NATURAL HYBRIDS OF THE CATTLEYA GROUP. DOT. 
added: “ Mr. J. O’Brien thinks of C. Walkeriana.’’ It has since been 
completely lost sight of. 
Lelia x lilacina (“ Gard. Chron.” 1886, i. p. 342) was exhibited at a 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, on March 9, 1886, by F. A. 
Philbrick, Esq., of Oldfield, as a supposed natural hybrid between L. crispa 
and L. Perrini, collected in 1883, and was further supposed to be a form 
of L. x Pilchert, raised from the same two species by Mr. Dominy, 
though differing somewhat in the lip. 
Cattleya x Sororia {Rehb. f. in “ Gard. Chron.” 1887, i. p. 40) was 
introduced by Mr. B. 8. Williams, who remarked that it had the growth 
of C. bicolor. Reichenbach compared the flower with C. Harrisoniana 
and C. Walkeriana, and remarked that he could not help thinking of the 
latter and then of C. guttata as the parents. Shortly afterwards it was 
figured in the “Orchid Album” (vii. t. 807), when it was said to have 
been imported with C. bicolor, C. velutina, and others of similar growth. 
It is now considered that C. bicolor and C. Harrisoniana are the parents, 
and the question is whether it is distinct from the earlier C. Wilsoniana, 
Rchb. f., which is known only from description. 
Cattleya x Dukeana, Rehb. f., also appeared in 1887 (i.c. 1887, 
i. p. 576) in the collection of Dr. Duke, of Lewisham. It was bought 
among a bundle of C. Leopoldii, which was believed to be one of the 
parents. The old pseudobulbs were compared with C. bicolor, and as the 
side lobes of the lip were a third shorter than the column it is believed 
that C. bicolor was the second parent. I only know it from description. 
The second part of Messrs. Veitch’s “ Manual of Orchidaceous Plants ”’ 
appeared in 1887, and here (p. 74) I find a suggestion that Lelia x Lind- 
leyana (Cattleya Lindleyana, Rchb. f.) is a natural hybrid: “The 
unequal pollinia suggest a hybrid origin, in which Cattleya intermedia 
may have participated.” Two years later I inquired, “ What would 
happen if Mr. Seden, or some of his enterprising co-workers, were to 
hybridise Cattleya intermedia with Brassavola tuberculata? . . . Would 
the hybridist be surprised if the so-called Cattleya Lindleyana appeared ? 
... I think it most probable that such would be the end of the 
experiment. There has always been something mysterious about the 
plant, and more than once | have looked at dried specimens and drawings, 
and thought of Brassavola.” I then showed that it was intermediate 
between the two species named, which grow together in the province of 
Santa Catherina, South Brazil, and named it Brasso- Cattleya x Lindleyana 
(Rolfe in “ Gard. Chron.” 1889, i. p. 437). 
Lela x pachystele (Rehb. f. J.c. 1888, ii. p. 596) was imported by 
Mr. Fred. Horsman, of Colchester, and flowered with R. H. Measures, Esq., 
of Streatham. Reichenbach described it as a ‘“n. hyb. nat. ?” and 
remarked : “ The flowers are equal to those of a rather good Lelia elegans.’ 
It has since been considered as a form of the latter. 
Four others were recorded during 1888, the first being Lelia x 
Gouldiana (Rehb. f. J.c. 1888, i. p. 41), which was introduced by Messrs. 
Sander. Reichenbach compared it with Lelia x Crawshayana, and 
remarked: “Jf it is a hybrid ... you must think of ZL. autuwmnalis 
and perhaps of I. anceps as possible parents, by reason of the ground 
colours.’’ Repeated comparison serves to confirm this view of its origin. 
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