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}'hai.,t;nopst? 



Raised by Seden at our nursery. A very beautiful and interesting 

 hybrid that has for its parents species belonging to two distinct sections 

 of the genus. The remarkable manner in which the floral characters 

 of these species have been blended may be gathered from the above 

 description and the accompanying woodcut. The only plant raised has 

 been acquired by the Hon. Krastus Corning, of Albany, L^.S.A., and is 

 iiam('(l in rom]ilinii-nt to tlial gciitlciiian's daugliter, 



Phalrfnopsis "Jolin Seden." 



"John Seden." 



P. amahiUi< x P. Luddemanniana. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, dark glossy green. Flowers 3 inches in diameter, 

 the sepals and petals ivory-white densely and uniformly dotted all over 

 with beautiful light purple, the claw of the lip similarly dotted, the 

 lobes suffused with reddish purple ; sepals elliptic-oblong, the lateral 

 two oblique ; petals similar but broader and more obtuse ; lip inter- 

 mediate in all the lobes, the lateral two fleshy and sub-erect ; the 

 front one nearly diamond-shaped with the sharp keel of Phalienopsis 

 Luddemanniana, but destitute of its long hairs, upturned at the apex, 

 and bearing a pair of awl-shaped tendrils ; crest yellowish, oblong. 



