bulbophyllum anceps, Bulbophyllum
Dearei, Cattleya Aclandiae, Cattleya Alexandrae var. elegans, Cattleya
Alexandrae var. tenebrosa, Cattleya Brymeriana, Cattleya Dowiana var.
Statteriana, Cattleya >< Hardyana var. Gardeniana, Coryanthes macro-
corys, Cypripedium Leonae, Cyrtopodium punctatum, Dendrobium Mac-

Carthiae, Dendrobium nobile var. Cooksonianum, Epidendrum Wallisi,
Grammangis Ellisii, Laeliocattleya x elegans var. Broomeana, Miltonia
vexillaria var. virginalis, Odontoglossum Insleayi var. Imschootianum,
Odontoglossum nebulosum, Stanhopea insignis, Vanda insignis, Zygopetalum
graminifolium, Zygopetalum (Warscewiczella) Lindeni.

5 Volume

Angraecum articulatum, Batemannia Colleyi, Brassia bicolor, Cattleya
amethystoglossa var. rosea, Cattleya Hardyana var. Statteriana, Cattleya
labiata, Cattleya Mossiae var. Mendeli, Chysis bractescens, Coelogyne
Hookeriana, Colax jugosus, Cypripedium Lucienianum, Cypripedium me-
moria Moensi, Cyrtopodium Aliciae, Laelia Oweniae, Laeliocattleya x

amoena var. delicata, Lycaste macrobulbon var. Youngi, Lycaste Skinneri
var. purpurea, Masdevallia Harryana varietates, Maxillaria callichroma,
Miltonia Warscewiczi, Mormodes igneum var. maculatum, Odontoglossum
crispum var. Ferrierense, Phalaenopsis Liiddemanniana, Vanda tricolor var.
planilabris.

6 Volume

Aerides Lawrenceae, Aganisia lepida, Catasetum Imschootianum, Cata-
setum Rodigasianum var, tenebrosum, Cattleya Aclandiae var. salmonea,
Cattleya Eldorado var. Treyeranae, Cattleya velutina, Chondrorhyncha
Chestertoni, Cymbidium grandiflorum var. punctatum, Cymbidium Lowia-
num, Cypripedium > Claudii, Cypripedium >< conco-Lawre, Cypripedium
> Lathamianum, Cypripedium X Lawrebel, Cypripedium philippinense,

Cypripedium > Weathersianum, Galeandra Claesii, Laelia purpurata var.
fastuosa, Laeliocattleya XX eximia, Lycaste cinnabarina, Masdevallia ><
Pourbaixi, Maxillaria striata, Odontoglossum ‘Thompsonianum, Odonto-
glossum Triomphe de Rambouillet, Vanda tricolor var. Hoveae, Zygope-
talum grandiflorum,

7 Volume

Cattleya Aclandiae var. tigrina, Cattleya Eldorado var. Lindeni, Cattleya
Eldorado var. Oweni, Cattleya Trianae var. Caparti, Cymbidium eburneum,
Cypripedium > Dallemagnei, Cypripedium >< Gibezianum, ‘Cypripedium
Godefroyae var. leucochilum, Cypripedium insigne var, montanum, Dendro-
bium Wardianum var. Lindeniae, Laelia >< juvenilis, Laelio-Cattleya
Cauwenberghei, Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. leucotata, Lycaste Im-

schootiana, Lycaste Luciani, Masdevallia Davisi, Maxillaria mirabilis, Odon-
toglossum cirrhosum, Odontoglossum cordatum var. aureum, Odontoglossum
crispum var, Dallemagneae, Odontoglossum crispum var. ocellatum, Odon-
toglossum crispum var. Waltonense, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Cha-
beriae, Trichopilia suavis, Zygopetalum intermedium var. peruvianum.

8th Volume

Anguloa X Madouxiana, Bifrenaria tyrianthina, Catasetum Lindeni, Cata-
setum Luciani, Catasetum macrocarpum yar. Lindeni, Catasetum splendens
var. album, Catasetum splendens var. atro-purpureum, Cattleya Cupidon,
Cattleya guttata var. tigrina, Cattleya x Hardyana var, Luciani, Cattleya
Mossiae var. Treyeranae, Cattleya Mossiae var. Wageneri, Cattleya Mossiae

var. Wambekeana, Cyenoches Loddigesi, Cypripedium Charlesworthi, Cypri-
pedium > Denisianum, Eria cinnabarina, Laelia purpurata var. Comte
de Montebello, Laelio-Cattleya Lindeni, Mormodes Cogniauxi, Odonto-
glossum nebulosum var. amabile, Odontoglossum Pescatorei var. Prince of
Orange, Oncidium cristatum, Thunia Winniana.

