218 ABOUT ORCHIDS. 
—which becomes the more unaccountable the 
more one thinks of it. 
Hybrids partake of the nature of both parents, 
but they incline generally, as in the extreme cases 
mentioned, to resemble one much more strongly 
than the other. When a Cattleya or Leelia of 
the single-leaf section is crossed with one of the ~ 
two-leaf, some of the offspring, from the same 
capsule, show two leaves, others one only; and 
some show one and two alternately, obeying no 
rule perceptible to us at present. So it is with the 
charming Lelia Maynardi from L. Dayana x 
Cattleya dolosa, just raised by Mr. Sander and 
named after the Superintendent of his hybridizing 
operations. Catt. dolosa has two leaves, L. Dayana 
one; the product has two and one alternately. 
Sepals and petals are alike in colour, rosy crimson, 
veined with a deeper hue; lip brightest crimson- 
lake, long broad and flat, curving in handsomely 
above the column, which is closely depressed 
after the manner of Catt. dolosa. 
The first bi-generic cross deserves a paragraph 
to itself if only on that account ; but its own merits 
are more than sufficient. Sophro-Cattleya Bate- 
maniana was raised by Messrs. Veitch from 
Sophronitis grandifiora x Catt. intermedia. It 
flowered in August, 1886 ; petals and sepals rosy 
