Plate 106. 



CALANTHE VEITCHII: 



Mr. Veitclis Calanthe. Garden liylrid. 



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A hybrid between Calanthe vestita {Bot. Mag. t, 4671) and Limatodes rosea {Bot. Mag. f. 5312) 

 Calanthe VeifchU : bybrida. Bot. Mag. t. 5375. 



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The following account of this singular production appeared in tlio ' Cavdonois' 

 Chronicle ' for 1859, p. 1016 :— 



"Of all the beautiful Orchids obtained by hybridizing, this curious plant stands 

 first. It forms a tuft of flower-stems one foot and a half high, loaded with blossoms of 

 the richest rose-colour of different degrees of intensity. Air. Dominy produced it in 

 the Nursery of Messrs. Veitch.and Sons, of Exeter, by fertilizing Limatodn^ rosro. n ricli 

 rose-coloured beautiful Indian Orchid, Avith that variety of the Mliitc CahuifJie rrsfifa 

 which has a deep pmplc spot at the base of the lip. The result has been most curion 

 the hybrid, although completely intermediate between the two parents, yet shows { 

 rather greater tendency to its mother than its father. Of tlie fatlier it has exactly the 

 manner of growth and the peculiar four-lobed lip ; but it has the rich colour of it? 

 mother, and some other peculiarities of her li^), along with an entire corn-spondonce in 

 form with her column. 



"The following comparison of the tliree will explain tliis still more clearly: 



"A. — Calanthe yestita; Male plant. 



" 1. Pseudobulbs fleshy, conical, bluntly angular. 

 "2. Spur curved. 



" 3. Flowers white, with a deep purple spot at the base of the lip. 



"■ 4. Sepals and petals secund. 



" 5. Lip adhering to the column, flat at base, with four deep blunt lobes;. 

 " 6. Column deep, large, com.pressed, quite smooth. 



" 7. Pollen-masses eight, deep yellow, adhering by two smooth separate .strap 

 LiJiATODES rosea: Female jplant. 

 "1. Pseudobulbs narrow, stem-like. 

 " 2. Spur straight. 



" u. Flowers, a clear uniform rose-colour. 



" 4. Sepals and petals spreading equally. 



" 5. Li^i free from the column, rolled up at the base, undivided. 