9 Volume

Catasetum Bungerothi var. aurantiacum, Catasetum imperiale, Catasetum
mirabile, Catasetum splendens var. Aliciae, Cattleya gigas var. amplissima,
Cattleya Leopold II, Cattleya Mossiae var. amoena, Cypripedium x Félix
Faure, Cypripedium > Madame Octave Opoix, Dendrobium nobile var. can-
didulum, Laelia glauca, Laeliocattleya Sayana, Laelio-Cattleya X Varje-

nevskyana, Masdevallia ludibunda, Masdevallia triangularis, Maxillaria
Lindeniae, Odontoglossum Edwardi, Odontoglossum > Halli-xanthum,
Odontoglossum > harvengtense, Odontoglossum pulchellum var. majus,
Phaius maculatus, Schomburgkia rosea, Stauropsis gigantea, Zygopetalum
Wendlandi,

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AN IMPERIAL CORBEILLE.

rom time immemorial, flowers have been chosen as the most discreet
medium, the best appropriated to express the most delicate, tender
and elevated sentiments. If you desire to give anyone you love a token
of respect and affection, the choicest and most suitable present would always
be a corbeille of flowers, or even a bouquet.

Under such circumstances, no flowers can be compared to Orchids, which
are unrivalled in elegance, variety of form, also in delicacy of colour, diversity
and charming contrast of tints. For many years, they have been considered
the queens of fashion; there is no grand féte, banquet or royal reception,
where they do not figure in the place of honour, and all Orchidists, to whom
we specially address ourselves, will readily admit we are only rendering justice
to them.

These charming flowers have once more had the opportunity of establishing
their incontestable superiority at the Fétes, henceforth historical, given recently
at Moscow for the Coronation of the Tsar and ‘Tsaritsa.

The annexed photogravure shows the superb corbeille of Orchids, pre-
sented on the 6" of last May at the Petrovsky Palace, by a most distinguished
Russian amateur, M. Joun Scuuiz, to Her Imperial Majesty ALExaNDRA FEopo-
RowNA, the young Tsaritsa of all the Russias, on her arrival at Moscow to be
crowned Empress.

We know that in similar circumstances, no present can be accepted by
russian sovereigns, except the traditional tray with bread and salt. It would thus
have been difficult to find a more delicate manner than that chosen by M. Jounn
Scuutz, to present his respectful homage to his Sovereign, in stripping his hot-
houses of all their jewels in order to present them to Her Majesty.

The Corbeille, a veritable masterpiece of silver workmanship, which was
one of the most remarkable ornaments in the Exhibition of Nijni-Novgorod, is
an. English crystal vase mounted in massive silver, with two silver handles,
the whole supported on four deer’s feet. The perfection and solidity of the
work, executed by the cleverest artists, make it a work of the highest artistic
value.

The height of the corbeille was 1°30, by ogo in width. Our engraving, which
is the exact and faithful reproduction of the photography of this magnificent
corbeille, gives but a feeble idea of the elegance and beauty, as also of the
originality of this avalanche of flowers, chosen from one of the first collections

in Russia.

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In the upper part, were some superb varieties of Laelia purpurata, which
unite grace and nobility to a majestic bearing; the divisions of the flower
are rose, transparent, and the lip of a splendid purple-red, intermixed with
the havannah colour, so rare and so distinguished, of the Laelia grandis tenebrosa.
Next came some superb clusters of Odontoglossum crispum, of different varieties
pure white and blotched, gracefully hanging over a foundation of verdure. Lower,
the charming bouquets of the Dendrobium nobile blended well with the Cattleya
Trianae, Mossiae and Mendeli of superior varieties; all these charming species
blending their fresh delicate tints, rose, carmine, cream-white and purple to
the edges of the Corbeille most harmoniously. Two sides of the Corbeille were
adorned with Miltonia vexillaria, which voluptuously displayed their languishing
charms down to the crystal of the vase; while on the two other sides, some
Dendrobium nobile, more humble and timid, were mixed with some clusters of
Coelogyne cristata, with flowers of a lovely white, relieved by gold on the centre
of the lip.

