May-JUNE, 1920.! THE ORCHID REVIEW. 81 
| Se MILTONIA BLEUANA. | | 
T page 42 we mentioned a plant of the floriferous Miltonia Bleuana in 
A the collection of Mrs. J. J. Neale, Oxton, Kenton, near Exeter (gr. Mr. 
E. Swinden), bearing twelve flowers from a single bulb, there being spikes 
of five, four and three flowers. We have now pleasure in illustrating it 
from a photograph kindly sent by Mrs. Neale, which gives a good idea of 
the character of this attractive hybrid. M. Bleuana dates back as far as 
1889, when it originally flowered with M. Alfred Bleu, at Paris, having been 
Fig. 9. MILTONIA BLEUANA. 
raised from M. vexillaria crossed with the pollen of M. Roezlii. Two years 
later Messrs. Veitch also raised it at Chelsea. Since then it has been 
recrossed with both the original parents, yielding M. Hyeana with M. 
vexillaria, and M. St.-Andre with M. Roezlii, while a number of brilliant 
varieties have also been obtained by using the handsome M. vexillaria 
memoria G. D. Owen, which is characterised by having a large, dark 
: All these varieties seem to be com- 
ay 
purple mask at the base of the lip. 
pletely fertile, and several further combinations between them have been 
made, giving a fine series of decorative garden plants. The work of 
combining them with the cool Odontoglossums has now begun, which 
promises to introduce a further development, notably in originating a set of 
plants better fitted to succeed in a warm climate than Odontoglossum. 
