HORTUS VEITCHII 



PHAL^lNOPSIS x INTEEMEDIA, var. VESTA. 



Orchid Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 52 ; Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xii. p. 343 (Report of R.H.S. 



Orchid Committee). 



The hitherto supposed natural hybrid Phalaenopsis x intermedia was 

 proved to be such by Seden, who raised a plant identical with the type 

 from P. Aphrodite and P. rosea. Subsequently fertilizing P. rosea 

 leucaspis with P. Aphrodite, a second was obtained with smaller flowers 

 and shorter broader segments, of a rose-purple colour, distinguished 

 by the varietal name Vesta. 



PHALAENOPSIS x JOHN SEDEN, Rolfe. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. iii. p. 331, fig. ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 50, 

 with fig. reproduced; Gard. Chron. 1898, vol. xxiii. p. 171, fig. 68. 



Eaised by Seden, and named at our request in his honour by Mr. Rolfe 

 of the Herbarium, Kew. 



The parents were Phalsenopsis amabilis and P. Lueddemannia. 



PHAL^INOPSIS x LEDA, Bolfe. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. iii. p. 457. 



This plant, a stray seedling, was detected growing in a greenhouse 

 where no other Phalaenopsis seed had been sown, and nothing certain is 

 known of its parentage ; it is probably the result of a cross between 

 Phalaenopsis amabilis and P. Stuartiana. 



PHALAENOPSIS x LUEDDE-VIOLACEA. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xviii. p. 102 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; id. 1898, 

 vol. xxiv. p. 43, fig. 11; Orchid Review, 1895, vol. iii. p. 259; Jour, of Hort. 

 1895, July 25th, pp. 77, 87, fig. 11. 



Eaised and reared by Seden from the seed produced- by crossing the 

 two species indicated in the compound name. 



The peculiar bar-like markings of amethyst possessed by Phalaenopsis 

 Lueddemanniana are in the hybrid transformed into distinct spots. 



PHALAENOPSIS x MES. JAMES H. VEITCH. 



Gard. Chron. 1899, vol. xxv. p. 114, fig. 43; Jour, of Hort. 1901, vol. xlii. 



pp. 226, 227, fig. 



Eaised by Seden from Phalaenopsis Lueddemanniana and P. Stuartiana, 

 and remarkable among Phalaenopsis in shape and colouring. The 

 sepals and petals are greenish-yellow, with brownish-crimson dots; the 

 front lobe of the lip is white, and a yellow tinge is noticeable in the throat. 



PHAL^NOPSIS X EOTHSCHILDIANA, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. f . in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 606 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 51, 



with fig. 



The second hybrid Phalsenopsis ever raised, and dedicated to the Eight 

 Hon. Lord Eothschild, of Tring Park. The parents were Phalaenopsis 

 Schilleriana and P. amabilis. 



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