September, 1921] 
THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
L/ELIOCATTLEYA GENERAL MAUDE. 
C HE time has long since past when hybridists made crosses with little or 
no thought as to the particular characteristics of the flowers. Good 
Orchids of to-day must be something beyond mere hybrids. They must 
conform to certain recognised conditions, and of these the shape of the 
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segments is of greater importance than size alone. Many of the Cattleya 
Mossiae hybrids yield large flowers, but their weak point lies in the drooping 
nature of the petals. Laelia purpurata gives hybrids of good constitution, 
and with dark labellums, but here, again, the petals are very deficient in 
size and substance. There is, however a small plant that produces flowers 
having comparatively large petals of thick texture and of good width. This 
is Laelia pumila, and its full value is now being recognised as of great 
importance in the production of model-shaped flowers. One of the best of 
the early attempts may be seen in Lc. rubens (L. pumila X C. Hardyana), 
in which the Laelia parent very much improves the formation of the^ 
