HORTUS VEITCHII 



ZYGOCOLAX VEITCHII, Eolfe. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 765 ; Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiv. p. 170 ; Veitchs' 

 Man. Orch. PI. pt. ix. p. 66 figs. ; Jour, of Hort. 1893, Feb. 2nd, pp. 87, 94, 

 fig. 13 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7980 ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Zygocolax, hybr. pi. 1. 



One of the most interesting hybrids ever raised, either from the 

 botanical or horticultural aspect, and obtained by crossing two species 

 of two different genera, Zygopetalum crinitum and Colax jugosus. 



The seed was sown in September 1882, and the first flowers produced 

 in March 1887. 



This plant is interesting as having been the principal subject of 

 Mr. E. A. Eolfe's articles on a uniform plan of naming bigeneric hybrid 

 orchids. He followed Dr. M. T. Masters, who combined the elements 

 of the two generic names of the plants concerned when he named the 

 first artificial bigeneric hybrid on record, Philageria Veitchii, a cross 

 between Lapageria rosea and Philesia buxifolia. 



Zygocolax Veitchii is also found as a natural hybrid, and specimens 

 introduced from Brazil and flowered in the gardens of Sir Frederick 

 Wigan, Bart., closely resembled those of artificial origin. 



ZYGOPETALUM x LEUCOCHILUM. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 214 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid Review, 



1896, vol. iv. p. 62. 



Raised by Seden from Zygopetalum Burkei and Z. Mackayii, the latter 

 the seed-bearer. The flowers are over 2^ in. in diameter, the sepals and 

 petals light -green lined along the centre and spotted near the margin with 

 dark brown. The lip is white with a few violet striations. 



ZYGOPETALUM x SEDENII, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1874, p. 290 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ix. p. 66, fig. ; 

 Fl. Mag. n.s. t. 417; Jour, of Hort. 1893, May llth, p. 377, fig. 69. 



Eaised from Zygopetalum maxillare, crossed with Z. Mackayi, the first 

 hybrid Zygopetalum to flower in this country. 



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