JANUARY, I914.] THE: ORCHID REVIEW. 9 
BRASSAVOLA DIGBYANA AND ITS HYBRIDS. 
HE subject of the present illustration is one of the most remarkable 
Orchids in cultivation, and its most striking characteristic once 
invoked the question, ‘‘ Why does the lip ravel out into a massive fringe, 
Fic. 1. BRASSAVOLA DIGBYANA (see p. I5). 
Photo by C. P. Rafill. 
branched and interlacing, nearly an inch wide?” The answer 1s not yet 
forthcoming, but in all probability has some direct connection with the 
fertilising insect, about which nothing is known. The possibilities of 
