PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS 



DENDEOBIUM x DULCE. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 214 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid Review, 



1893, vol. i. p. 358. 



Raised from Dendrobium Linawianum and D. aureum, the former 

 being the male parent, a pretty hybrid with rose-coloured flowers. 



DENDEOBIUM x EDITHS. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 337 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 

 Raised by Seden from Dendrobium aureum and D. nobile nobilius. 



DENDROBIUM x ENDOCHARIS, Rchb. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1876, vol. v. p. 298 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 88, fig. ; 

 V-eitchs' Catlg. 1880, p. 12, fig. 



The chaste white flowers, with their delightful perfume, render this 

 one of the most admired of all hybrid Dendrobes ; it was raised from 

 Dendrobium japonicum crossed with D. aureum. 



DENDROBIUM x EUOSMUM, Bchb. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1885, vol. xxiii. p. 174; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 89; 

 Orchid Review, 1894, vol. ii. p. 112. 



Raised by Seden from Dendrobium x endocharis and D. nobile. 



The influence of the pollen parent is conspicuous in the form and colour 

 of the flower, while that of the seed parent itself a hybrid is chiefly 

 noticeable from a delightful fragrance. 



DENDROBIUM x EUOSMUM, var. LEUCOPTERUM. 



Gard. Chron. 1886, vol. xxv. p. 488. 



One of the most beautiful hybrid Dendrobes yet raised. The flowers are 

 white, the disc of the lip Indian-purple. 



DENDROBIUM x EUOSMUM, var. VIRGINALE. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 337 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



The flowers of this form are pure white with a purple blotch at the base 

 of the lip : one of the finest of all Dendrobes. 



DENDROBIUM x EURYALUS. 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 409 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Jour, of 

 Hort. April 26th, fig. ; Orchid Review, 1894, vol. ii. p. 142. 



Raised by Seden from Dendrobium nobile and D. x Ainsworthii, the 

 former the pollen parent. 



The flowers have the general shape of D. nobile ; the sepals and petals 

 are light rosy purple, the lip of the same colour with a large-feathered 

 maroon blotch in the centre. 



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