5 inches long, 15 inches wide at the base, and pointed at the tip. Scapes grow 
with the new pseudobulbs and are 4 inches long, with from one to three large 
flowers, each being from 4 to 6 inches in width. Sepals and petals are narrow and 
spreading, and are white. Lip broad and heart-shaped, about 3 inches long, white, 
with a crest of rose-purple from which there are radiating lines of the same shade. 
Flowers in Summer. This species requires warmer and moister treatment than 
any of the others, and a glasshouse is necessary in Brisbane, with added heat in 
the South and cool localities. 
ZYGOPETALUM HYBRIDS 
Those enterprising gentlemen who like to show Mother Nature that her youngest 
son knows as much as she does about the creation of new species and genera have 
exercised their art upon the Zygopetalums as they have with so many of the other 
genera. As a result we have hybrid Zygopetalums such as Z. Clayi (Z. crinitum x 
Z. maxillare), sometimes labelled ‘“‘crinito-maxillare”’; leucochilum (Mackayi x 
Burkei) ; Sedenit (Mackayi x maxillare); and others, They have also been crossed 
with the genus Colax, giving the bigeneric Zygo-colax, of which Z.C. Amesiana 
(Z brachypetalum x jugosus) and Veitchii (Z. crinitum x C. jugosus) are 
the best known. 
Crosses between Zygopetalum and Batemannia and between Zygopetalum and 
Vanda species have also been made, and there is also a record of a cross between 
Z. crinitum and Sarochilus unguiculatus. Treatment generally as for Zygopetalum 
should suit if any of these come into the possession of our growers. 
BOLLEA COELESTIS. Native of Colombia. 
A distinct species without pseudobulbs having a cluster of from six to ten oblong- 
lanceolate pointed leaves, 6 to 12 inches long and 1} to 2 inches broad. Scapes 
bear a single flower each 3 or 4 inches across. Sepals and petals violet-blue, the 
margins and bases being paler, the tips yellowish. Lip has a large, semi-circular, 
buff-yellow crest. This species is found at a place named Salado, some 6,000 
feet up the Andes, where the temperature range is from a minimum of 46° to a 
maximum of 72°. Flowers in Summer and lasts three to four weeks or more. 
(Syn. Zygopetalum coeleste.) 
BOLLEA LALINDEI. Native of Colombia. 
A fine species, somewhat like P. Klabochorum in form and habit. Single flowered 
up to 4 inches wide. Sepals and petals oblong and wavy. They are rosy-coloured, 
the under part of the lateral sepals being a deeper shade. Lip short and yellow. 
Flowers in Autumn. 
(Syn. Bollea Patinii, Zygopetalum Lalindei.) 
HUNTLEYA MELEAGRIS. Native of Brazil. 
A rather rare species, without pseudobulbs but having a number of broadly lan- 
ceolate leaves growing from the root-crown. Scapes bear a single flower between 
3 and 4 inches in width. Sepals and petals are broad at the base, and lanceolate, 
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