PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS 



EPICATTLEYA GUATEMALBNSIS, Rolfe. 



Syns. Cattleya x Guatemalensis, Veitch. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. v. p. 491, in List of Garden Orchids; PI. Mag. 1861, 

 t. 61 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 86. 



A remarkable hybrid sent from Guatemala by Mr. G. Ure-Skinner, who 

 found it with Cattleya Skinneri and Epidendrum aurantiacum on the stem 

 of the same tree ; and it may be assumed that this plant is a natural 

 bigeneric hybrid of the two species with which it was found. 



EPICATTLEYA MATUTINA. 



Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxi. p. 210 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Gard. Chron. 

 1897, vol. xxi. p. 232, fig. 77, p. 233 ; Orchid Review, 1897, vol. v. p. 110. 



Eaised from Epidendrum radicans and Cattleya Bowringiana. The 

 plant has much the same habit as E. radicans, even to the air-root-bearing 

 characteristic, and the base of the stem shows a tendency to thicken, 

 but there is little evidence of the Cattleya. 



The flowers are some 2 in. in diameter, yellow in colour, tinged with 

 vermilion. 



EPICATTLEYA MES JAMES O'BKIEN, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1899, vol. xxv. p. 31 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee), fig. 11, p. 37. 



Eaised by Seden from Epidendrum x O'Brienianum and Cattleya 

 Bowringiana ; a brilliant coloured plant. 



EPICATTLEYA EADIO-BOWEINGIANA. 



Gard. Chron. 1898, vol. xxiii. p. 385 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; id. p. 391, 

 fig. ; Orchid Review, 1898, vol. vi. p. 198. 



A bigeneric hybrid from Epidendrum radiatum and Cattleya Bowringiana 

 with the habit of Epidendrum radiatum, with ovoid, flattish pseudo-bulbs ; 

 rosy purple flowers, and a lip of a deeper tint. 



EPIDENDEUM x CLAEISSA. 



Gard. Chron. 1900, vol. xxvii. p. 239 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) j id. 1901, 



vol. xxix. p. 242. 



Eaised from Epidendrum x elegantulum and E. Wallisii. The flowers, 

 sepals and petals white with reddish markings ; the lip violet with white 

 at the base and along the margin. 



The variety superba, with blooms of a darker shade and bolder spots, 

 is a superior form of the type. 



EPIDENDEUM x ELEGANTULUM. 



Gard. Chron. 1886, vol. xix. p. 361, fig. 49 ; Jour, of Hort. 1896, March 16th, p. 251, 

 fig. 46 ; Orchid Review, 1896, vol. iv. pp. 108 and 124 ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, 

 Epidendrum hybr. pi. 1. 



A hybrid raised from Epidendrum x Endresio-Wallisii and E. Wallisii. 



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