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In conclusion, we should be glad to know if anyone has intercrossed 
Sophronitis grandiflora or any of its hybrids with Brassavola Digbyana. If 
this could be done some remarkable colour breaks might result, but the 
relative lengths of the pollen tubes probably impose a difficulty. 
SPATHOGLOTTIS PULCHRA.—The appearance of a hybrid from 
Spathoglottis pulchra, as recorded at page 30, raises a question as to the 
origin of the species, and Professor Balfour informs us that it was obtained 
Fig. 9, BRASSOLALIA HELEN (see p. 16). 
from Messrs. Sander & Sons. There is a New Guinea species bearing this 
name, which was described by Schlechter, in 1905 (Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. 
Sudsee, p. 147), the author remarking that it was the most beautiful 
Spathoglottis known to him, though he does not mention the colour ot the 
flowers or the affinity. From the characters given, however, it appears to 
belong to the S. plicata group. It was collected in the mountains of Neu 
Pommern, formerly known as New Britain, an island of the Bismarck 
Archipelago, north-west of New Guinea. Whether the two are identical 
must be left until specimens are available for comparison. R.A.R. 