These hundreds of precious flowers formed the happiest contrast; they
were intermixed with ferns and Asparagus plumosus, which brought out their
innumerable qualities and gave to this floral chef-d’ceuvre the light and exquisite
grace, without which no combination of flowers would please the eye.

What still added to the value of this imperial bouquet, was the distinction
of the perfume of most of the flowers, from the Lily of the valley perfume of the
Coelogyne cristata, to that of honey of the Cattleya Mosstae, subtile scents the
blending of which deliciously embalmed the air.

This extremely delicate homage has been much appreciated by Her Imperial
Majesty and gave an agreeable surprise to the noble and gracious Tsaritsa of
all the Russias.

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DENDROBIUM FORMOSUM xoxs. var. GIGANTEUM vaw nourre.
THE FINE DENDROBIUM, GIGANTIC VARIETY.

DENDROBIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p17

Dendrobium formosum. Pseudobulbis robustis, teretibus; pilosis, sulcatis, pendulis vel erectis; foliis distichis,
oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, apice obtusis et oblique emarginatis ; racemis brevibus, 3-5-floris, terminalibus axillari-
busque ; bracteis brevibus, ovatis; floribus amplis; sepalis patulis, oblongis, acutis, dorso carinatis; petalis multo
latioribus, suborbicularibus, margine leviter undulatis; labello late obovato, cum basi columnae in calcar obtusum
connato, lobis lateralibus parvis rotundatis, lobo terminali dilatato margine. subintegerrimo apice retuso,

Dendrobium formosum Roxs. in WALLICH, Cat. n. 1998 (1828); Fl. Ind., III, p. 485 (1832). — LDL. Gen. and
spec. Orchid., p. 81 (1830); in WaLLicH, Pl. Asiat. Rar., Iv p. 34, tab. 39 (1830); in Bot. Regist., XXIV,

. Misc. 86 (1838), XXV, tab. 64 (1839); in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Il, p. 16 (1858). — Paxt., Mag. of Bot., VI,

P. 49, cum icon. (1839). — CH. Lematre, FI, des serres de VAnglet., nov. (1839). — Fl. des Serres, III, tab. 226 (1847).
—CH. Morren, Ann. de Gand, IV, p. 9, tab. 171 (1848), — Rep. F. in WaLP. Ann. Bot., VI, p. 294 (1861). —
Du Buysson, L’Orchidoph., p. 311 (1878) (excl. var. infundibulum et i ). — VerrcH, Man. Orchid. Pl.,
part. 3, p. 44, cum icon. (1888). — Hook. F., Fl. Brit. Ind., V, p. 721 (1890). — Watson and BEAN, Orchids,
Pp. 212 (1890). — Reichenbachia, ser. 2,1, p. 7, tab. 3. — STEIN, Orchitleenb., p. 195 (1892). —-L’Orchidoph., 1892,
p- 374. — Bots, Les Orchid., p. 52 (1893). — L. Linp., Les Orch. exot., p. 731 (1894). — KERCH., Livr. des Orchid.,
p- 362, fig. 237 (1894). — WiLiams, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 339 (1894).

Dendrobium infundibulum Reus. F. in Gartenfl., tab. 1253 (non LINDL.).

Var. Berkeleyt Reus. F. in Flora, 1882, p. 534; in Gard. Chron., new ser., XIX, p. 110 et 210 (1883). —
Hook. r., Fl. Brit. Ind., V, Bs 721 (1890).

Var. sulphuratum Hook. ex RcuB. F. in Gard. Chron., new ser. XVIII, p.. 437 (1882). — Hook. F., loc. cit.

Var. giganteum. Planta tota robustior, pseudobulbis erectis, floribus multo majoribus.

