HORTUS VEITCHII 



DBNDEOBIUM x WAEDIANO-JAPONICUM. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 343 (Report of E.H.S. Orchid Committee). 

 Raised from the two species expressed by the compound name ; a very 

 pretty and delicately coloured hybrid. 



DIALvELIA VEITCHII. 



Orchid Review, 1905, vol. xiii. p. 115. 



A bigeneric hybrid raised by Seden from Diacrium bicornutum and 

 Laelia cinnabarina as seed parent. 



The flowers, borne in the same manner as those of Diacrium, measure 

 some 2 in. across, have narrow segments, white tinged with lilac, the 

 younger showing a slight bronzy tint; this remarkable success flowered for 

 the first time in March 1905. 



DISA x DIOEBS. 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 49 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Orchid Review, 



1894, vol. ii. p. 239. 



Eaised by Seden from Disa X Veitchii and D. grandiflora, the latter one 

 of the parents of D. X Veitchii. 



The flowers closely approach those of D. grandiflora, but are paler in 

 colour, the dorsal sepal being nearly white. 



DISA x LANGLEYENSIS, Hort. Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xvi. p. 35, fig. 5; Orchid Review, 1894, vol. ii. p. 202. 



A hybrid between Disa tripetaloides and D. racemosa, flowered at 

 Langley, and subsequently at the Eoyal Gardens, Kew. 



The flowers, of a beautiful rose-pink shade, are borne in racemes of ten 

 to twelve and more. 



DISA x LUNA. 



Gard. Chron. 1902, vol. xxxi. p. 314 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 

 The parents of this hybrid are Disa racemosa and D. x Veitchii, the 

 first named being one of the parents of the latter. In size the flowers 

 exceed those of D. racemosa, and are bright rose-purple in colour; the 

 interior of the flower is whitish with a slight tint of rose and a network 

 of purple. 



DISA x VEITCHII. 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xvi. p. 93, fig. 14; The Garden, 1892, vol. xlii. p. 408, pi. 882; 

 Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Disa hybr. pi. 1. 



One of the first and one of the best hybrids in the genus from Disa 

 grandiflora and D. racemosa. 



The flowers, rose-purple with dark crimson and yellow markings in the 

 centre, last long in perfection. Shown for the first time in flower in 

 London on June 9th 1891. 



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