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bigeneric or trigeneric hybrids are themselves intercrossed with each 

 other. For instance, the successful crossing of a Brassocatla^lia with 

 either a Schombocattleya, a Sophrocattleya, or an Epiphronitis 

 seem to be quite within the bounds of possibility, and when they 

 materialise, then, according to precedent, a hybrid title expressing 

 their parentage will have to be manufactured. 



The most prominent of the few compound hybrids belonging 

 to this family (they are all rare at present), are B.-c.-l. Fowleri 

 {B,-L Gratrixia x C. Schrodera)^ B.-c.-L. Hippocrates [B. 

 Digbyana x L.-c. Hippolyta\ B.-c.-L. Lawrencei (the natural 

 hybrid B.-c. Litidleyana x L.-c. elegans\ B.-L.-c. Rowena [B. 

 Digbyana x L.-c. Doris) — one of the best of the group, B.-l.-c. 

 Tringiensis {B. Digbyana x L.-c. callistoglossa), and B.-l.-c. 

 WiGANii [B. Digbyana x L.-c. Aph7-odite\ a large and beautiful 

 hybrid. 



BRASSO-CATTLEYA 



In this hybrid family there are some of the most gorgeous, as 

 well as most exquisitely beautiful Orchids in cultivation. With 

 rare exceptions they have flowers of large size, like those of 

 Cattleyas, with the additional attraction of a large, shapely, and 

 wondrously fringed lip. Details of cultivation need not be given, 

 because in practically every instance the treatment found successful 

 for the Cattleya parent is suitable for the hybrid, but with the 

 difference that the hybrids are, as a whole, far more easily grown 

 and managed than the parent species. The majority are superb, 

 free-flowering plants, and though they are a little expensive at 

 present they are within the consideration of the middle-class 

 amateur who has a love for the Cattleya family. 



In the following hybrids the Brassavola parent is always 



