270 ; ORCHIDS. 
L. Batemaniana.—This is one of the most remarkable 
of all hybrid Orchids. It was raised by Messrs. Veitch 
and Sons, and is the result of crossing Sophronitis grandi- 
flora with Cattleya intermedia. The pseudo-bulbs are gin. 
long, one-leaved; the leaf is of the same length. Flowers 
3in. in diameter; sepals and petals similar, rose-coloured, 
toned with scarlet; lip large, with three distinct lobes, 
the front one the smallest; colour lilac and deep purple. 
Flowered for the first time in 1886. Syn. Sophrocattleya 
Batemaniana. 
It may be observed that Professor Reichenbach calls 
this plant Lelia, because in his opinion Sophronztis 
grandifiora is now proved to be a true Leia, and not a 
Sophronitts. 
Journal of Horticulture, 1887 (ii.), p. 55. 
L. Digbyana-Mossi#.—This interesting and very beau- 
tiful hybrid was raised by Messrs. Veitch, its parents being 
Cattleya Mossiz and the old Brassavola Digbyana, now 
reduced to Lelia. The flowers are over 6in. in diameter, 
with sepals #in. across, and petals twice as broad, with 
wavy, crisped edges. The labellum is 3in. in diameter, 
nearly circular in outline, spreading, with the margin 
broken up into a deep fringe of a delicate, lace-like 
character. The whole flower is rosy mauve, with streaks 
of crimson and a yellow blotch on the labellum. Flowered 
in 1889, when it was awarded a silver medal by the Royal 
Horticultural Society. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, May, 1889, fig. 111. 
