CALANTHE MYLESII. 
[PLaTE 402. | 
Garden Hybrid. 
Terrestrial. Pseudobulbs somewhat oblong and ribbed, tapering upwards, of a 
pale ashy grey. Leaves large, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous, much 
plaited and deep green, falling away before the flower scape is mature. e spike 
rises from the base of the bulb, and grows several feet in length, bearing its 
flowers in a somewhat nodding manner. The sepals and petals are ovate-lanceolate, 
and acute, reflexed, of the purest paper-white; the Jip is spreading, deeply three- 
cleft, the lateral lobes oblong, obtuse, erect, closing up to the column, the anterior 
lobe broadly wedge-shaped, split into two divaricating obtuse and distinct sections ; 
the colour also of the purest white, saving a tinge of lemon-yellow at the entrance 
to the throat. Spur incurved, filiform, obtuse, about half the Jength of the lip. 
Said to be a cross between Calanthe nivalis and C. Veitchii. 
CALANTHE MYLESII, supra. 
This section of the genus Calanthe is both a popular and useful one; the long 
graceful spikes of showy and delicate flowers are exceedingly attractive and make a 
fine appearance. They must, however, be arranged with Ferns, fine foliage plants or 
other Orchids, to be seen to the best advantage, as nearly all of them are entirely 
destitute of leaves of their own when in flower, but arranged with other plants they 
have a charming and grand effect. For some time we were restricted in our choice 
to the forms of the old C. vestita—one with a red eye and the other with a yellow 
one were the only two kinds known—but others have come to hand from time to 
time, and many hybrids have been obtained. C, Veitchii was the first, and for 
some years it has stood at the head of garden hybrids; but Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart., M.P., has been very successful in hybridising Calanthes, and has obtained many 
exceedingly handsome and strikingly distinct kinds, so that with hybrids at home, 
and kinds introduced from Cochin China, such ‘as C. Stevensii, C. Regnierii, and the 
rare C. Williamsii, the period over which Calanthe blooms may be had in our Orchid 
houses is now extended to several months. C. Wailliamsic has already figured in 
these pages, and its portrait may be found at Vol. il., t. 134. _ 
We now wish to bring to the notice of our readers a hybrid raised by Mr. . 
Myles, of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. It is a cross between Calanthe nivalis, which is _ : 
a white vestita, and C. Veitchii; these are two good parents. C. Veitchii, how- _ 
ever, appears to have contributed size to the flower, and a certain’ modification in the 
shape of the pseudobulb, but nothing is contributed in colour, the flowers being of 
the purest white possible, flowers of other white Calanthes placed side by side with this = ss oe 
one having a decided tinge of yellow. We have the — and honour to tus : os 
