: Tas. 7980, — 
x. ZYGOCOLAX verrentt. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Orncuipace®.—Tribe VANDE. 
Zreocoiax, Rolfe, genus inter Zygopetalum ? et Colacem ¢ hybridum, Gard. 
Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 765.) 
Zyeocorax Veitchii; pseudobulbis ovoideis ‘compressis, foliis 2 vel 3 floribus 
coetaneis anguste lanceolatis circiter pedalibus acutis 7-costatis recurvis 
inferioribus brevioribus latioribus, scapis basilaribus erectis quam foliis 
brevioribus 3-5-floris, bracteis amplis ovarium involventibus, floribus 2}- 
3 poll. diametro, sepalis petalisque similibus spathulatis concoloribus 
intus viridi-luteis brunned-purpureo-maculatis, labello suborbiculari 
albido longitudinaliter rubro-violaceo-striato, polliniis 4 stipitatis ovoideis 
per paria in loculis segregatis. 
Zygocolax Veitchii, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 765; Journ. Linn, 
Soc. Bot. vol. xxiv. p. 170, t. 4; Orch. Rev. vol. xii. 1904, p. 93. Veiteh, 
Manual Orch. Pl. vol. ix. pp. 66, 67, ewm icone ex Journ. Linn, Soc. iterata ; 
vol. x. p. 94. 
Zygopetalum Veitchii, Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 426. 
Zygocolax Veitchii, var. Kromeri, Gard. Chron. 1900, vol. ii. p. 346. Orch. 
— Rev, vol. viii. p. 371. oe 
Zygolax Veitchii, Hansen, The Orchid Hybrids, p. 244. 
Hybrid orchids of reputed bigeneric origin are now 
not uncommon. The first raised artificially, according to 
Veitch’s valuable work, cited above, was Phaiocalanthe 
irrorata, Rolfe, a cross effected by Dominy, the celebrated 
orchid-grower of the firm named, between Phajus 
grandifolius, Lour. (Bletia Tankervilia, R. Br.—B. M. t. 
1924) and Calanthe vestita, Lindl. (B. M. t. 4671). It was 
originally described by Reichenbach (Gard. Chron. 1867, 
p- 264, with a figure) under the name of Phaius trroratus, 
and a coloured figure of it appeared in the * Floral Maga- 
zine,” vol. viii. (1869), t. 426. This was a highly interest- 
ing achievement, both of the parents having long been in 
cultivation, and the former was one of the earliest of 
exotic orchids successfully cultivated in England. A fine 
coloured figure of it appeared in Aiton’s “‘ Hortus Kew- 
ensis”’ (ed. 1, 1789, vol. iii. p. 302, t. 12) under the name 
of Limodorum Tankervilliz, Dryander. 
For many reasons, Zygocolax Veitchit, Rolfe, deserves our 
attention and admiration. Messrs. Veitch (Man. Orch. Pl. 
Octosgr Ist, 1904, ee : 
