PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS 



L^ELIA x PLAMMEA, EcU. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1874, p. 599; id. 1876, p. 394; PL and Pom. 1874, p. 133; 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 96. 



This, one of the most beautiful of all hybrid Laelias, is, as regards 

 colour, unique even among orchids, and was raised from Lselia cinna- 

 barina crossed with L. x Pilcheriana. 



LSELIA x FLA VINA. 



Orchid Review, 1902, vol. x. p. 147. 



A pretty hybrid raised by Seden from Laelia pumila and L. flava ; the 

 flowers, of good size, are primrose-yellow in colour, with an orange- 

 coloured disc to the lip. 



L^ELIA x LATONA. 



Jour, of Hort. 1892, vol. xxiv. p. 353, fig.; Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 598 (Report 

 of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1894, p. 14; Diet. Ic. des 

 Orchidees, Laslia hybr. pi. 3. 



A very beautiful and much appreciated hybrid raised from Lselia cin- 

 nabarina and L. purpurata. 



The colour of the flowers, distinct and unusual, is a uniform orange- 

 yellow; the lip, scarcely lobed, being deep red-purple with an orange- 

 coloured border. 



L^LIA x MES. M. GKATEIX. 



Syns. Brassolfelia Gratrixix, Rolfe. 



Gard. Chron. 1900, vol. xxix. p. 17, fig. 5. ; Orchid Review, 1899, vol. vii. pp. 349, 351 ; 

 1902, vol. x. p. 85 ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Laelia hybr. pi. 10. 



A hybrid between Laelia cinnabarina and L. Digbyana, first flowered 

 in October 1899 : the flowers are a beautiful orange-yellow, and the lip 

 has the fringe peculiar to L. Digbyana. 



KELIA x OMEN. 

 Gard. Chron. 1896, vol. xx. p. 667 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



Eaised by Seden from Laelia purpurata and L. autumnalis, with flowers 

 of singular appearance and of a light rose colour, close in form to those of 

 L. autumnalis. 



L^ILIA x PILCHEEIANA, Bckb. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 815; PL Mag. t. 340; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PL 



pt. ii. p. 96. 



A hybrid raised by John Dominy from Laelia crispa and L. Perrinii, 

 flowered for the first time in March 1867, and named in honour of 

 Mr. Pilcher, formerly gardener to Sigismund Eucker, Esq., a successful 

 cultivator of orchids. 



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