Var..giganteum VAN HOUTTE in Fl. des Serres, XVI, p. 45, tab. 1633 (1865). — Du Buyss., L’Orchidoph.,
p- 312 (1878). — Gard. Chron., new ser., XVII, p. 369, fig. 54 (1882). — WILLIAMS, Orch, Alb., VII, tab. 308 (1887) ;
Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 339 (1894). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 196 (1892). — L. Linp., Les Orchid. exot.,

p- 731 (1894).

his superb Dendrobium, considered the finest white-flowered species
of all the genus, is widely dispersed throughout English India, on the
is) Southern side of the Himalaya, from Nepaul to the Province of Assam ;
it is to be found southwards as far as Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands.
It not only grows on the trunks of trees, but also on the rock sides, where

the plants often attain a large growth, bearing flowers and fruits at the same

Puime:s
It is more than three quarters of a century ago that Roxpurcu discovered

it in the Sylhet Forests and in the mountainous district of Garrow on the
Tenasserim coast. Some years later, Watticn found it in many localities ;
but it was only introduced by Grsson in 1837 into European culture.
Dendrobium formosum has robust pseudobulbs, cylindric or slightly fusiform,
articulate, rugose-costate, rather hairy, whitish or yellowish-green at first, turning

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to brown as they grow older, 11 to 17 inches long, generally drooping when
wild. The leaves are distichous, oblong or oval-oblong, semi-amplexicaul, obtuse
and obliquely margined at the apex, of a dark green, 3 to 4 1/2 inches long.
The flower-spike is short, drooping, 3-5 florous, terminal or almost terminal.
The bracts short, oval. The flowers odoriferous, generally about 3 inches in
diameter, pure white, with a large longitudinal orange-yellow blotch on the disk
of the lip. The sepals are expanded, oblong, acute slightly carinate on the back.
The petals are much broader than the sepals, almost rounded, the margins
somewhat wavy. The lip is obovate, more or less expanded, fan-like, forming
with the base of the column and the lateral sepals a broad obtuse spur half the
size in length of the dorsal sepal; the lateral lobes slightly prominent, rounded ;
terminal lobe expanded, retuse at the apex, margins almost entire.

D. infundibulum Lou., which is special to Tenasserim, has the aspect
of D. formosum, of which it has even been given as a variety by M. le Comte
pu Buysson; it may however be distinguished by the leaves which are rather
narrower and more deeply bi-lobed at the apex; by the sepals which are broader,
oval-lanceolate and not oblong; by the lip obovate-oblong and not broadly
obovate, denticulate on the edges, and not the median lobe more deeply bi-lobed,
the base forming a spur as long as the dorsal sepal, and not half the size
in length.

D. formosum gigantewm has all the characteristics of the type, except that
every part of the plant is more robust; the pseudobulbs are generally erect,
and the flowers are notably larger, being usually 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches in
diameter and even sometimes attaining 5 1/2 inches.

This splendid variety was described and figured for the first time by
Van Hourte in 1865. Our plate has been painted after the plant exhibited by
M. Knicur, Director of the Royal Parks and Gardens of Laeken, at a Meeting of
the ORCHIDEENNE held on the 8" of March last, and which obtained a First-Class

Certificate of Merit.
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TRICHOPILIA CRISPA cot. var. MARGINATA warner,
THE CRISPED TRICHOPILIA, MARGINED VARIETY.

TRICHOPILIA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 9.

Trichopilia crispa. Pseudobulbis ovatis, compressis-ancipitibus, vix sulcatis; foliis planis, pergameneis, late
lanceolatis, acuminatis, recurvis; pedunculis deflexis, bifloris, pseudobulbis aequilongis; sepalis petalisque subaequalibus,
patulis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, non tortis, margine undulatis; labello longiore, trilobato, basin versus manifeste
bifoveato, lobis margine valde irregulariterque crispis, lateralibus rotundatis convolutis, intermedio dilatato bifido;
columnae cucullo trilobo, laciniis omnibus fimbriatis.

Trichopilia crispa LDL., in Gard. Chron., 1857, p. 342. — RcuB. F. Orchid, Centr.-Amer., p. 13 (1866); Xenia
Orchid., II, p. 102 (1867). — BATEM., Sec. Cent. Orchid., tab. 115 (1867).— Du Buyss., L’Orchidoph., p. 494 (1878). —
Watson and Bean, Orchid., p. 481 (1890). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 576, fig. 173 (1892). — Bots, Les Orchid., p. 145
(1893). —L. Linp., Les Orch. exot., p. 973 (1894). — WiLuiams, Orch. Grow. Man., edit. 7, p. 733 cum ic (1894).

Trichopilia coccinea Hook. in Bot. Mag., tab. 4857 (non Lp.). — Fl. des Serres, XIV, p. 261, tab. 1490(1861).

Trichopilia gloxiniaeflora KLoTzscH ex RCHB. F., Orch. Centr.-Amer., p. 13 (1866).

