vol. ix. p. 67) say: * This hybrid, whether in its botanical 
or horticultural aspect, is one of the most interesting we 
have yet raised.” 
It was the result of a cross effected by Seden, the — 
worthy successor of Dominy, between Colar jugosus, Lindl. 
(B. M. t. 5661) and Zygopetalum crinitum, Lodd. (B. M. 
t. 3402), respectively the male and female parents of the 
hybrid. The seed was sown in September, 1882, and the 
first flowers were produced in March, 1887. Truly the 
gardener has to wait for the flowers of his labour ! 
Zygocolae Vettchii is also noteworthy as having been 
the principal subject of Mr. R. A. Rolfe’s excellent 
articles on a uniform plan of naming bigeneric hybrid 
orchids, to which references are given above. He followed 
Dr. M. T. Masters * in combining elements of the names 
of the two genera concerned, and this has now become 
almost universal in practice. 
Another point of special interest and importance in the 
plant figured, is that it is of natural origin, having been 
imported direct from Brazil by Mr. Kromer, Roraima 
Nursery, Croydon, as we are informed by Mr. Young, 
gardener to Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., in whose garden 
at Hast Sheen the plant in question flowered in February 
of the present year. But, as Mr. Rolfe has pointed out, — 
it does not differ from the original Z. Veitchii, and therefore 
deserves no distinctive name. 
Comparing the flowers of the reputed parents, as repre- 
sented in our illustration, with those of Zygocolax Veitchti, 
one might be sceptical of the hybrid origin, for it seems 
to be nearly all Zygopetalum; but we refer readers 
desirous of fuller details to the publications cited above. 
Descr.—An epiphytal herb. Bulbs ovoid, flattened. 
Leaves two or three on each bulb, appearing at the same — : 
_ time as the flowers, lanceolate, about a foot long, seven- 
ribbed, recurved, sharp-pointed, lower ones shorter and 
broader than the others, Scapes solitary from below the 
bulbs, erect, shorter than the leaves, three- to five-flowered. 
Bracts large, enfolding the flower-stalk, Flowers two 
inches and a half to three inches. across. Sepals and 
ae hilageria, a hybrid between J, L ilesia,i “ | » 
Chroniéle,” 1 872, p. 358, figa, 119, eo Philesia, in the “ Gardeners 
