PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS 



MILTONIA x BLEU ANA. 



Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. v. p. 203 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. viii. p. 118. 



Eaised in this country for the first time the cross was effected in 1884, 

 and the first flower from the progeny opened in 1891. 



The same cross had previously been obtained by M. Bleu of Paris, whose 

 hybrids flowerei in 1889. 



The parents were Miltonia vexillaria and M. Eoezlii, the latter being 

 the pollen parent, and the offspring may be said briefly to possess the 

 vegetative characters of the mother plant and the flowers of the pollen 

 parent. This success created quite unusual interest. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM x EXCELLENS, Bchb., Nat. hyb. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 426 ; Gard. Chron. 1891, vol. ix. p. 754 ; Diet. 

 Ic. des Orchidees, Odontoglossum hybr. pi. 1. 



This beautiful Odontoglot first appeared in the collection of Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence at Burford Lodge, Dorking. In his description Professor 

 Keichenbach suggested that it might possibly be a hybrid between Odon- 

 toglossum Pescatorei (nobile) and 0. triumphans or O. tripudians. 



Seden proved the correctness of the Professor's hypothesis by raising 

 O. X excellens from 0. Pescatorei crossed with O. triumphans, further 

 remarkable as the first Odontoglossum hybrid to be raised in this country 

 and successfully brought to the flowering stage. 



PHAIOCALANTHE INSPEEATA. 



Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxii. p. 315 (Eeport of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 

 A bigeneric hybrid raised by Seden from Phaius grandifolius and 

 Calanthe Masuca, the latter the pollen parent. 



PHAIOCALANTHE IEEOEATA, Rolfe. 



Syns. Phaius X irroratus, Rchb. f. 



Rolfe in Jour. Linn. Soc. 1887, xxiv. p. 168; Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 264, 

 fig. ; Fl. Mag. 1869, t. 426; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 17. 



A hybrid raised by Dominy between Phaius grandifolius and Calanthe 

 vestita Turneri nivalis, which flowered for the first time in 1867. 



The creamy white flowers are intermediate between the two parents as 

 regards their expansion, both have a rosy hue over the limb, and a pale 

 yellow hue over the disc of the lip. 



PHAIOCALANTHE IEEOEATA, var. PUEPUEEA. 



Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 17. 



Eaised by Seden from the same cross. As distinguished from Phaio- 

 calanthe irrorata the sepals and petals are of a purer white, the lip some- 

 what larger and more deeply lobed, the colour richer, and the white 

 margin broader. 



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