Trichopilia coccinea LDL. var. crispa ED. MORREN in Belg. Hort., XXIV, p. 92 (part.) (1874). — VeITcH, Man.
Orch. Pl., part. IX, p. 178 (1893).

Var. marginata. Pseudobulbi breviores. Pedunculi 2-3-flori, floribus majoribus, intense coloratis. Sepala petalaque
late albo-marginata. Labellum margine sublobulatum, anguste albo-marginatum.

Var. marginata WaRNER, Sel. Orchid. Pl., 1, tab. 5 (1862). — VAN Houtte, FI. des Serres, XVIII, p. 167,
tab. 1925-26 (1870). — Du Buyss., L’Orchidoph., p. 494 (1878). — Dz Puypt, Les Orchid., p. 325, tab. 43 (1880). —
Watson and BEAN, Orchid., p. 481 (1890). — STEIN, Orchideenb., p. 576 (1892). — WiLLiams, Orch. Grow. Man.,
edit. 7, p. 734 (1894).

g he pseudobulbs of this fine Trichopilia are oval, greatly compressed,
) almost sharp-edged, slightly rugose, green, 2 to 2 1/2 inches long,
| each one bearing a single leaf, like all the other species of the genus.
The leaves are almost smooth, parchment-like, broadly-lanceolate, acute at
the apex, recurvate, dark green, 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 inches long. The peduncle is
deflexed, generally bi-florous, about equal to the pseudobulbs. Flowers drooping,
attaining 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches in diameter when well expanded. Sepals and petals
nearly of the same size and shape, expanded, linear-lanceolate, acute, not twisted
but wavy on the edges, of a blood-red more or less vivid and often ornamented
with a narrow yellowish-white border. The lip is longer than the sepals, of a
darker tint than the rest of the perianth, with a dark crimson throat, whitish
outside, rolled up, funnel-shaped, with two small dimples at the base, tri-lobed,
the lobes greatly and irregularly crisped on the edges, the lateral rounded, the
terminal dilated and bifid. Clinandrium membranaceous, tri-lobed, with almost
equal divisions and fringed-margins.

In the variety marginata, the pseudobulbs are shorter; the peduncles are
often tri-florous; the flowers are larger and of a deeper coloration; the sepals

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and petals are of a light crimson red, with an irregular broad white border ; the
lip is dark crimson, narrowly edged with white, the margins more jagged.

The question as to the specific identity of T. crispa, as well as its affinity
to T. coccinea Lou. and T. marginata Henrrey, which are closely allied to it
does not yet appear to us sufficiently elucidated, and on this subject there are as
many opinions as authors. Some, like Ep. Morren, consider these plants as mere
variations of one specific type, and M. le Comte pu Buysson seems disposed to
adopt this view of the question. Others, like ReicHenpacn, admit two species,
namely T. crispa and T. marginata, the synonym of the latter being T. coccinea.
Wittiam Hooker, and after him Cu. Lemaire, have confounded T. crispa and
coccinea, in figuring the former under the name of the latter. Messrs VerTcu
admit as distinct species 7. coccinea and T. marginata, adding T. crispa as a
variety, and giving T. crispa marginata as a mere synonym of the second.

The synonymy above mentioned shows we have adopted RzicHENBACH’s
opinion; we do not affirm that it is the best, but it is the one generally adopted.

Between T. crispa and T. marginata, the following differences may be noted :
in the former the peduncles are bi-florous or even tri-florous, and the sepals and
petals are bright red, with wavy edges; whereas in the latter the peduncles
are uni-florous, and the sepals and petals are brownish green, with smooth
edges. ;

The habitat of T. crispa is Central America, where it was discovered about
forty years ago by Warscewicz, who sent it to Mr. Rucker, of West Hill,
Wandsworth. The latter exhibited it in 1837 at the Horticultural Society of
London; it was on that occasion that Linney was able to study it and describe
it in the Gardeners’ Chronicle.

The variety marginata, which was described and figured by Rosert WaRNER
in 1862, is far superior to the type and is considered the finest of cultivated
Trichopilia. It appeared first in the collection of Mr. C. B. Warner, of Stratfort
Green, who had bought it with two other plants as ordinary T. crispba; when
they flowered, the three plants proved to be different varieties, the finest of which
was figured by Roserr Warner. Our plate, representing the same variety, has
been painted from a plant belonging to Mr. Arn. Wincqz, of Mons.

