ORCHID HYBRIDS 



A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS RAISED 

 BY MESSRS. VEITCH SINCE 1853 



ANGR^ECUM x VEITCHII. 



Gard. Chron. 1899, vol. xxv. p. 31 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; id. p. 35, 

 fig. 10 ; Orchid Review, 1901, vol. ix. p. 37. 



Obtained by Seden from Angraecum sesquipedale and A. eburneum, and 

 the first hybrid between two species of this remarkable genus. 



A plant bearing three open flowers was exhibited for the first time on 

 January 10th 1899. The Orchid Committee recommended the plant a 

 First Class Certificate, and the raiser a Silver Flora Medal. The flowers 

 are ivory-white with a long green spur. 



ANGULOA x MEDIA, Bchb. f. 



Syns. A. X intermedia, Rolfe. 



Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 38; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. iii. p. 798; Veitchs' 

 Man. Orch. PI. pt. ix. p. 102 ; Orchid Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 40. 



The offspring of Anguloa Clowesii and A. Ruckeri, the latter being the 

 pollen parent ; a similar hybrid had previously been raised by Mr. J. C. 

 Bowring, of Forest Farm, Windsor, which died shortly after flowering, and 

 it also occurs in a wild state. An imported plant flowered in 1893 in the 

 collection of R. N. Measures, Esq., of Streatham, and proved identical 

 with Seden's artificially raised plants. 



ANCECTOCHILUS (GOODYERA) x DOMINII. 



Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 531 ; Williams' Orch. Man. 7th edt. p. 410. 



Raised by John Dominy from Goodyera (Haemaria) discolor, and 

 Anoectochilus Lowii (Dossinia marmorata). The leaves are dark mottled 

 olive green with five to nine flesh-coloured ribs, and the plant is probably 

 not now in cultivation. 



CALANTHE x BELLA. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 234; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 73; 

 Reichenbachia, 1893, p. 31, t. 63, fig. 2. 



Raised from Calanthe vestita Turneri and C. x Veitchii ; the flowers, 

 delicate light rose suffused with white, with a deep maroon blotch on the 

 lip, are as large as the best forms of C. X Veitchii. 



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