Here, too, there are a few fine flowers on some of the
Catt. Mossise imported from Venezuela last year. One
of these is very distinct, more like a C. Sohroderse than
a Mossise, and I have no doubt that a grower would
honour it with a name to itself. The Ccelogynes are
growing well and throwing up fine shoots after their
rest, which in time will become pseudo-bulbs. The
Cypripediums Insigne and their kin flourish likewise,
and, although their bloom is over, look green and
pleasant with their long, strap-shaped leaves. Indeed,
there is but one Cypripedium in flower here now, a
belated C. Lathamianum of a very good type. Also
that quaint plant Masdevallia Macrura is out. There
is a certain fascination about its brown hue, pearly-
centre, and long, evil- looking tails.
In the Warm orchid house there is now a fine show
of Gyp. Gallosum while the dark, impressive Gyp. Bar-
batum and Gyps. Rothschildianum and Stonei are throw-
ing up for flower, but the Gyps. Grande make no sign,
nor do my two plants of Gyp. Caudatum, although their
health seems to be of the best. The Spider orchid,
Brassia Verrucosa Grandiflora, of which I have two
fine specimens, has done grandly this year, but is now
going over.
