HYBRID CATTLEYAS AND LAELIAS 



To right, in the Vanda House, are many hybrids of Cattleya 

 and Laelia ; but we have many more, and it will be convenient 

 to notice them all together in this place. Some have not 

 flowered yet, and therefore have received no name; but 

 even of these it is worth while to give the parentage, seeing 

 that there is no official record of hybridisation as yet. Mr. 

 Rolfe at Kew tries hard to keep pace with the enterprise of 

 enthusiastic amateurs and energetic professionals throughout 

 the world. But comparatively few report to him, and not 

 every one files the Orchid Review. Thus it happens that ex- 

 periments carried to an issue long ago are continually repeated, 

 in the expectation of producing a novelty. The experimenter 

 indeed loses nothing save the credit he hoped to win. But 

 in the scientific point of view time is wasted and the con- 

 fusion of names is increased. To contribute in my small 

 way towards an improvement in this state of things I give 

 a list of the Cattleya and Laelia hybrids at Woodlands, 

 long though it be, and uninteresting to the public at large ; 

 assured that it will be welcome to those who study this most 

 fascinating subject. 



I may take the hybrids as they stand, with no methodical 

 arrangement. L.-C. means the product of a Laelia and a 

 Cattleya, or, somewhat loosely, of a Cattleya and a Laelia. 

 C. X means the product of two Cattleyas ; L. x of two 

 Laelias. 



