PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS 



L^ELIOCATTLEYA STATTEEIANA. 



Orchid Review, 1894, vol. ii. p. 21 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. for 1895, p. 7. 

 Kaised from the autumn-flowering Laelia Perrinii crossed with the 

 pollen of Cattleya labiata vera. 



The purple front lobe of the lip with its milk-white disc offers a 

 remarkable contrast, and is a marked characteristic of the flower. 



L^LIOCATTLEYA STELLA, Rolfe. 



Eolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 322. 



Eaised by Seden from Laelia crispa and Laeliocattleya elegans Wolsten- 

 holmiae from seed sown in 1881 ; the plant flowered for the first time in 

 July 1889. 



LAELIOCATTLEYA TIMOKJE, N. E. Brown. 

 N. E. Brown, in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. ii. p. 428 ; Orchid Eeview, 1894, vol. ii. p. 255. 



Eaised by Seden from Laelia pumila Dayana, and Cattleya Luedde- 

 manniana, and of no great interest. 



LAELIOCATTLEYA TIEESIAS. 



Orchid Eeview, 1896, vol. iv. p. 15. 



Eaised from Cattleya Bowringiana crossed with the pollen of Laelio- 

 cattleya elegans. 



The flowers resemble those of the seed parent, the sepals and petals 

 being rose-purple with a rich crimson-purple lip white at the base. 



KELIOCATTLEYA TEIOPHTHALMA. 



Syns. Laelia x triophthalma, Cattleya x triophtlialma, Echb. 



Eolfe in Gard. Chron. 1891, vol. ix. p. 802 ; vol. x. p. 155; Orchid Eeview, 1893, vol. i. 

 p. 101 ; id. 1894, vol. ii. p. 40 ; Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xx. p. 526 ; 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 97. 



Eaised by Seden from Cattleya superba and the beautiful hybrid Laelio 

 cattleya exoniensis. The colouring of the disc gives a tripartite appear- 

 ance suggesting the name. 



The sepals and petals are blush.pink, the side-lobes of the lip the same 

 colour as the sepals, but inside suffused and veined with rose. 



L^ILIOCATTLEYA TYDEA. 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 210 (Eeport of E.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid 

 Eeview, 1894, vol. ii. p. 95 ; Jour, of Hort. 1894, March 8th, p. 181, fig. 30. 



Eaised from Laelia pumila and Cattleya Trianse. The flowers are of a 

 deep tint of rosy purple, and bear a resemblance to the first-named 

 parent. 



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