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CATTLEYA TRIANAE LIND. et RCHB. F. var. IMPERATOR L. LIND.

TRIANA’S CATTLEYA, EMPEROR VARIETY.

CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, 1, Deael5e
Cattleya Trianae. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 63.

Var. Imperator. Sepalis petalisque intense roseis; labello toto intensissime purpureo, margine lobulato et valde
fimbriato-crispo.

Var. Imperator L. LinD. supra.

e need not give here any description of the Cattleya Trianae, as most
certainly all our readers know this splendid species; besides the Lindenia
has already devoted seven plates to the illustration of some of its
most remarkable variations (see vol. I, 29 and 31; vol. V, pl. 229 to 232;
vol. IX, pl. 425).

The variety Imperator, which we figure to-day, has flowers of unequalled
splendour, of incomparable richness of coloration : the sepals and the petals are
bright rose, whereas the lip, as far as the bottom of the throat, is entirely of
a very deep purple-red; the margins are greatly fringed-crisped.

C. Trianae Imperator was exhibited by Messrs Lucien LinpeEn et C°, of
Moortebeek, at a Meeting of the Orcnipienne held on the 10" of last May.
According to unanimous opinion it was the finest of all the C. Tvianae exhi-
bited since the foundation of the OrcHipEENNE. The enthusiasm of the members
of the Jury was so great at the sight of this superb variety, that several of
them immediately proposed to award it a First-Class Diploma of Honour, with
acclamation, “ with thunderous applause ” (sic), a distinction which was unani~
mously voted.

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INSECTS AND FLOWERS

In a recent communication made to the Royal Academy of Belgium, M. Féiix
PLaTEAU has occupied himself with the artificial fecundation of flowers by insects, and
' more specially, of the way in which insects are attracted by the flowers, which sometimes

would not be fertilized without their help, as is the case with Orchids.

The experiences made by M. Piateau have lead him to adopt the following
conclusions :

The form of the flower or inflorescence has no influence, or at any rate a very
secondary influence, with regard to the attraction of insects by plants.

Nothing proves that insects distinguish colours in the same way as the human eye.

The sense of smelling is often extremely developed in certain animals. Many of
them are almost entirely guided by this sense in their search for food, and they per-
ceive smells which do not effect the human olfactory organ.

Neither the form nor the bright colours of the flowers seem to have any influence
whatever on insects; they visit the inflorescences which are not mutilated, but which
are hidden by green leaves. So that insects do not seek flowers for the form and colo-
ration our eyes appreciate, but appear to be guided towards them by some other sense
than that of seeing. :

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INDEX OF CONTENTS.
PAR Xie
PLATES PAGES
509 Cattleya x Mantinii G. Mantin ree eee 13
506-507 Cattleya maxima Lindl. var. floribunda L. Lind. . . . by
528 Cattleya Trianae Lind. et Rchb. f. var. imperator L, Lind. 51
514 Cymbidium Tracyanum Hort. . ayer ene 23
505 Cypripedium insigne Wall. var. Luciani Em. Rod. 5
510-11 Cypripedium insigne Wall. var. montanum . 15
515-16 Cypripedium x Leeanum Veitch varietates . 25
513 Dendrobium atroviolaceum Rolfe. Roa a 21
526 Dendrobium formosum Roxb. var. giganteum Van Houtte . 47
508 Gongora portentosa Lind. et Rchb. f. var. rosea Cogn. II
525 Imperial Corbeille . a. eugeht ae eek eats sean ee 45
522 Odontoglossum crispum Lindl. var. Ashworthianum O’Brien . 39
524 Odontoglossum crispum Lindl. var. augustum L. Lind. 43
518 Odontoglossum crispum Lindl. var. Calos L. Lind. 31
521 Odontoglossum crispum Lindl. var. citratum L. Lind. 37
520 Odontoglossum crispum Lindl. var. Meleagris L. Lind. 35
517 Odontoglossum x rubiginosum L. Lind. 29
523 Odontoglossum x spectabile L. Lind. 2 se Dies eee 4I
519 Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum Rchb. f. var. rufum L. Lind. 33
512 Oncidium varicosum Lindl. var. Rogersii Rchb. f. . 19
527 ‘Trichopilia crispa Lindl. var. marginata Warner. 49
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